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The impact lack of permanency and stability has on a child’s education

Brian Smyth King Executive Director, Learning and Engagement

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"It takes a whole village to raise a child"

the work of raising a child cannot be done alone Igbo and Yoruba (Nigeria) Proverb

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Expectations are shaped by belonging and experience

Experiencecreates

Expectationswhich alters

Perception(Lally 2012)

Hope

Potential

Ability

Happiness

Success

Talents

Possibilities

Dreams

Achievements

Milestones

Expectations

Aspiration

Goals

Resilience and community assets= INCLUSION

RESILIENCEbuilding community

assets

EMPOWEREDHaving a sense of

control over

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Resilience and community assets= INCLUSION

RESILIENCE building community

assets

EMPOWEREDhaving a sense of

control

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When students change schools they lose an average of four to six months of educational progress. Elizabeth Calvin, Make a Difference in a Child's Life: A Manual for Helping Children and Youth Get What They Need in School (Team Child and Casey Family Programs, September 2001)

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(220,000)

(90,000)

(49,000)

(12,000)

Our NSW Public Schools Student Profile

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2009 – 2013• rise from 16,524 to 18,300• rise from 10.2 to 11.1 per 1,0002011 – 2013Statutory care: • rise from 66% (11,813) to 67.5% (12,349)Supported care: • drop from 33.7% (6,031) to 32.3%(5,915) Other:• drop from 0.3% (52) in 2011 to 0.2% (36) in 2013

There is a major shift away from Community Services placing children and young people to non-government organisations making placements.

Rural areas have the highest rates of children in OOHC.Western CS region has the highest rate followed by Hunter Central Coast and Northern regions.

Children and Young People in out-of home carein NSW in 2013

Source: Community Services Annual Statistical Report 2012/13

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Evidence also shows that rural areas have the largest numbers of Aboriginal &/or Torres Strait Islander children and young people in OOHC. (Western and Northern CS regions having the highest numbers).

Placement of CYP in relative and Aboriginal kinship care continues to grow. Between 2011 and 2013 there was a 5.4% increase in the number of relative/kinship carer households with a placement.

Aboriginal &/or Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People in out-of home care in NSW in 2013

2011 - 2013• rise from 6,060 (33.9%) to 6,487 (35.4%), an increase of 7%. • rise from 85.1 to 89.4 rate per 1,000 for 0 – 17 years.

Source: Community Services Annual Statistical Report 2012/13

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Children admitted to out of home care in 2010-2011 NSW

School aged n=1983

Age groups

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2013

Total = 3542

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Stability in care: Children and Young people in out of home care in NSW by length of time and number of

placements 30 June 2013

61.2

34.932 31.9

25.2

31.8

27

23.1

13.6

33.3

41

45

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

< 1 year 1year to < years 2 years to < 5 years 5 years or more

Numb

er of

placem

ents

-%

Time in Current Care Period

1 placement

2 placements

> 3 placements

Source: Community Services Annual Statistical Report 2012/13

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Quality schooling and completion to

Year 12 =

• Increased life expectancy

• Higher cognitive growth• Healthier adult life• Increased stability &

community inclusion• Increased lifetime

wellbeing• Better employment

outcomes and earningpotential

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Quality of each student’s learning experience

Rigorous

Meaningful

Dignified

Professional

teacher judgement

and practice

Learning drawn

from the Australian

CurriculumQuality of the

learning experience

Capability

Relationships connectedness

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Wellbeing: A framework for Education

Wellbeing framework

• Indirect services• Direct support for schools, students and

families/carers • Linking with health / welfare services

Personalised learning and support

• Collaboration• Assessed individual need• Adjustments• Impact of adjustments

Network specialist support

Personalised Learning Pathways

• Aspirational goal setting for education

Care for selfCare for others

Standards Intelligence driven decision-making

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Networked specialist supportSupport to students and schools

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Diverse organisations coming together to solve a complex social problem.

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Networked Specialist Support

Personalised supportCollaboration

CurriculumTeaching & learning

Personalised learning adjustments

Wellbeing services

Non government providersPhilanthropic contributionsBefore & after school services

Health servicesSocial services

Art & cultural opportunitiesSport & recreation opportunities

Community organisations

Adapted from

School decision making

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Common Agenda

• Shared vision and understanding

Shared Measurement

• Data collection and consistently measured results

Mutually reinforcing activities

• Differentiated but coordinated activities

Continuous communication

• Consistent and open communication

Backbone organisation

• Separate organisation to manage the initiative and coordinate participating services.

Case worker

School

Carer

Child or young person

Children and young people engage in quality schooling that credentials their learning progress at the end of year 12 or its equivalent

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If placements have to change, it would be important to try to achieve this without disturbing the child or young person’s established educational context.

CREATE report card 2013

Working smarter, not harder, maximising community assets

Intelligence driven decision making flowing from collective local knowledge, data, expertise and experience

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1. What works well between your organisation and the education sector?

Given the importance of permanency and stability in education …

2. Where are the barriers, difficult hurdles for your organisation working with the education sector?

3. If your organisation could start afresh working with the education sector, what would it look like?

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coordinator

learning and support teacher

counsellor

year advisor

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liaison

officer

Aboriginal

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liaison officer

speech

therapist

community

services

Learning and

engagement consultant

mentor

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Step sister

Step mother

step brother

foster family

siblingcoordinator

case work manager

CAMHS workerschool learning support officer

student support officerschool counsellor

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transition teacher

hearing teacher

vision teacher

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