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Former Premier Jay Weatherill says his government “poorly executed” a failed plan to improve the state’s child protection regime but believes the current system perpetuates an “absurd model” that requires a fresh approach.
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Young South Australians leaving state-run care homes once they become adults will be offered more financial and housing support until they turn 21 in an attempt to stop them from potentially becoming homeless.
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South Australian foster carers are calling on all political parties to commit to increasing carer payments, amid concerns some are experiencing “pressing and longstanding” financial strain as they dip into their own pockets to look after children under the guardianship.
South Australia’s inaugural Child and Young Person’s Visitor, who was legislated to conduct inspections and advocate for the welfare of children living in residential care following a Royal Commission, has resigned saying a lack of government funding means she can’t do the job.
Frontline child protection workers in South Australia will be taught to be more considerate and sensitive towards Aboriginal families who have been impacted by the Stolen Generations, in a bid to slow the number of kids entering state care.
Children in state care who end up in the youth justice system are sometimes kept in detention days after they are granted release because child protection authorities have no homes for them to go to, according to South Australia’s Guardian for Children.
A statutory officer has reserved her right to refuse a parliament-sanctioned independent inquiry into the death of a 13-year-old Port Lincoln boy killed when a rubbish truck collected the skip in which he was sleeping, telling MPs the investigation could cause “unintended harm” to two surviving youths.
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