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Implementation Underway in Australia’s Northern Territory

Article by Terry Murphy, Pene Turnell and Andrew Turnell Elia is embracing the challenge of implementation in the geographically vast Northern Territory, one of Australia’s eight jurisdictions of States and Territories. Aboriginal people make up around a quarter of the …
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/ May 14, 2019
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Taking Signs of Safety into the future

Children’s services needs to be done better. Signs of Safety sets out to do this and has been making a difference around the world, involving parents and children at the center of the work. At its core, Signs of Safety is continuously evolving based on what works for practitioners and agencies undertaking the work with children and families.
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Bexley lands ‘Outstanding’ from Ofsted

Jacky Tiotto, Director Children’s Services, London Borough of Bexley Published in the Management Journal — 31st January 2019 There is nothing like the sense of joy, relief, pride and gratitude that hits you when an Ofsted inspection concludes that your …
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/ March 6, 2019
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Congratulations to Janice Spencer, OBE

I am very proud to announce that Janice Spencer, the Interim Director of children’s services in Lincolnshire, who I have been working closely with since 2013, has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s New Years honours list for 2019 …
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/ February 27, 2019
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Department of Communities Signs of Safety Gathering 2019

The Department of Communities is hosting the fifth Western Australian Signs of Safety Gathering from 19th – 21st February 2019 at Technology Park Function Centre, Bentley. The theme of this year’s Gathering is “People. Place. Home — Towards a Common …
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/ January 16, 2019
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Against Orphanages: An Impassioned Plea

by Professor Andrew Turnell Please read this article: https://www.antislavery.org/orphanage-trafficking/ The over-developed, over-commodified, colonising rich world is playing out its shadow side and desire to feel good about itself in orphanages across the developing world. Well-meaning people like ourselves through our desire …
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