Earlier Intervention with children, youth and families.
Cumulative Harm: Reducing child abuse through improved decision making
In collaboration with the Royal Children's Hospital, ARC Linkage grant to support a PhD student scholarship ($94,881)
In 2005/06, 56,000 cases of child abuse were substantiated in Australia, and this figure is rising exponentially. Disillusionment is growing with an incident based approach to children's safety which fails to either acknowledge or intervene effectively in the cumulative effects of harm to the child's development and well-being. This project uses the leverage of new legislation to re-focus on an earlier intervention with vulnerable children at risk of cumulative harm within a hospital setting. An interdisciplinary lens is brought to the development of new knowledge to provide a better and healthier start to life for this group of Children.
The 'flow of work' in Child FIRST will continue to be explored through the 'Data Leadership Group' and reflections on the knowledge building from workers evidenced a the Child FIRST six weekly forums.