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The children’s advocate has called for an immediate end for children and young people housed in hotels.

Housing young offenders in motels and caravan parks needs to end, advocates say

A final report on children in care suggests bail accommodation for underage offenders could help bring an end to children being housed in hotels and motel

  • Amber Schultz

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A female foster worker was sexually assaulted by a high-risk teenager she should not have been left alone with. Generic image.

‘People are crying at their desks’: Department with one in 11 staff on workers’ comp

Nearly one in 10 child protection workers are on workers’ compensation amid a dire shortage of staff who assist the state’s most vulnerable children.

  • Amber Schultz
The Department of Communities and Justice has failed to meet any of its three core protection responsibilities, the report found.

‘Horrifying’: Alarm over NSW’s child protection failures

A scathing report by the NSW Ombudsman has raised a raft of concerns about children in care.

  • Amber Schultz

Sydney’s worst DV hotspot faces new crisis

A service which has saved hundreds of lives and been lauded as the gold standard for dealing with family violence is on its knees.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
Mothers Michele and Sarah, not her real name for legal reasons, at Dalwood on Thursday.

‘I’m devastated’: Funding row threatens kids’ places at renowned family and domestic violence centre

Up to 100 children a year face being blocked from accessing one of the state’s most recognised family and domestic violence intervention centres. Parents say the government is abandoning them.

  • Eryk Bagshaw
Child protection advocates warn there’s limited oversight for children in privatised out of home care.

‘Limited visibility’ for teens in group homes amid worrying number of reports

New data shows an increasing number of reports of significant harm to children living in group homes funded by the government.

  • Amber Schultz
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Nearly 1000 foster carers left the system in the past year.

Foster carers beg for support as record numbers quit the system

The Sun-Herald has spoken to five anonymous foster carers who have accused the government of failing them and the children in their care.

  • Amber Schultz
Minister for Family and Communities Kate Washington NSW State Parliament

‘Spiralling out of control’: why a one-year-old is living in a NSW motel

The Minns government is considering drastic reforms to fix a system ‘spiralling out of control’ which could see it take back control of the care of at-risk children from private providers which currently operate in NSW.

  • Michael McGowan
Lauren Eslick, 27, received a confidential settlement from the Department of Communities and Justice for her experiences in foster care.

‘Alarm bells’: The foster child who’s won a settlement from the state

Lauren Eslick spent most of her childhood with foster parents whose punishments included hitting her, forcing her to hold a telephone book above her head and locking her in a tent.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Left hungry and too cold to go to school: Urgent review of children in care

The plight of two boys in out-of-home care in NSW has been detailed in a court case that has sparked an urgent government review of the multimillion-dollar sector.

  • Michael Evans

Original URL: https://www.theage.com.au/topic/nsw-department-of-communities-and-justice-1mwk