Hostname: page-component-77c89778f8-gvh9x Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-07-24T08:08:56.269Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Preventative Child Welfare Services in Victoria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2024

Brian Mitchell
Brian Mitchell*
Affiliation:
St. Anthony’s Family Service, Melbourne
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Extract

The idea of prevention in child welfare is not new. The prevention of substitute placement of children whether on a temporary or long-term basis has been a fundamental principle of child welfare we have held to for many years in Victoria.

However, it is only in the last decade that this principle is actually being carried out in practice by a number of voluntary agencies. For many children placement is still commonly used as a solution it is easier to place a child than to promote change within many multi-deficit families.

Type
Research Article
Information
Children Australia , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , 1988 , pp. 10 - 14
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

1. Mitchell, B., 1987 “Helping Families in Great Need: An American Perspective.” (Monograph), St. Anthony's Family Service. Footscray. P. 5c Google Scholar
2. Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, New York, 1985 “Keeping Families Together: The Case for Family Preservation.” P. 15 Google Scholar
3. Scott, D., (1986) “Family Structure and the Child” in Clements, A., (Ed) 1986 Infant and Family Health in Australia, Churchill Livingstone, Melbourne. P. 204 Google Scholar