We continue to embed the DCP Practice Approach into our work, and have developed a number of resources to help staff navigate the complexities of child protection practice and further support its implementation. As part of our commitment to a partnership approach, we are very happy to make these resources available to you upon request.
What is the Practice Approach?
The DCP Practice Approach provides staff with an integrated and contemporary framework for child protection practice that best meets the needs of children, young people and families.
It was developed by DCP in collaboration with our staff and stakeholders and became operational in December 2019, following launch events across the state.
Several high level documents were developed to support the initial implementation of the Practice Approach, including:
The Practice Approach project includes a number of reviews in 2020 to ensure it meets the needs of our staff and promotes best practice. In line with our commitment to continuous improvement, we welcome feedback on the Practice Approach and critical practice issues by emailing DCPPracticeApproachandManualFeedback@sa.gov.au.
What additional resources are available?
The following resources are now available, or will be available shortly.
These have been developed for DCP staff, but we are happy to make them available to our valued partners. To request access to any of these resources or to discuss the Practice Approach in more detail, please contact DCPPracticeApproachandManualFeedback@sa.gov.au.
Practice papers:
- Relationship based practice
- Attachment
- Permanency planning
- Domestic and family violence
- Strengths based practice
- Working with caregivers with disability
- Working with children and young people with disability
- Working with diversity – Culturally and Linguistically Diverse People
- Child and adolescent development
- Residential care – permanency planning
- Residential care – relationship based practice
- Residential care – strengths based practice
- Residential care – attachment
- Residential care - Working with diversity – disability
- Residential care - Working with diversity – Culturally and Linguistically Diverse People
- Residential care – safety plans, case plans and care teams
- Trauma lens for children and young people – Iceberg Model (a trauma-informed approach to understanding and managing traumatised children and young people’s behaviours)
- Residential Care – Reunification (available soon)
- Trauma lens – Substance misuse by caregivers (available soon)
- Trauma lens – Mental health difficulties in caregivers (available soon)
- Trauma lens (available soon)
- Change theory (available soon)
- Systems theory (available soon)
- Trauma (foundational theories and knowledge) (available soon)
Workplace learning packages:
- Practice Principles
- Relationship based practice
- Child and adolescent development
- Attachment
Further resources are also under development.