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Factors enabling smooth transitions from out-of-home care: A scoping review

care leavers, out-of-home care (OOHC)
2025

This paper is the first to identify factors enabling a smooth and positive transition from OOHC as described in empirical grey literature from Australian and international sources.

Entangled: The couple rule, domestic violence and women’s economic security

economic wellbeing, FVSV
2025

Report by BSL that shows the couple rule exposes women to economic abuse and traps women in violent and abusive relationships.

Women’s preferences for how health practitioners respond to coercive control by a partner

FVSV
2025

Open-ended survey qualitative analysis exploring Australian women’s preferences for supportive messaging from health practitioners when discussing coercive control.

Violent crimes against parents by children up 60% since 2015, shows London data

adolescent violence
2025

Data released by Scotland Yard reveals that there were 1,886 such offences recorded in 2015 but this increased to 3,091 in the first 10 months of 2025 alone.

Measuring specialist family violence service demand and capacity

FVSV, service delivery
2025

Report by Safe and Equal provides analysis and insights on data collected through their 2025 Demand and Capacity Survey.

State of the ACCO Sector

child protection, out-of-home care (OOHC)
2025

provides an overview of the ACCO child protection and OOHC sector landscape as it relates to service delivery, workforce, governance and community and client needs.

Students’ accumulation of disciplinary school exclusion over time

education, school can't
2025

Findings indicate that suspending and expelling children does not address problem behaviour, highlighting a need for more effective behaviour management approaches and socio-emotional behavioural skills promotion.

Fractured Systems, Compounded Trauma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Aggregation of Crisis Service Experiences After Child Sexual Assault

child sexual abuse, FVSV, sexual violence
2025

This first meta-aggregation of post-child sexual assault crisis care identifies the need for systemic reforms; standardized multi-disciplinary protocols, dedicated family supports, and provider training as well as clinical and supportive supervision to mitigate secondary trauma.

“It’s not a normal upbringing”: Insights from young mothers with care experience to improve parenting support and prevent intergenerational out-of-home care

child protection, out-of-home care (OOHC)
2025

This study aimed to explore the experiences of mothers with OHC experience as they transition from OHC to independent living.

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