There are plenty of ways to support children in trouble but our approach to implementing change is woefully inadequate
One of 10 children, Jordan* was four years old when he was removed from his Aboriginal family in Kempsey. He isn’t sure of the reason. A few years back, when he was serving a stint in juvenile detention, he was sent his official Family and Community Services (Facs) record but he hasn’t read it. “Whatever’s in there, they’re still our parents.” He is resolute, defiant. If he has some small way to control the story of his childhood, this is it. The rest of it has been out of his hands.
As a solicitor in the children’s court over a decade ago, I remember kids like Jordan – uprooted from the places they grew up in and upended in the juvenile justice system.
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