Strategies for Child and Youth Care, Trauma Care, Legal System and Reporting Protocols

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STRATEGIES TO CARE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
 The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is an
agreement, which is legally binding on the member countries of the United Nations.
The United Nations enumerates a list of duties and responsibilities towards the
member countries to safeguard the rights and freedom of the children.
 The treaty enumerates the political, economic, health, social as well as the cultural
rights of the children. The respective member countries of the United Nations also
have their own policies, which are in accordance with the ethos of the UNCRC
treaty1.
 The implementation of these policies can be improved further by aligning the
UNCRC with the policies of the Government of the countries wherein they are
operating. The Government can oversee the implementation of these policies and
report discrepancy if found.
 The children can also be encouraged to participate in activities wherein they are
required to take decisions and judgments. Doing this will make the children more
aware about the importance of decision-making and therefore, will facilitate in
creating more aware and informed citizens out of them in the long run. The children
must be taught about the importance of being proactive and to actively participate in
the daily activities.
1 UN Convention On The Rights Of The Child (UNCRC) - Unicef UK (2018) Unicef UK
<https://www.unicef.org.uk/what-we-do/un-convention-child-rights/>.

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TRAUMA AND TRAUMA CARE
 The trauma is an extremely painful situation experienced by a person.
 The trauma can be caused by either a physical injury or a psychological experience.
 The trauma can progress into depression for the person afflicted with trauma.
 Depression in return can make the person suicidal as well.
 Trauma continues for a long time even after the physical or emotional situation, which
caused the trauma, is over.
 The person develops extreme conditions of depression, anxiety, low self-esteem due
to the trauma2.
 There are numerous Trauma Care Centres, which assists the people suffering from
trauma to overcome the pain and suffering. The trauma care center provides relief and
support to the persons who have undergone traumatic experience.
2 Media Coverage Of Traumatic Events: Research On Effects - PTSD: National Center For PTSD (2018)
Ptsd.va.gov <https://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/trauma/basics/media-coverage-traumatic-events.asp>.

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OVERVIEW OF THE LEGAL SYSTEM
 The legal system of Australia firmly deals with the issue of child abuse and child
rights. There are numerous laws and legislations, which are in force to assist the
authorities to implement and protect the interest of the child.
 Australia, being a signatory of the UNCRC act and its rules and regulations are
binding in on the nation of Australia. Australia has also included the aspects of the
convention in the Child Protection Legislation3 to align the aspects of the international
agreement into the national framework.
REPORTING PROTOCOLS
 The Child Protection Protocol4 is a set of duties and responsibilities to be followed to
protect and safeguard the well-being of the children.
 The protocol provides online training to the staff members regarding the procedure of
reporting a crime.
RESPONSES TO REPORTING
 Any incidence or occurrence of sexual offences is reported to the Victorian Police.
 There has been an introduction of three new criminal offences in order to improve the
responses regarding sexual abuse of the child.
3 Australian Child Protection Legislation (2018) Child Family Community Australia
<https://aifs.gov.au/cfca/publications/australian-child-protection-legislation>.
4 Child Protection Protocol (2018) Education.vic.gov.au
<http://www.education.vic.gov.au/childhood/providers/regulation/Pages/protectionprotocol.aspx#link43>.