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Young teenage boy and girl sitting at a desk looking at an iPad. Young teenage boy and girl sitting at a desk looking at an iPad.

Piloting participatory record-keeping for children in out-of-home care

This seed grant project aims to explore an alternative, trauma-informed approach to care documentation in a way that also provides children in out-of-home care the opportunity for recovery, healing, and healthy identity formation. This is particularly relevant for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, given their over-representation in the care system.

Mother and young son holding each other and smiling to camera

Anglicare Lifestories, a student project

Recognising that children and young people in out-of-home care seldom have access to the keepsakes that help form their identity and remember their personal histories, a student project emerged to compliment this existing Seed Grant.

Bachelor of Social Science students from The University of Queensland sought to better understand current barriers and opportunities for implementing participatory record-keeping in out-of-home care services.

The findings were drawn from interviews with Anglicare Southern Queensland staff working in the Children Youth and Families portfolio, whose work involves practical guidance and oversight of Foster and Kinship Care.

Anglicare Lifestories

Our students reflect on the important of participatory record keeping

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