Why Don’t Multi-Agency Child Welfare Initiatives Deliver? A Counterpoint to Best Practice Literature
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چکیده
A common problem that has been identified through my office’s work in the child protection area has been a failure of agencies to deliver a coordinated response with a positive outcome to vulnerable families. Significant resources and efforts have been devoted to establishing Keep Them Safe as a system of shared responsibility between government agencies and non-government agencies. As I have previously reported to NSW Parliament, it is vital to continue to explore how the concept of shared responsibility can best be delivered in a range of contexts.
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