Keeping Ourselves Safe From the System’
Perinatal Care Model Considerations for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families Intersecting With Child Protection
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It is the priority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, and Australian governments, to provide infants with enriching environments in which they may thrive. This is particularly critical during the perinatal period. Yet, an increasing number of notifications and interventions by child protection authorities are occurring in the first year of life. This research reports parent, service provider and researcher perspectives about systemic considerations on a community‐led preventative, perinatal care model for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families at risk of child protection involvement. Reflexive thematic analysis of discussions with 22 parents and 80 practitioners from across Australia is included, with 61% of participants identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. Three themes were generated: (1) Child Protection is a Colonial System, (2) Risk‐Averse Practice within Child Protection and Allied Systems, (3) Centring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and Knowledges is Vital. Our analysis suggests that dominant Western ideologies, processes, and structures that underpin secondary and tertiary interventions (e.g., bureaucratic processes) present inherent barriers to Aboriginal‐led interventions. Honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges, sovereignty, and leadership are crucial to supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families to thrive, in turn reducing child removals
Bureaucracy · Child protection · Project commissioning · Psychological intervention · Publishing · Reflexivity · Service provider · Thematic analysis · Child Abuse and Trauma · Education, Technology, and Ethics · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
Infant removals
Thematic Analysis
Abolition, Settler Colonialism, and the Persistent Threat of Indian Child Welfare
Tiaki Taoka, designing a Kāi Tahu Māori organisation to work with child protection
Violence as care
Parents’ experiences of perinatal child protection processes
Replanting the Birthing Trees
Indigenous Abolition and the Third Space of Indian Child Welfare
Indigenous Relationality
Parents' experiences with child protection during pregnancy and post‐birth
The lion's den’
Maternal outcasts
Characteristics and outcomes of newborns entered who entered into care (EIC) within 7 days of birth in NSW, Australia
The perspectives of community-based practitioners on preventing baby removals
Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families to Stay Together from the Start (SAFeST Start)
Connecting Events in Time to Identify a Hidden Population
The Physical and Mental Health of Mothers of Aboriginal Children in Out‐of‐Home Care in Western Australia
Playing the Game
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