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At-risk families in need of support to better care for their children will receive specialised help thanks to a new program, which aims to keep families together.

A new, $3 million State Government intensive family support program is showing early signs of success in keeping children safe at home with their families.

The Liberal Government is congratulating the 275 young people in care who completed Year 11 and 12 SACE this year.

The Liberal Government has reduced the average cost of care per child within the state’s child protection system in 2018-19 through increasing family-based care options and contract reform.

World-renowned UK social work expert Emeritus Professor Eileen Munro is currently in Adelaide sharing her knowledge and expertise about navigating the complexity of working with children and families in the child protection space, with local social workers.

The Liberal Government would like to say “thank you” to our hardworking foster and kinship
carers during 2019 National Foster and Kinship Care Week.

The Liberal Government is proactively consulting on the practice of open adoption from care as one of a range of permanency options in South Australia available for children and young people.

The Liberal Government’s initiative to broaden the accepted qualifications for child protection workers has resulted in a boost to front-line case manager roles.

To help fill dozens of vacancies, a 100-day Marshall Liberal Government commitment following the March 2018 pledged to broaden qualifications for child protection workers.

The Liberal Government is urging young people with a care experience to apply for the new round of Dame Roma Mitchell Grants to help them study and live independently. 

Read my latest newsletter distributed to my electorate on the 2019/20 State Budget.