What if I told you the child protection system does work?

These few examples show that when a child or young person has a stable and supportive environment, their potential is limitless. It’s important for the public to understand that getting involved in protecting children, instead of ignoring what doesn’t affect them directly, is the key to the future of over 37,000 kids in care across Australia.  Child protection is everybody’s business and we all need to play our part.

Australians often read about the problems with various state and territory child protection systems.  The headlines scream: ‘System fails children’, ‘Increase in abuse cases’ and ‘Child protection scandal’.

During Queensland Child Protection Week, we seek to balance these headlines with just a few of the many stories where the system has worked.

At CREATE, our vision is for all children and young people with a care experience to have the opportunity to reach their full potential.

Whilst we understand the headline:  ‘Youth in care lovingly supported in a stable home’ is not as catchy, we think it could make a nice change for Australians to occasionally read about the children and young people flourishing because of the love and support they received in the much maligned child protection system.