Children who experience out-of-home care need quality recordkeeping and archiving systems to

  • develop and nurture their sense of identity and connectedness to family and community;
  • account for their care experiences, and
  • prevent, detect, report, investigate, and take action against child neglect and abuse.

Help to transform the way records are created, captured, managed, accessed and archived for childhood out-of-home care so that we can create a better system. One which learns from the mistakes of the past and allows multiple rights in records to be recognised, respected and enacted.

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Our Goal
To transform the way records for childhood out-of-home care are created, captured, managed, archived and accessed.
Our Principles
Committed to recordkeeping and archiving that is child-centred, participatory, accountable and transparent, evidence-based, integrated, connected and co-ordinated, and features the clever use of digital technologies
Our Outcomes
Child-centred and rights-based recordkeeping and archiving frameworks, policies, processes and systems
Our Approach
Build a community through the May 2017 National Summit and follow up activities to develop and implement a long-term strategic plan to transform recordkeeping and archiving frameworks, policies, processes and systems

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LET’S WORK TOGETHER TO TRANSFORM RECORDKEEPING AND ARCHIVING FOR CHILDHOOD OUT-OF-HOME CARE.

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    • Frank,Who am I? Project video, Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare, 2012
      That’s what a good record ought to be … a story that the person if they are 30, 40, or 50 years old to look back on their childhood and say ‘Oh yeah. I understand … where my parents were, where my siblings were. I understand why I was in care. I can cope with that.     
      Frank,Who am I? Project video, Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare, 2012
    • Samantha,Who am I? Project video, Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare, 2012
      I would have liked to have some input in a story that’s going to be written about me.     
      Samantha,Who am I? Project video, Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare, 2012
    • Megan Mitchell,Australian Children's Commissioner
      Having a voice in decision-making not only empowers children and young people, but also helps adults to get things right.

      Megan Mitchell,Australian Children's Commissioner
    • Bringing Them Home Report 1997
      Access to records must be made easier and less hurtful.

      Bringing Them Home Report 1997
    • National Standards for Out-of-home Care 2011
      Children and young people in care … have their life history recorded as they grow up.

      National Standards for Out-of-home Care 2011
    • Megan Mitchell,Australian Children's Commissioner
      … silencing children never serves to protect them, it only serves to protect the systems, practices and people that ignore, neglect or deliberatively breach children’s rights.

      Megan Mitchell,Australian Children's Commissioner
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