Early Years Hub – Early Start Bright Future (earlyyearshub.com.au)
Statewide Childrens Resource Program – Resources (weebly.com)
Reporting concerns about children or young people (a guide for professionals) – Department of Families, Fairness and Housing – Reporting-concerns-about-children-or-young-people_0.docx (live.com)
Failure to protect: a new criminal offence to protect child sex abuse – Failure to protect: a new criminal offence to protect children from sexual abuse | Department of Justice and Community Safety Victoria
Australian Childhood Foundation Resources – Resources – Australian Childhood Foundation Professionals
Reimagine Australia – Provides support, resources, training and development for families and early childhood practitioners to work with families of children who have additional needs – Helpful tools and resources – Reimagine Australia
The SMCFA and SMFVRIC Child and Family Working Group (0-10) facilitate the Early Years Morning Series once a month – short, half-hour online training sessions for practitioners to hear from guest speakers on topics related to the Early Years cohort (0-5).
Emerging Minds: Promoting children’s mental health in the context of family and domestic violence
Safety Planning Guide with children and young peopleThis resources provides some questions to ask yourself about the child or young person you are working with to assess what kind of safety measures can be put in place
Uniting Vic Tas & Vic Gov- Short Term Recovery Program- Post birth Flyer
Uniting Vic Tas- New Parent Infant Network (Newpin) A parenting support program for children aged 6 weeks to 5 years Flyer
OzChild SafeCare Program- For parents of children aged 0-5 years who are ta risk of, or have been reported for child neglect or physical abuse Flyer
Statewide Childrens Resource Program – Resources (weebly.com)
Kids’ Coercive Control WebA graphic with examples of power and control to help children and young people understand coercive control
Uniting Vic Tas & Vic Gov- Short Term Recovery Program- Post birth Flyer
Uniting Vic Tas- New Parent Infant Network (Newpin) A parenting support program for children aged 6 weeks to 5 years Flyer
Pregnancy Help Australia National Helpline (Free confidential & compassionate support)
The Royal Women’s HospitalOffer a range of factsheets, information and links for unplanned pregnancies
The Royal Women’s Hospital Offer a range of pregnancy and birth factsheets and information
PANDA– Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia- Supporting the mental health of parents and families during pregnancy and their first year of parenthood. PANDA has a national hotline, Intensive care and counselling program, digital resources and learning hub, section for fathers and online chatbot.
City of Casey- Request Maternal Child Health Nurse booking
Implicit measures of child abuse and neglect – Implicit measures of child abuse and neglect: A systematic review – ScienceDirect
Child Abuse Prevention: Child abuse prevention: what works? The effectiveness of parent education programs for preventing child maltreatment | Australian Institute of Family Studies (aifs.gov.au)
The effect of trauma on the brain development of children – The effect of trauma on the brain development of children | Australian Institute of Family Studies (aifs.gov.au)