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[Simone Czech @czechsimone]

@Kamil_Grabara1 Wow- you are the lowest of the low! And to comment on your own teammate! How many WC minutes did you have? Oh, that's right- ZERO

[Kate Alexander @kate_osp]

DCJ has just launched new Practice Standards. We listened to children and families and put them first. The Standards set the highest expectations for upholding the rights of children.

[Kate Alexander @kate_osp]

Gladys Arizabaleta, winner of the DCJ Excellence in Permanency Practice award has been helping kids for almost 20 years. Gladys never gives up. She relies on a never ending stock of compassion, persistence & skill - children reap the rewards. Thank you for the difference you make

[Kate Alexander @kate_osp]

Hats off to Kate Child, Nowra CSC for winning this year’s DCJ Excellence in Practice Award. Kate’s work with young people is second to none – so far she has helped more than 130 leaving care. Kate is warm, persistent & skilled in creating plans that set young people up for life

[Dept of Communities and Justice @nswdcj]

Louise Andrews from #Campbelltown Community Youth Justice is one of the dedicated volunteers joining the bushfire battle. She is part of the @NSWRFS #Helensburgh Brigade & was deployed to #Yarrowitch, south east of #Armidale, to work on the frontline for a week. #RFS2019

[Dept of Communities and Justice @nswdcj]

Volunteer @NSWRFS firefighter Robert Stirling from Youth Justice has been battling blazes at Lake Macquarie, Rainbow Flat, Possum Brush & Old Bar. He says the community's generosity is amazing with locals constantly buying drinks & food for firefighters & stopping to say 'thanks'

[Simone Czech @czechsimone]

Great job by Penny Hood from Barnardos presenting at #CREATEViA2019 on complaints and record keeping.

[Kate Alexander @kate_osp]

DCJ Practice Conference got off to a cracking start yesterday with the Minister’s award for practice leadership. Thank you Minister Ward and congratulations Tiffany Black, most worthy runner up, for your outstanding practice leadership for children out west @garethjward @facsnsw

[Kate Alexander @kate_osp]

Hats off to our Trevor Bale, winner of the Minister’s award for outstanding practice leadership. Congratulations Trevor - you make sure children are at the centre of every phone call to and every response from the NSW DCJ Child Protection Helpline @garethjward @facsnsw

[Dept of Communities and Justice @nswdcj]

⚖️ New figures show the NSW #youth detention population has fallen by 15% in 12 months. This has been largely driven by a 22% ⬇️ in the number of #Aboriginal boys in detention.

The decline is consistent with the general reduction in youth offending over the past decade.

[Simone Czech @czechsimone]

@AmyConleyWright @prof_beth_neil @UniversityofWA @CaseyPrograms Well done Amy. Fantastic news!

[MichaelCouttsTrotter @MCT_DG]

Awesome: Couple who looked after more than 60 kids https://t.co/1EP5Ixzj3d

[MichaelCouttsTrotter @MCT_DG]

New data show NSW has the lowest rate of children entering care in Australia and the second lowest for Aboriginal kids. Great work by FACS colleagues and our non-government partners in helping families to keep their children safe at home.

https://t.co/lLspuI97wY

[Paul McDonald @Paul_G_McDonald]

#EUSARF2018 Porto
The extraordinary thing about this slide folks, (shown in opening session), is not Aust at top of the table but check out Portugal. Only 3% in foster care and a staggering 97% in institutional care. Hopefully a movement can come from #EUSARF2018 to change this

[Simone Czech @czechsimone]

Our fantastic FACS staff talking to conference delegates about PSP and the importance of permanency for children #facsnsw #ACWA18

[Simone Czech @czechsimone]

An absolute pleasure to present on NSW Permanency Reforms with #markgalvin at #ICAR6 on behalf of #NSWGovernment and #facsnsw in Montreal Canada

[ICAR Adoption @ICAR_adoption]

Ce matin: Raven Sinclair s'est confiée sur son histoire d'adoption et a parlé du système de placement d'enfants autochtones au Canada.

This morning: Raven Sinclair shared her own adoption story and talked about the placement of Aboriginal children in Canada’s 1960s.