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Improving the Health of Vulnerable Children

On Friday 12th December, the Centre for Excellence in Child & Family Welfare attended a meeting with the Commissioner for Children and Young People, FCAV and Medibank Health Solutions in relation to "Improving the Health of Vulnerable Children".

Following the meeting Medibank has confirmed that it has the following policy in relation to children in kinship and guardianship arrangements (not fostercare):

"The types of orders we will accept for adding a child under a guardianship arrangement are:

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Betrayal of Trust: Factsheet – The new ‘failure to disclose’ offence

The Department of Justice has released the Betrayal of Trust fact sheet on the new offence of failing to disclose child sexual abuse to police, which came into operation on 27 October 2014. The fact sheet provides important information about this new criminal offence that imposes a clear duty upon adults to report information about child sexual abuse to police, including what constitutes a reasonable belief, defining a reasonable excuse for not disclosing the information and further exemptions to the offence.

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Graduate Certificate in Child & Family Practice – 2015 Applications Now Open

Applications are now open for the Graduate Certificate in Child and Family Practice 2015.

The course is aimed at experienced practitioners in child protection or family services to further develop their professional knowledge and skills in child and family practice.

Please note that the course is only offered to:

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