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Prosody Blog

Prosody is the pitch and tone of the human voice. It is the very essence of connection. Our blog hosts articles and stories dedicated to innovation, research and practice with children and young people.

November 14, 2023

Navigating the duality of lived experience and professional roles

‘Navigating the duality of lived experience and professional roles’ blog article was written by Sue Buratti, Program Manager, Therapeutic Services at Australian Childhood Foundation. Navigating the duality of lived experience and professional roles when supporting vulnerable children is complex and largely unacknowledged.   As we care for children who have experienced complex trauma, the invisibility of support and …

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April 19, 2018

Understanding and Applying the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle

SNAICC discuss and share their recently launched resource guide to the implementation of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (ATSICPP). 

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April 4, 2017

Maintaining a Safeguarding Culture

The Safeguarding Children Program is fundamentally about implementing and sustaining processes that create a safeguarding culture and ensure the on-going safety of children and young people within organisations. But, once organisations have begun this process, how do they go about maintaining a culture that protects children?

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June 22, 2015

Lessons from the Royal Commission Part 3

In part 3 of our series looking at lessons from the Royal Commission thus far, we outline some of the important insights in relation to child safe recruitment, monitoring and screening processes. This post shares practical examples of the kinds of questions to ask in the recruitment process.

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May 4, 2015

Initiating Organisational Change

Guest blogger, Melinda Crole from the YMCA shares insights on how they have gone about initiating organisational change to safeguard children. 

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March 23, 2015

Lessons from the Royal Commission Part 2

In part 2 of our series looking at lessons from the Royal Commission thus far, we outline some of the important insights in relation to the nature and prevalence of child sexual abuse; perpetrators and organisational awareness of abuse.

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January 29, 2015

Lessons from the Royal Commission Part 1 – Child Safe Organisations

A series of blog entries highlighting some of the findings the Royal Commission.

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November 25, 2014

Changes in child protection law – what you need to know

Our work with the Safeguarding Children Program sees us connecting with a wide variety of organisations around Australia who are working with children and young people.  One issue that proves tricky for many, is the constantly changing legislative landscape.  We thought we might use this post to bring you up to date with some of the new laws in Victoria that affect ALL ADULTS in Victoria. We will look at other states and territories in subsequent posts.

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