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The views of children and young people in out-of-home care: overview of indicator results from second national survey, 2018
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Topic: Child protection
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2019) The views of children and young people in out-of-home care: overview of indicator results from second national survey, 2018, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 25 September 2023.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2019). The views of children and young people in out-of-home care: overview of indicator results from second national survey, 2018. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The views of children and young people in out-of-home care: overview of indicator results from second national survey, 2018. AIHW, 2019.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The views of children and young people in out-of-home care: overview of indicator results from second national survey, 2018. Canberra: AIHW; 2019.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2019, The views of children and young people in out-of-home care: overview of indicator results from second national survey, 2018, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report presents an overview of results from a 2018 national data collection on the views of children in out-of-home care. The majority of children (92%) reported feeling both safe and settled in their current placement; 97% reported that they had an adult who cares about what happens to them now and in the future. 66% of respondents reported that they usually get to have a say in what happens to them, and that people usually listen to what they say. For indicators that had comparable data for the 2015 and 2018 surveys, there was little, if any, difference between the 2 surveys.
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-495-9
- Cat. no: CWS 68
- Pages: 48
Findings from this report:
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92% of children in out-of-home care reported that they felt safe and settled in their current placement
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Around two-thirds (66%) of children felt that they got to have a say in what happened to them, and felt listened to
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72% of children felt satisfied with the type of contact they had with family members they did not live with
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64% of older children (aged 15–17) felt they were getting enough help to make decisions about their future