Critical Analysis: Alternative Approaches to Child & Family Welfare

This report critically reviews the current child protection system in Australia, highlighting issues such as the prevalence of child removals, policy gaps, and service shortcomings. It examines alternative approaches to child and family welfare, focusing on the Conventional Model, and analyzes its potential to improve outcomes, particularly for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families, as well as those from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. The report synthesizes scholarly literature to support the selected model, emphasizing the importance of culturally competent services and addressing the overrepresentation of indigenous children in the child protection system. It also discusses the role of indigenizing children's services to better meet the needs of indigenous communities and the need for effective cross-cultural communication to break down barriers and ensure the safety and well-being of all children and families.

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Alternative Approaches to Improving Child and Family Welfare Paper
Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................2
Child Protection System........................................................................................................................2
Indigenising Children’s Services.............................................................................................................3

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Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and CALD children and families............................4
Improvement of Culturally and Linguistically Communities..............................................................5
Conclusions............................................................................................................................................6
Bibliography...........................................................................................................................................6
Introduction
Child protection system is stated as a protection for children from exploitation, neglect and
violence. They are run by governments from Australia who take active part in mechanism
and the services which are designed to protect child who are of young age and they are
underage also, so the betterment solution is provided to family for encouragement of family
stability. These are deal with territory or state systems that authorized to apply when there is
some risk of harm in the families. The report is about the child protection system in Australia
and its critical review. There are approaches and some concepts which are focus on
improving family welfares and child benefits to it for longer period of time. There is evidence

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or the potential of the Indigenous children services for the children who are living in
Australia and it has main focus on health relates issues and services provided to children are
focus on their growth and giving best services with minimise costs. Many of the issues which
are associated are directly linked to experiences of child abuse and neglecting communities.
There is introduction of new approaches for community welfare that have healing structure
and provide less information about the indigenous communities (Australian Government,
2011). This is a model with wide sources of indigenous people and there is development of
efficiency supportive systems. This paper will describe the system of child welfare and the
indigenous approach which tells about the underlying causes of social and health problems.
Child Protection System
Child protection system is a system that protects young people and their families from abuse
which is caused by sexual or physical health. Child protection system are concern with
territory system of intervene when children are at risk and care for their families. Such
disputes are dealing with the law system of federal families and some are responsible for the
separated parents with care of their children. There is a involvement of family violence with
massive growth in abusing of child and child protection law in Australia that has experienced
in long past decades (Victoria State Government, 2019). Child protected system arises in,
where child is alleged from current risk and that have concerns of family violence or child
abuse. Other one is that when concerns are arisen due to treatment of child or by both parents
that separates and argue about post separation arrangements of parents (Australian Institute of
Family Studie, 2011). The Australian institute of studies has family law reforms with history
of hurt physically or emotional abuse from separated parents
Statutory child protection services are responsible for departments in community services for
every state or territory. The community provide assistance of children through referral,
provision and acceptance of wide range of services. The role of non-government agencies
departments are contracted for the family support with placement of children inside or
outside the home. Children who are in need of protection have major authorities where they
can approach directly to professional members of the organisation (Australian Bureau of
Statistics, 2019). There are some agencies for child protection who took proper care of risk
which is harming to children and these are classified as a notification. Most of the
notifications are classified and investigated through substantiated that is negligence, harm to
children or child abuse or with dependency of degree to actual harm in relation to children.
There are various ranges to be provided to child family and help in development of children.
There is intersection of child protection system with service gaps, prevalence of child
removals and issues of policies which are mentioned. Some of the major issues of such
policies are involved in the unfair practices of child welfare system.
 There is an evidence of system with impact on forensic relevance to determine parent
disputes and negligence are raised. Current concerns of children receives from both
parents have law proceedings which measures the notification made from child
protection department with relevance to law proceedings of family.

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 The involvement of family is determined where one parent always represents risk for
child and protective parent seeks order that brought the family system.
 The third manifestation has increase significance and problem in family matter of law
and the current determines instances about the uncertainty with the scope to make an
order without the consent of department.
These overlaps the gap and issues in child protection system and ALRC reports shows range
of upcoming difficulties where family court officers are unable to engage in the authorities.
The indication shows priority is given to special cases in court system of children where there
is no attention (Australian Institute of Family Studies., 2011). The interconnection of social
systems and various agencies have react to allegations of abuse in families that includes
criminal courts, legal old commissions, magistrates’ courts and family courts. However it has
recognised this as a poor fit between federal private family and its protection system of
children.
In jurisdiction of Australia, the range generates one in ten as indigenous children are fostering
residential care and this is higher in number when we compared it to other countries
jurisdiction. The policies which are founded for removing children and that have enduring
effect on social wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For many people
and their families have distrust to the child welfare system and impacted directly on
opportunities and safety for children. Government and time authorities are failing for
prevention and intervention services for children and paying less attention for training them
(The Conversation Media Group Ltd, 2014).
Indigenising Children’s Services
Indigenising Children Services are significantly overrepresentation in all the child
maltreatment practices and it is difficult to measure the upcoming prevalence. The overall
rates with substations to treat in wrong way deals with abusing or negligence for all the
children and these refers to 29.4 per thousand indigenous children. In Australia, the statutory
responsibility for all the provisions is divided into state and territory with welfare services.
All the Indigenous group are being called to provide a national legislation framework for
indigenous communities for so many years. Indigenous communities are the communities
from Australia who gave evidence to the HREOC inquiry to ensure full wellbeing of children
who are neglecting and abusing (Australian Government, 2018). Evidence confirmed that
families perceive all the contact from departments as it may cause removal of their children
from communities. These communities are established for the full concern and helping
children who are stressed throughout and have exercise control over children. The
intersection of prevailing socio economic conditions, systematic racism and intergenerational
effects are the reasons for on-going separations. The people have claimed to the policies of
self-management in respect to welfare needs of Child and inquiry have concluded that all the
departments that have attempted to provide appropriate services of culture has not been
overnighted for indigenous people. The indigenous communities have focus on welfare of the
children and wellbeing of the prevailing community to control its destiny (Robertson &
McDonald, 2019).

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 Indigenising mode can improve child welfare program in many ways by proving
services delivery to all its communities.
 Professionals who are dealing with Indigenous families are less aware of the effects
with cultural blindness.
 Good collaboration between organisation and the government are vital part of
development for strategies which empowers Indigenous communities.
 Collaboration enhances the ineffectiveness of programs and services for identify the
necessary changes with culturally appropriate solutions.
 Better understanding and behaviours that stems from all the experience are designed
to overcome parenting problems of patterns.
 They have characteristics which is specify to significant variations across remote and
urban communities.
 The involvement of community members with more planning and implementation of
various services leads to adoption of indigenous communities.
 Delivery of services with creative manner cans response to the changing needs of the
communities. The service structured should be well developed by involvement of
indigenous communities.
 The main focus is on attracting and retaining of the right staff that is competent for the
success of social services. This can also be achieved by employment of local people
and act as a part of team which can be deeper understanding of issues in social and
cultural.
 Demonstrated skills for many projects with specific qualifications as childhood
development in capacity development and leadership.
Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and CALD
children and families
These are overrepresented in Aboriginal and Torres child protection system that are out of
home services as compared to non-indigenous children. The reasons are connected to legacy
colonisation and policies from past. In year from 2016 and 2017, the rates of abusing through
substantiations of negligence or harm were 46 per thousand Aboriginal and Torres Islander.
This means that the children were seven times more than non-indigenous children of risk and
harm (Bell & Libesman, 2005). The evidence of the potential and as an initiative for
indigenous Australian populations includes families and children that taking into account of
publications, mapping changes from outputs across specified quality of publications. To
identify the environments that facilitate in mentoring strategies and outcomes.
This research is based on the expertise in indigenous and non-indigenous research to
collaborate in facilitating youth, communities and children. Planning and delivery of services
is a complex task for policy makers but inn Australian it has impacted lives of many people
who are Aboriginal and Torres Islander child and communities can be complex to policy
makers (Australian Institute , 2019). The evidence of the methods used for this approach in
Aboriginal children is working with indigenous communities, cultivating networks; ensure
services which are culturally competent and relationships. Demanding workloads for low

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remuneration and social environments with disorganisation and provide the main context of
service delivery.
The main wellbeing of Aboriginal health and all the wellness strategy operates in number of
different programs includes treatment centres and healing lodges that are relevant to sexual
assault, addictions , shelters for violence for children and their families and a recent program
which has focus on development of child from starting ages (Victoria Legal Aid, 2017).
Australian Indigenous welfare of child stated that there is economical, infrastructure and
resources from political are likely to vary from communities (Australian Government, 2012).
The literature which is available in area suggests in recognition about indigenous knowledge
and strength of culture in child welfare system.
Improvement of Culturally and Linguistically Communities
Culture and linguistic diverse communities are a value element of Australian population. The
key area which covers this immigrants and refugees to build the overseas born is projected to
be more than thirty two per cent by 2050. The basic review starts from research on refugee
communities and view of mental health of immigrants. They are broadly considered with
lower rates of utilization by immigrants and refugees in the real absence of adequate
population. Culture and national identity is the core features of population in Australia
(Kendall & Henderson, 2019). The existing culture and the arrival of immigrants from a
wide range of communities will continue its forms of futuristic goals and mental health
services.
The national reform process has clear statements of responsibilities and rights, commitment
to inform policy development and a whole process of services outcomes. With the help of
state and territory mental health documents of policies which is culturally and linguistic
diverse populations warranty particular attention for ensuring quality (Government of
Western Australia, 2014). Effective cross cultural communications assist breaking down of
some barriers and safety of all the clients. The continuous process of system reform in
Australia has result in ways of professionals and communities that focus on illness and
mental health and the levels of priority to state and territory governments (Minas et al., 2019).
The various steps for developing refugees is the major concern for the Australian government
and it should be to developed with prevalence of mental health problems, understanding
determinants of their mental health, assessment of their problems, models and utilization,
promotion of their mental health and research methodology for their betterment of refugees
and immigrants (Millbank et al., 2019).
Conclusions
The child protection system in Australia shows the allegations of abusing, neglecting child
with their families and post separations of parenting disputes resolution sectors. These needs
to recognize adverse consequences and its critics of the prevalence removals of child, major
issues of policies and generation of services gaps are included in this report. The indigenising
children services approach is the significant approach which is followed in Australian culture
and Aboriginal people are entitled for their family and address their culture in experiencing

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complexity and strengths. Families are the central motive to indigenous communities that
they are supported and nurtured in a right way. The indigenous approach defines the practices
in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families with the main evidence and
gaps of the model in the Australian government. While the literature examined control of
indigenous children services emphasise on devolution of the authorities as a significant issue
through political and social interference. There is an issue which always compromises the
effectiveness of some agencies and can leave indigenous children and women’s vulnerable.
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