Minister pledges to overhaul child care system
A report, entitled Listen To Our Voices, based on interviews with 220 children and young people, highlights issues ranging from claims of verbal abuse to accessing social workers.
The report, published yesterday by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, highlights the lack of satisfaction with social workers by children in care in their teenage years, and also the uncertainty enveloping separated minors seeking asylum. Other issues raised in the report include:
