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Family Decision Making: Good practice in child protection solutions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Linda Mondy  and
Patricia Kiely
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Abstract

This paper provides an introduction and background to the Family Decision Making project which was piloted in the Department of Community Services Cumberland/Prospect area of NSW, in partnership with Burnside (an agency of the Uniting Church NSW). The paper outlines the core features and values of the DoCS/Burnside project with the aim of promoting discussion as to Family Decision Making’s wider application as a best practice model of working with children and families.

Type
Research Article
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Children Australia , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , 1999 , pp. 24 - 27
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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