Fams joined forces with Youth Action to write a submission to the Human Rights Commission’s Youth Justice and Child Wellbeing Reform. We know that change is only possible through strong relationships and collaboration, so we were thrilled to work in partnership.
The joint submission highlighted the need to address systemic disadvantages that often underlie young people’s involvement in justice and child protection systems, as well as the need to prioritise building workforce capacity to provide specialist, culturally safe, trauma informed and evidence-based services to these children, young people and families.
Overall, we wish to see greater recognition of the role of the not-for-profit sector in preventing children and young people from entering the justice system, as well as supporting them in a way that is trauma-informed, culturally appropriate and recognises the role of systemic disadvantage.
To read the full submission, click here.
