Child and family system reform

The NSW Government has embarked on major reform to overhaul the services and support delivered to at-risk families, children and young people. This presents a significant opportunity to help make NSW a place where all children, families and young people receive the support they need, and crisis-driven interventions are rare and a last resort. 

The end-to-end system reform will include:

• Child protection reform: improve the statutory response to families with the most acute, chronic and/or persistent needs, or ongoing safety concerns through a culturally responsive approach.
• Out-of-home care reform: The reform plan: transforming the out-of-home care system in NSW sets out the vision and new direction to build a high performing and financially sustainable out-of-home care system. A system that keeps children living safely with their families wherever possible, connected to their communities, and supported to thrive.
• Family support reform: improve and shift more resourcing long-term to non-statutory, integrated family support services under a whole of government ‘Families Strategy’. 

A range of other reforms will intersect all three areas, including DCJ's complaint handling reform.