The decision to place an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child or young person in residential care

This paper is for practitioners and policy makers who are required to apply active efforts when implementing the child placement principle at all significant decision points across the child protection continuum.

To better understand the ongoing trend of placing First Nations children in residential care settings, The decision to place an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child or young person in residential care review aims to examine the implementation of the child placement principle to a standard of active efforts at the point of deciding to place an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child or young person in residential care.