The Planets Aligned

Is Child Protection Policy Reform Good Luck or Good Management

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11957761
AutoresCathy Humphreys (0000-0001-8997-8993, The University of Melbourne, autor de correspondencia), Prue Holzer (b Productivity Commission , Australian Government , Victoria, Australia), Dorothy Scott (c University of South Australia , South Australia, Australia), Fiona Arney (0000-0002-4455-9864, c University of South Australia , South Australia, Australia), Leah Bromfield (0000-0002-4263-5878, d Australian Institute of Family Studies , Victoria, Australia), Daryl Higgins (0000-0003-0268-8243, d Australian Institute of Family Studies , Victoria, Australia), Kerry Lewig (0000-0003-1897-8018, c University of South Australia , South Australia, Australia)
Año2010
Volumen63
Número2
Páginas145-163
Fecha de publicación2010-05-27
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAustralian Social Work (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0312-407X • E-ISSN: 1447-0748
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03124070903265716
OpenAlexW2029352348
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas6

Governments across Australia are struggling to address escalating child protection notifications, a marked increase in the number of children in State care, a decrease in the number of foster carers and chronic workforce shortages in child welfare services. This paper explores the reform process that culminated in the proclamation of the Victorian Children, Youth and Families Act, 2005 and represents an aspect of the response in Victoria to these wider issues. It explores the history of the reform from the perspective of key actors from government, non-government sectors and academics who participated in the process. The paper explores the “ingredients of social policy reform” and how the change process was managed in Victoria. It does not seek to evaluate the reform but rather to understand the complex processes through which a propitious moment for reform was both seized and constructed

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