This is an inaugural international conference that aims to attract upwards of 300 Australasian participants including children and young people from a wide range of life experience, practice, professional and research backgrounds. Such a significant professional development and stakeholder participation event will challenge, inform and influence delegates through a focus on cutting edge, innovative concepts and perspectives. Its purpose is to contribute significantly to our understanding of children, young people and their families in the community, and factors which impact on their wellbeing as stakeholders in policy, programmes and service delivery. It will also highlight issues and challenges facing vulnerable children and young people today and explore preventative and strengths-based strategies for improving positive outcomes for them at a local, national and international level. The conference will be a multi-faceted event showcasing latest research, practice and policy issues while at the same time providing activities and sessions that encourage children, young people and their families to participate and have meaningful input into the Conference and agendas which impact on them. Aims and Objectives
The Conference will:
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Children and Young People are Key Stakeholders
Provide opportunities for children, young people and their families to comment on, and influence, issues that are relevant to them
Encourage children and young people and others to share and debate a variety of perspectives on their different agendas
Enhance knowledge of cutting edge theoretical and practice perspectives about vulnerable children, young people and families as stakeholders and agents
Impart national and international, up-to date and innovative research findings about the safety and wellbeing of children
Impart national and international, up-to date and innovative workplace ideas and practices supporting families and communities to provide for the care and safety of their members.
Increase professional expertise and innovation in this area
Increase understanding of the nexus between theory and evidence-based practice
Afford opportunity for critical reflection of personal practice and ideology
Increase worker motivation
Encourage and support professional networking and recommitment
Energise delegates
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