Editorial: The Good with the Bad
News
Census Update
By Sarah Kahn, Manger Policy and Communications, Council to Homeless Persons
Homelessness Australia Update March 2011
By Nicole Lawder, Chief Executive Officer, Homelessness Australia
Chapter 1: Making the Connections
Linking Services for Young People Under Sixteen and Alone
By Claire-Anne Willis, Project Officer for the Linking Services for Young People Under Sixteen and Alone project, Office of the Child Safety Commissioner
Can Collaboration Between Services Help Children?
By Christine Gibson, Australian Centre for Child Protection, Hawke Research Institute, University of South Australia
Housing and the Wellbeing of Children
By Dr A. M Dockery, Director, Centre for Labour Market Research, Curtin University
The Need for Collaborative and Cohesive Early Childhood Programs
By Alison Thorburn and Kate Fanton, Micah Projects
Thoughts from the Frontline
By Zoe Probyn and Jodi Mohr, North West Homelessness Network
Chapter 2: Listening to Their Voices
Children as Active Agents Within the Homelessness Services System Response
By Julie Maggs, Children’s Resource Program, Loddon Mallee Region
Children are Not Invisible
An interview undertaken by Cassandra Bawden, PESP Project Worker and the Peer Education Support Program (PESP) on behalf of the Council to Homeless Persons
Joining the Dots: Homeless Children’s Experience of Education
By Katrina McAuley, The North West Regional Children’s Resource Program
Chapter 3: Programs at Work (That Work)
Jason: A Tandana Place Case Study
By Mel Thomson, Program Manager and Provisional Psychologist, Tandana Place Adolescent Rehabilitation House
Lighthouse Foundation Home for Young Mothers and Babies
By Rudy Gonzalez, Director of Care Services and Tymur Hussein, Clinical Care Manager, the Lighthouse Foundation
Bright Futures: Children’s Specialist Support Service (Bright Futures)
By the Bright Futures Team Shureeka Alves, Luisa Iapozzuto and Michelle Atlas
North West Children’s Resource Program Homeless Children’s Brokerage Support Project
By Halime Aldemir, North West Children’s Resource Program
Homeless Children’s Specialist Support Service
By Sharon Rooney, Natalie Lewis, Frances Butare and Frances Allen, Women, Youth, Families and Children, Homeless Children’s Specialist Support Services, Hanover Welfare Services
Chapter 4: Issues in Practice, Infants
Introduction – Mind the Baby: How the ‘homeless infant’ is Kept in Mind!
By Wendy Bunston, Manager, Addressing Family Violence Programs (AFVP), Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital, Integrated Mental Health Program
The Homeless Infant
By Karen Glennen,Coordinator, Barwon South West Regional Children’s Resource Program
Let’s Start At The Very Beginning: The Sound of Infants, Mental Health, Homelessness and YOU
By Wendy Bunston, Manager, Addressing Family Violence Programs, Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital, Integrated Mental Health Program
Supporting the Homeless Infant through Mother/Infant Work in a Shelter Context
By Janet Orchard
Making the Most of Every Encounter
By Kirsty Manning and Jessica Little, Children’s Workers, Mercy Care Program, McAuley Community Services for Women
A Children/Mother’s Group Work Program and the Question of “to stay or to go”? When is leaving a better option?
By Tara Pavlidis, Mental Health Clinician, Addressing Family Violence Programs (AFVP), Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital, Integrated Mental Health Program
Chapter 5: Therapeutic Interventions
Strengthening Bonds Through Music
By Rebecca Fairchild, Registered Music Therapist, Homeless Children’s Specialist Support Service, Bethany Community Support
‘A Place Where I Belong’
By Stephanie Lai, Children’s Counsellor, Women’s Health West, Melbourne
Bright Futures Therapeutic Group Work Program
By Michelle Atlas and Janine Sheridan, Merri Outreach Support Service
Opinion
Bernie Geary OAM, Child Safety Commissioner