The Aboriginal Child, Family and Community Care State Secretariat (AbSec) provides child protection and out-of-home care policy advice on issues affecting Aboriginal children, young people, families and carers. They also work to build capacity in the Aboriginal disability NGO sector to provide choices for people with disability in the types of services and supports they access.
The Aboriginal Foster Care Recruitment manual was developed as a guide to assist Aboriginal out-of-home care agencies in the recruitment of Aboriginal foster carers.
Throughout the manual there are ideas and steps to help in the recruitment of foster carers for Aboriginal children in out-of-home care in NSW.
From Section 13 of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998
A case management policy for practitioners working with Aboriginal children, young people and families
There are nine Aboriginal Child and Family Centres (ACFCs) in NSW which provide a mix of culturally safe services and supports for Aboriginal children aged 0 to 8 years and their families.
Information about cultural planning for Aboriginal children and young people.
This resource is based on a published Wiradjuri Workbook written by Dr Lynette Riley and Diane Riley-McNaboe, two Dubbo-born sisters from both Wiradjuri (Dubbo) and Gamilaroi (Moree) Nations for Indigenous children in permanent foster care, to help connect them with their culture. Learn about the Wiradjuri language and culture through games and other learning activities.
Therapeutic program supporting placement stability for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
This webinar by NAPCAN explores how children thrive in systems that recognise the strengths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
This website from Reconciliation NSW includes positive ways that non-Indigenous Australians can engage with Indigenous issues and ideas on how to be an Indigenous ally
Department of Communities and Justice resource for Aboriginal parents and carers
An online learning module by the University of Sydney, covering the systems of social organisation that traditionally govern Aboriginal societies.