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Stopping Child Abuse Is Everyone’s Responsibility
Tuesday, 23 October 2001, 11:43 am | Child Youth And Family
All New Zealanders have a part to play in preventing child abuse and enhancing the well-being of children, says an innovative new public education programme from Child, Youth and Family. More >>
Epuni Big Boost To CYF Capacity
Friday, 13 July 2001, 9:46 am | Child Youth And Family
Child, Youth and Family says the extra 20 beds at the newly opened Epuni Care and Protection Unit in Lower Hutt are a major boost for helping at-risk children and young people. The beds increase by more than half (from 37 to 57) the number of care ... More >>
Media Advisory - Epuni Care and Protection Opening
Tuesday, 10 July 2001, 9:00 am | Child Youth And Family
Child, Youth and Family’s new 20-bed Epuni Care and Protection Unit will be officially opened at 10.30am on Thursday 12 July by the Minister of Social Services and Employment Steve Maharey. Media are very welcome to attend the opening ceremony at 441 Riverside ... More >>
Foster Home Not Tinny House
Tuesday, 26 June 2001, 11:23 am | Child Youth And Family
A careful Child, Youth and Family investigation has found nothing to substantiate a claim that a foster home in the Wellington suburb of Linden was being used as a drug dealing base. A man claimed last week that the home where his children were ... More >>
CYF Comment On Baby Hurt In Auckland
Thursday, 21 June 2001, 11:24 am | Child Youth And Family
Child, Youth and Family chief executive Jackie Brown says she’s shocked and saddened by an incident in Auckland in which a baby was burnt. More >>
New Directions Points Way Ahead
Wednesday, 13 June 2001, 11:18 am | Child Youth And Family
Child, Youth and Family’s New Directions programme will significantly boost the department’s performance, says chief executive Jackie Brown. More >>
Babysitting Age Depends On Circumstances
Thursday, 31 May 2001, 3:24 pm | Child Youth And Family
The fact that a teenager is aged 14 or over does not automatically entitle them to be able to legally babysit younger children, says Child, Youth and Family. More >>
Statement re Underage Prostitution
Friday, 11 May 2001, 6:29 pm | Child Youth And Family
Child, Youth and Family, the Police and community agencies have resolved to continue working to address the issue of underage prostitution and children at risk on the street. More >>
Community Funding Decisions Announced
Friday, 6 April 2001, 3:03 pm | Child Youth And Family
Child, Youth and Family will on Monday begin informing community social services providers how much funding they will receive from the department in the next financial year. More >>
Child, Youth And Family Interviewers Vindicated
Tuesday, 13 March 2001, 8:26 pm | Child Youth And Family
The professionalism of Child, Youth and Family’s evidential interviewers in the Christchurch civic creche case has been strongly upheld by the Eichelbaum report, says chief social worker Shannon Pakura. More >>
Community Agencies To Work With CYF
Tuesday, 13 March 2001, 1:58 pm | Child Youth And Family
Four social workers from community organisations are to help Child, Youth and Family tackle its backlog of unallocated cases in Hamilton. More >>
Brown Report Provides Clarity For Future
Thursday, 1 March 2001, 12:39 am | Child Youth And Family
Child, Youth and Family chief executive Jackie Brown says she wants the Brown report, released today, to be “the catalyst for a really focused, community-wide effort to strengthen the way we work together to protect vulnerable young New Zealanders”. More >>
CYF Acknowledges Sade Errors
Tuesday, 27 February 2001, 10:28 am | Child Youth And Family
A review by an independent barrister into Child, Youth and Family’s involvement with Sade Trembath, the toddler who was seriously injured by her grandmother Patricia Bissett, has revealed a mixture of good and below standard social work practice, ... More >>
Unallocated Cases Update
Friday, 23 February 2001, 11:41 am | Child Youth And Family
Child, Youth and Family is assuring the public that it has systems in place to monitor the safety of children whose cases are awaiting allocation. More >>
Social work practice in Daniel Marshall case
Wednesday, 14 February 2001, 6:38 pm | Child Youth And Family
A review into Child, Youth and Family’s handling of the case of a Taranaki toddler allegedly killed by his mother has found that social workers carried out their statutory responsibilities thoroughly and in accordance with the law and social work professional ... More >>
A Child Friendly Xmas
Tuesday, 19 December 2000, 4:31 pm | Child Youth And Family
Mind your children this Christmas – that’s the message from Child, Youth and Family chief executive Jackie Brown. More >>
Russian Adoptions To Resume
Thursday, 14 December 2000, 12:39 am | Child Youth And Family
Child, Youth and Family is pleased to announce that it has resumed providing assistance to New Zealanders wanting to adopt Russian children. More >>
CYFS And Corrections Unite Against Child Abuse
Thursday, 7 December 2000, 11:26 am | Child Youth And Family
Child, Youth and Family and the Department of Corrections have signed an agreement aimed at further improving interagency co-operation especially in the reporting of child abuse and reducing re-offending. More >>
Child, Youth And Family Agrees With Pay Report
Wednesday, 29 November 2000, 12:55 am | Child Youth And Family
In a further move to address frontline social work services, Child, Youth and Family and the Public Service Association have agreed to the recommendations of a new report which suggests better pay for the department’s social workers. More >>
Child, Youth And Family Boosts Frontline Support
Monday, 27 November 2000, 6:24 pm | Child Youth And Family
Child, Youth and Family is to beef up management support for frontline social workers with a new service delivery network structure, chief executive Jackie Brown has announced today. More >>
