Jane Thomson

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present compelling evidence from around the globe demonstrating that systems across the Western world are failing children, families and social workers, and set out a radical plan for reform: Providing an overview of contemporary child protection policies and practices across the English speaking world.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight the problems encountered by child protection jurisdictions in Australia and internationally, and they applaud some of the Inquiry's findings, but argue that the path to reform is hampered by insufficient accountability by government and management, and an inadequate challenge to the ideologies underpinning contemporary child protection policy and practice.

TL;DR: The authors described an action research project undertaken in Australia to confront Eurocentrism in our social work curricula and explored the legitimacy of non-indigenous teachers taking action to reconcile indigenous knowledges in curricula.

TL;DR: It is called for recognition of the need to maintain positive links between natural family members in order to ensure best practice outcomes for children and young people in care.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe and promote a model of group work with parents of children in care in operation in Townsville, a regional city in northern Australia, since 1989, and discuss what is meant by empowerment in the context of a social work group work approach with parents.