Social Policy of Child Protection in Australia

Running Head: SOCIAL POLICY OF CHILD PROTECTION
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SOCIAL POLICY OF CHILD PROTECTION IN AUSTRALIA
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5/7/2019

SOCIAL POLICY OF CHILD PROTECTION 1
Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
History child protection in Australia......................................................................................2
Violence and abuse toward the children................................................................................3
The consequences of child abuse...........................................................................................3
Child protection laws and legislations in Australia................................................................4
Policy support plan of “Plan International Australia”............................................................5
Vision of the policy:...........................................................................................................5
Policy statement:................................................................................................................5
Purpose:..............................................................................................................................6
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................6
References..................................................................................................................................7

SOCIAL POLICY OF CHILD PROTECTION 2
Introduction
This essay is a study of child protection policies of Australia, child protection policies
are those in which the children are protected from any kind of abuse, exploitation and etc.
Child abuse is common issue in a lot of a country. This essay shows the consequences of
child abuse, legislation and acts for the child abuse and policy for the child abuse. Apart from
this, this essay has discussed about the Policy support plan of “Plan International Australia”
of Australia which works towards the protection of children and it helps the children to live a
free live. They protect the right of children and support the families.
History child protection in Australia
In Australia, the government is the one who is responsible for the child protection.
Every child protection department assists the children who have been either exposed to child
abuse or have less protection.
These children are those who are under the age of 18. These people include unborn
children as well (Thomas & Zimmer-Gembeck, 2012). There are a lot of government and
non- government organizations that have a duty towards the protection of young people and
children under the law of child legislation and protection. The responsible departments for the
child process investigate and oversee the management of the cases of child protection. The
children and families are assisted by providing a lot of services.
In 2016-17 there was an increase in the national recurrent expenditure of child
protection and the home care services of around 4.3 billion, an increase of around $ 327.3
million ( 8%) from the year 2015-16 (Humphreys & Absler, 2011).