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Better connecting vulnerable children to services:Free-form submissionsIn this section we report on what the free-form submissions said about better connectingvulnerable children to services.Better connection: A minority of submissions suggested reducing barriers, and a small minoritysupported appointing advocates or lead providers for children. Other suggestions made by asmall minority were home visiting, outreach services or flexible services, which could all be usedas ways to reduce barriers to services.Home visiting: Submissions highlighted that home visiting yields a lot of useful information aswell as making the service more accessible for families.By getting out of the office and driving to the home and knocking on the door – the backdoor. Reason being is you will be surprised when you go to the back door, just what youwill see. (general public)Services should embody a real life context and be based in the homes of vulnerablechildren and families. (NGO)Outreach services: Similarly, submissions said that taking services to “where people are”reduces barriers.Rural isolation can be a problem for mothers and pregnant women who live somedistance from the nearest town, families, friends, general practitioners, early child carefacilities and specialist mental health services. (NGO)Flexible services: Submissions advocated for services having the capacity to adapt to thechanging needs of children and families.Need to put “hard-to-reach” children and whānau at the centre of service design andfunding strategies which could result in services being more innovatively and flexiblydelivered and funded. (NGO)The ability for the young person to engage, disengage and then re-engage at their paceis vital for many of the vulnerable young people we deal with. This relies on continuity ofservice over the key transitional developmental years. (frontline worker)162 Make Child-Centred Practice Changes
Improving service deliveryThe Green Paper asked three questions on the subject of improving service delivery tovulnerable children.• How could early education centres and schools be better used as sites for the deliveryof a wider range of services?• What services could be better connected and how?• What other opportunities exist to deliver services more effectively for vulnerable childrenand their families and whānau?SummarySubmissions supported using universal services (such as Well Child) as an entry point, makingchanges to Child, Youth and Family to improve services and different ways of service deliverysuch as co-location of services and using schools and ECE centres as hubs for the deliveryof services. Better communication and collaboration between services were referred to.Submissions suggested making improvements in contracting and funding arrangements.This included better resourcing of Crown agencies. Using community resources in some waywas referred to in some submissions. Submissions suggested using an advocate/lead provider.Submissions suggested a number of different approaches to service delivery, reflectinga range of philosophies about vulnerable children and families and how to bring about change.Of these, a child-centred approach had the most support.Policy Changes Show Leadership Share Responsibility Children / Young People Executive SummaryPractice ChangesThe Green Paper for Vulnerable Children Full Summary of Submissions163
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Published by the Ministry of Social
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Ministerial forewordWhen I launched
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MethodologyHow submissions were ana
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The role of government: Children an
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Features of an action plan: Some su
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Make child-centred policy changesTh
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Mandatory reporting: A small number
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Improving service deliveryWe want t
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The community and government: In th
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What does it mean to thrive, belong
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When abuse is occurring: A minority
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A third party that would act as a m
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What kind of information can be sha
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A good school, with good teachers w
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Children and young people: Free-for
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Meet their physical needs: Adults s
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SchoolsChildren and young people wa
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Lower taxes, increase income: Relat
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Listen to usI reckon adults should
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Q&AParents and caregivers:Question
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There must be better financial supp
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Clearly something is wrong because
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When a child is notified or abuse i
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The gap between rich and poor is to
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Mental health: A small minority of
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I would love to see a strengthening
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Increase community action on child
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Not allowing alcohol to be readily
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Some submissions specified the poss
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Supporting familiesMoney and resour
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Through paid employment: A minority
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This theme was raised by a large mi
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We believe that the primary respons
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Show leadershipAn important element
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Q&AA Vulnerable Children’s Action
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Raise awareness: A minority said an
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• Improving education.Fund altern
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Goals and actions for a Vulnerable
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School ageEducation: A small minori
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Q&ALegislation changes:Question and
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What other actions or principles wo
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Other: A small minority of submissi
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• reviewing child support provisi
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families in. Service-based strategi
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Vulnerable Māori children need to
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What could be improved to ensure th
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Are the children aggressive (there
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Work in partnership to deliver serv
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Reallocating funding: Submissions c
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Page 123 and 124: SummaryPrioritising carers, family
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Page 129 and 130: • carers needed a realistic, live
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