• Skip to content
  • Skip to navigation
Government of South Australia logo - Home Government of South Australia logo - Home

Department for Child Protection

Department for Child Protection

https://www.childprotection.sa.gov.au

Department for Child Protection

https://www.childprotection.sa.gov.au
  • Home
  • Report suspected harm
    • Report suspected harm
    • Process for mandated reporters
      • The role of mandated reporters
    • Preparing to report or notify suspected harm to children and young people
    • Indicators of harm or risk to children and young people
    • What not to report or notify as suspected harm to children and young people
    • Responding to a child or young person about harm
  • Support and guidance
    • For children and young people
      • Your rights as a child or young person in care
      • What happens when you come into care
      • Who to speak to when you need help
      • Get priority access to health, education and other services
        • Health services
        • Dental services
        • Therapeutic support
        • Education and training
        • Transition to adulthood
        • Recreational activities
        • Investing in their future
      • What happens when you leave care
        • Post-care services
      • Backpacks 4 SA Kids
      • Apply for a grant
      • DCP Residential Care and the Sanctuary Model
      • Ministerial Youth Advisory Council
      • Statement of Commitment to Children and Young People
        • For young people
        • I’m part of a care team (family member, carer, case worker)
    • For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families
      • Aboriginal children and young people
      • Family Matters
      • Cultural connections
      • Life Story work
    • For multicultural families
    • For family-based carers
      • Caring basics
        • Care concerns
        • Care team approach
        • Carer agreements
        • Carer support payments
        • Identification cards
        • Information sharing
        • Become a Long Term Guardian (Specified Person)
        • Missing / absent children and young people
        • Statement of Commitment
        • Transporting children and young people in care
        • Working with children checks
        • After hours support line
        • Child care assistance
        • My Health Record
        • Respite care
        • Support and advocacy
        • Support following natural disasters
        • Disability support (NDIS)
        • Education support
        • Read to Me
        • Accessing and applying to amend DCP records
        • Complaints process for carers
      • Who can say OK?
      • Resources for carers
        • Raising children and child development
        • Be involved in decision-making
        • Home life resources
        • Trauma-informed and responsive care
        • Caring for Aboriginal children and young people
        • Relationships, consent and sexual health for children and young people
        • Supporting LGBTIQ+ children and young people in care
        • Caring for culturally and linguistically diverse children and young people
        • Disability/development informed care
        • Safety around the home
        • Online safety
        • Reflective Questionnaire
        • Understanding and Responding to Harmful Sexual Behaviours (password protected)
      • Carer community
        • Caring Together
        • Trauma training
        • Kinship Care Program Learning and Development
        • News
        • Foster and Kinship Carer Week 2025
      • Carers Voice
    • For service providers
      • Step by Step
      • Contract Management
      • Procurement
      • Licensing
      • Events
        • Coronavirus (COVID-19) webinar
      • Service provider resources
        • Contract Management Licensing System
        • Resources for Service Delivery
        • Agency staffing portal
        • Partner newsletter
        • Shared Lives
      • Service provision requirements
        • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander requirements
        • Care concerns
        • Carer and personnel requirements
        • Carer reviews and agreement
        • Child related costs
        • Contract performance management
        • Cultural and Linguistically Diverse requirements
        • Disability requirements
        • Family Based Care Carer Recruitment
        • Family based care funding
        • Glossary
        • Incident management
        • Legislation and standards
        • Missing persons
        • Psychological assessment
        • Quality Standards
        • Reports and meetings
        • Transporting children and young people
        • Work Health and Safety
      • Service specifications
        • Family based care
        • Kinship care
        • Residential care
        • Residential Care: Disability
        • Supported independent living - P104
      • News
        • Archive
      • Coronavirus (COVID-19)
        • Briefings
        • PPE for Residential Care staff
    • Adoption processes
      • Adopting a local child
      • Adopting an overseas child
      • Adopting an adult
      • Adopting a step-child
      • Place a child for adoption
      • Discharge of adoption order
      • Applying for adoption information
      • Integrated birth certificates
    • Requests for information
    • Support services directory
      • Family support services
      • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander support services
      • Local community support services
      • Counselling support services
      • Financial counselling support services
      • Other support services
  • Make a difference
    • Become a foster carer
      • Who can be a foster carer?
      • Types of foster care
      • Foster care information sessions
      • Steps to become a foster carer
      • Common questions about foster care
      • Foster care agencies
    • Donate to support children and young people in care
    • Volunteering in Child Protection
    • Partner with us
  • Work with us
    • Current job opportunities
    • In-demand roles
      • Case managers
      • Child and youth workers - residential care
      • Psychologists
      • Social workers
    • Benefits of working at DCP
    • Working with us in regional South Australia
      • Berri
      • Ceduna
      • Coober Pedy
      • Gawler
      • Kadina
      • Mt Gambier
      • Murray Bridge
      • Port Augusta
      • Port Lincoln
      • Port Pirie
      • Whyalla
    • Social work placements for students
  • News and events
    • News and media releases
      • Archive
    • Events calendar
    • 2026 SA Child Protection & Family Support Awards
      • Award categories
      • Information about the awards
      • Previous Award Winners
      • Winners
  • Contact us
    • Contact us
    • Office locations
    • Complaints, reviews and feedback
      • Making a complaint
        • Making a complaint for children in care
      • Internal reviews
      • Feedback for the department
    • Media enquiries

You are here:

  1. Home
  2. About the department
  3. Child protection initiatives
  4. South Australian Child Protection Expert Group
  5. Child Protection Expert Group Communiques

Child Protection Expert Group Communiques

  • Our story
  • The Chief Executive, Child Protection
  • Minister for Child Protection
  • DCP Practice Approach
  • Child protection initiatives
    • South Australian Child Protection Expert Group
    • National Framework for Protecting Australia's Children
    • Workforce Strategy for the Child Protection and Family Support Sector
    • Carer Council
    • Direct Experience Group
  • Diversity and inclusion
  • CYPSSAct2025

The Child Protection Expert Group’s communiques are available below.

2024

CPEG Communique September 2024 (PDF, 146.7 KB)

CPEG Communique June 2024 (PDF, 65.1 KB)

CPEG Communique March 2024 (PDF, 74.1 KB)

2023

CPEG Communique December 2023 (PDF, 89.7 KB)

CPEG Communique August 2023 (PDF, 87.7 KB)

CPEG Communique May 2023 (PDF, 117.7 KB)

Government of South Australia logo
Department for Child Protection
https://www.childprotection.sa.gov.au/about/child-protection-initiatives/south-australian-child-protection-expert-group/child-protection-expert-group-communiques
June 25, 2026 12:22 am
About the department
  • Our story
  • The Chief Executive
  • Minister for Child Protection
  • DCP Practice Approach
  • Child protection initiatives
  • Diversity and inclusion
Research and publications
  • Research Governance
  • Statistical data
  • Publications
  • Annual reports
  • Freedom of information
Connect with us
  • (external site)
  • (external site)
  • (external site)
  • Privacy/
  • Disclaimer/
  • Sitemap/
  • Accessibility/
  • Contact us/

This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. © Copyright 2024

  • SA.GOV.AU logo - home page
  • South Australia logo - home page
  • White Ribbon Workplace logo