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• New programs helping to reduce number of children in out-of-home care

  16-06-2018 07:55
  Former Ozchild chief Dea Delaney-Thiele says programs are making a difference but should be run by Aboriginal health sectorIf anybody knows how to navigate the New South Wales child protection system, it is Dea Delaney-Thiele. For many years, Delaney-Thiele was the chief executive of Ozchild, one of the state’s biggest out-of-home-care (OOHC) providers.Related: Pru Goward rejects call to appoint Aboriginal child and family commissioner • The number of children in out-of-home care has
  
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• £1bn needed to stave off crisis, say social care bosses

  16-06-2018 01:01
  The Association of Directors of Adult Services says lack of investment could leave older and disabled people strugglingSocial care bosses have written to the prime minister urging her to invest at least £1bn to stave off a growing crisis in services for elderly and disabled people and relieve pressure on the NHS.A letter to Theresa May from the president of the Association of Directors of Adult Services (Adass), Glen Garrod, says action to address immediate pressures faced by councils and
  
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