2022 OPEN Pre-Symposium Workshop – Family Preservation and Reunification Response

Making change happen:Using implementation science to support the Family Preservation and Reunification ResponseThis interactive session included experiences of implementing the Response across all levels of the service system. It draws on cutting edge implementation science strategies (including coaching, monitoring, facilitation techniques), embedding cultural knowledge and practitioner experience to provide positive outcomes for children and families.

Session 1, This session is brought to you by the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing

Speakers included:

• DFFH
• The Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare
• Centre for Evidence and Implementation (CEI)
• Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA)
• Child and Family Services Ballarat (CAFS)
• Ballarat and District Aboriginal Co-operative (BADAC)
• Barwon Child, Youth & Family (BCYF)
• Upper Murray Family Care
• Goulburn Valley Family Care

Session 2, From the coalface – Innovative practice and promising impact on the Family Preservation and Reunification Response journey

• Cultural Safety in Practice – VACCA
• What are the views of families who experience The Family Preservation and Reunification Response? What do they value and what contributes to outcomes? – MackiIllop and Monash University
• What makes it meaningful? Reflections from the coalface on delivering effective coaching to support better outcomes – Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare – Practice Leads

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