- Child abuse conference starts
- The Age
- 16/10/2008 Make a Comment
- Contributed by: The Rooster ( 264 articles in 2008 )
Community sector representatives are meeting in Canberra to nut out a better approach to child protection.
The NSW Department of Community Services reported Wednesday that 156 children who died as a result of neglect last year were known by the department to be at risk.
More than 150 cases of suspected child abuse and neglect are reported to authorities around the nation every day.
The conference will aim to develop policy recommendations to government to advance the protection and wellbeing of families and children.
Families Australia says better integration of services is needed.
"We need, in other words, a better song sheet with each of us singing our parts in harmony not just in the field of child protection but beyond that to the wide fields of family and children services," spokesman Brian Babington told more than 70 sector representatives attending the conference.
"There's much to be done in policy in terms of delivery levels in creating effective partnerships between child oriented and adult oriented services."
The recommendations will feed into the development of the $2.6 million National Child Protection Framework to be implemented next year.
Families Minister Jenny Macklin said the "alarming figures" of child abuse reinforce the importance of establishing a framework.
The government's focus would be on early prevention and intervention.
"Which makes sense really, for the sake of children that's the number one reason," Ms Macklin told the conference.
"Without it, our child protection authorities are going to continue to struggle under the increasing load of abuse and notification."
© 2008 AAP
The NSW Department of Community Services reported Wednesday that 156 children who died as a result of neglect last year were known by the department to be at risk.
More than 150 cases of suspected child abuse and neglect are reported to authorities around the nation every day.
The conference will aim to develop policy recommendations to government to advance the protection and wellbeing of families and children.
Families Australia says better integration of services is needed.
"We need, in other words, a better song sheet with each of us singing our parts in harmony not just in the field of child protection but beyond that to the wide fields of family and children services," spokesman Brian Babington told more than 70 sector representatives attending the conference.
"There's much to be done in policy in terms of delivery levels in creating effective partnerships between child oriented and adult oriented services."
The recommendations will feed into the development of the $2.6 million National Child Protection Framework to be implemented next year.
Families Minister Jenny Macklin said the "alarming figures" of child abuse reinforce the importance of establishing a framework.
The government's focus would be on early prevention and intervention.
"Which makes sense really, for the sake of children that's the number one reason," Ms Macklin told the conference.
"Without it, our child protection authorities are going to continue to struggle under the increasing load of abuse and notification."
© 2008 AAP
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