How do you support kinship care for Aboriginal children and young people?
One Future provides Aboriginal staff
who can assess Aboriginal children and young people within their extended
family, kin and community. We adhere to The Aboriginal Child Placement
Principle https://www.absec.org.au/aboriginal-child-placement-principle.html which requires
that preference be given to Aboriginal extended family or
relatives, or where this is not possible other extended family or
relatives being the next preferred care option for an Aboriginal child or young
person. Our staff work closely with family and other important people in a
child or young person's life throughout the assessment process to ensure that
appropriate care decisions are made in consultation with family and community.
For
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, kinship care is a longstanding
and integral part of culture and community. Despite the sustained trauma and
loss experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander families and communities continue to take care of
each other in time‐honoured ways. Kinship care is a culturally appropriate and
traditional way of caring for a child or young person.
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