FACSIAR Lunch & Learn: Foster and relative/kinship carers - Insights and best practice to improve well-being and meet service and support needs

Tuesday 30 August 12:00-1:00pm AEST, online via MS Teams

Hosted by Family and Community Services Insights, Analysis and Research (FACSIAR), 
NSW Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ).

Details

The psychological well-being and resilience of carers has implications for the well-being and outcomes of children and young people in their care. Chaired by FACSIAR Executive Director Jessica Stewart, this FACSIAR Lunch and Learn webinar will provide insights into carers of children in out-of-home care, how to best support them and how to create positive caring experiences.

Program

• Carers: exploring the impact of child characteristics, resources, perceptions and life stressors on caregiving and well-being 
  Associate Professor Rebecca Mitchell, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University

• Relative/kinship and foster care: A comparison of carer and child characteristics - findings from the Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study (POCLS)
  Professor Ilan Katz, Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales
  

• Followed by panel discussion with:
  Loren Dumbrell, Manager, Carer Support, My Forever Family NSW
  Melissa Pearce, Manager, Strategy, Policy and Commissioning, Department of Communities and Justice
  Ruth Smallwood, Relative/kinship carer
  

• Q&A

Questions or comments?
Contact: ResearchPartnerships@facs.nsw.gov.au

The recorded presentations, slides and resources will be sent out within one week following the webinar.

We encourage you to share this event with co-workers or other interested stakeholders