Welfare Law: Children, Youth and Family Act 2005 in Victoria, Australia

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Review of children youth and family act 2005(Victoria) Australia
Introduction
The importance of children's law in society is to ensure that they are fully provided with
fundamental rights, which include health, education, shelter, and food. Children, youth, and
family act (2005) in Victoria, Australia play various roles to implement children welfare. The
various services provided for the children and families include community-based services,
protection, services for children who have been reported with crimes and offenses, and assisting
in children's legal matters through The Children's Court of Victoria (Children, youth, and family
act 2005, 2018).
Community-Based Services
The provision of community-based services to children and families is one of the purposes
that act (2005) exist. Support for community-based services includes both for child and family
services, which through the provision of funding, and resources enables the appointed children
service organizations to meet their needs. The community-based services for children and
families obtain information about helpless children and families who are in critical need of
wellbeing.
Community-based services also avail interventions planned to support parenting and sustain
parents of young children (Theresa, et al., 2012). The responses are based on evidence-based
practices that help the parents in parenting awareness, approach, and tradition. The parents
include those with special needs, parents involved in personal, situational adversities, and parents

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who have been involved with the child welfare system. Some of the parents may have a narration
or supposed to be at the peril of mistreatment and foster parents
Community-based services also include making referrals to other agencies that can assist in
providing child and family services that can help with family grants. The local authority may
also authorize the agencies such as voluntary organizations, Government departments, municipal
council, or individuals to provide services relating to children and families.
Protection
The organizations in charge of the children's welfare investigate needs and risks related to
children and families to determine whether the child in need of protection. The child may need
protection if they have been abandoned by their parents if the parent is deceased, and when the
child is at high risk of harm, and the parents are not able to protect them. The child may also
need protection from sexual abuse, emotional or psychological harm, as well as physical and
health development if the parent has not been able to provide adequate health and medical care.
Child and family protection involves social service interventions and child maltreatment
interventions. Social service interventions are planned to prevent children and families from
violence (Patricia, et al., 2011). Families are provided with counselling and support for victims
of abuse. There are also family caregivers support programs, substitute living plans, including
out-of-home living residency for children, and protective guardianship for elders. Battered
women are also provided with shelters and educations programs for those abusing or being
abused.
Child protective services are mostly administered by state agencies that are funded by the
government (Jeffrey, 2011). The government can support different support programs to protect