Child protection
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The Commissioner monitors developments in child protection legislation, policies and practices, and advocates to improve the outcomes for children in the out of home care system.
In 2016, the Commissioner partnered with the Department for Child Protection and Family Support and CREATE Foundation to consult children and young people in care about their experiences of being able to speak up and have their worries or concerns addressed.
Two reports are available below, one for the community and a second report especially for children and young people.
Are you concerned about the safety of a child or young person?
Reports
Child Safe Organisations WA - Top Tips for making a complaint
For children and young people
Speaking Out About Raising Concerns in Care
The views of Western Australian children and young people with experience of out-of-home care
Speaking Up in Care
Report back to children and young people who participated in the 2016 consultation
Policy Briefs
Safety and child protection: the impact on the wellbeing of WA children and young people
Developed from the Commissioner's 2014 Wellbeing Monitoring Framework
Housing and homelessness: the impact on the wellbeing of WA children and young people
Developed from the Commissioner's 2014 Wellbeing Monitoring Framework
Children and young people in care
Developed from the Commissioner's 2011 Mental Health Inquiry
Children and young people speak out about safety
Developed from the Commissioner's 2011 Wellbeing research project
Submissions
Submission to Department for Children Protection and Family Support, April 2017
Consultation paper for the Review of the 2017 Children and Community Services Act 2004
Letter - Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, November 2016
Inquiry into Serious allegations of abuse, self-harm and neglect of asylum seekers in relation to the Nauru Regional Processing Centre, and any like allegations in relation to the Manus Regional Processing Centre.
Letter - Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse - Best practice principles in responding to complaints of child sexual abuse in institutional contexts
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse - Best practice principles in responding to complaints of child sexual abuse in institutional contexts
Submission to the Department for Child Protection and Family Support, April 2016
Earlier Intervention and Family Support Strategy Discussion Paper
More Information
Reporting a child protection concern
Report a concern with the Department of Child Protection and Family Support
Opinion piece - Judge calls for care overhaul
The West Australian, His Honour Judge Denis Reynolds – 22 March 2015
Principles for Child Safety in Organisations
Australian Children’s Commissioners and Guardians
Events
Thinker in Residence 2014
International expert in child resilience Dr Michael Ungar visited Perth in 2014, offering new perspectives on a community-wide approach to building resilience in children and young people, particularly those who are vulnerable or who have complex needs.