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| Australian
Association of Social Workers |
The AASW
is the professional representative body of social workers in
Australia. AASW provides various information for social
workers including publications. |
| The
Association of Children's Welfare Agencies |
The Association of Children's
Welfare Agencies (ACWA) supports non government agencies and
aims at improving the quality of services to children and young
people who need to live away from their families. This site
provides press releases, submissions, research reports and reviews,
and issues papers, and some of the policy relevant information
resources from the Association. |
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| Abused
Child Trust |
This organisation provides
specialised services for abused children and their families
through individualised therapy programs in order to enable the
child to achieve his or her full potential. The site includes
statistics and tip sheets. |
| Child
rights Information Network |
Child rights
Information Network is a global network of children's rights
organisations seeking to support the effective exchange of information
about children and their rights. |
| National
Child Protection Clearinghouse |
The
National Child Protection Clearinghouse is funded by the Commonwealth
Department of Family and Community Services under the auspices
of the Australian Council for Children and Parenting as part
of the Commonwealth's response to the problem of child abuse.
The National Child Protection Clearinghouse, which has operated
from the Australian Institute of Family Studies since 1995,
provides information service to workers in the field. Information
found at his site includes a full text newsletter, the Family
and Society abstracts database and an email discussion list. |
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Government
Information
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| Australian
Institute of Family Studies |
The Institute is a Commonwealth Government
research and information agency. The website provides extensive
list of full-text articles, reports, statistics, conference
proceedings and links to government and other related sites.
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| Australian
Institute of Health and Welfare |
Provides
information on health and welfare statistics as well as statistics
on drug use in Australia. |
| Department
of Human Services |
This is the official website for
the Victorian Government's Human Services Department. It provides
the latest information on the various departments and their
services, publications, research and policies. |
| The Source |
The Source is an Australian Government Initiative. It provides
information about programmes and services for young
people. It includes the latest research and publications about
young people. |
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Organisations
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| Fitzroy
Legal Services |
The
Fitzroy Legal Service provides free legal advice to persons
who live, work or study in Fitzroy, Collingwood, Carlton, Abbotsford,
Clifton Hill, Brunswick, Richmond and East Melbourne. Useful
links to Non Government Organisations in Victoria, Australasia
, and internationally. |
| Make
a Noise |
Make
A Noise is the official homepage of Youth Suicide Prevention
in the Greater Murray, a project for young people, run by young
people. Make A Noise is about young people making their own
decisions about their health, and taking responsibility for
keeping themselves healthy. |
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| Australian
Clearinghouse for Youth Studies |
This
site provides information products and services for those working
in the youth field, and for anyone with an interest in youth.They
publish the journal "Youth Studies Australia" and
the free email newsletter, "Youth Field Express".
Select the Topical
resources form the home page for A-Z topical guide to key
organisations. |
| Australian
Youth Facts and Stats |
As
the name suggests, this site is good for facts and statistics
on youth matters. References are given to direct you to more
detailed statistics and information. |
| Centre
for Adolescent Health |
Site provided by the Royal Children's
Hospital in Melbourne |
| Eating
Disorders Support Network |
This site
has information on what to do as a parent, friend or partner
of someone with an eating disorder. |
| Information
Exchange |
The
Info Xchange provides many services without registration. However
to get the full benefits of the site registration is recommended
for infocasts and intranets relevant to a field of study. It
provides a long and comprehensive list of links to organisations
connected with drug and alcohol use. |
| Reach
out! |
Reach
Out! is a cool site aimed at young people, and provides a number
of very basic factsheets on a wide range of topics. It contains
three sub-sites - Chill Out!, Family & Friends and Professional
Forum - and a map-based database, Who Cares?. They do not operate
a counselling service but do provide telephone numbers for those
seeking immediate help. The site has numerous related links. |
| Youth
Links & Ideas |
This
site links to many different youth work resources on the Internet. |
| Youth
Studies Australia |
The journal, Youth Studies Australia
is published quarterly by the Australian Clearinghouse for Youth
Studies, University of Tasmania with funding from the Commonwealth
Youth Bureau, Department of Family and Community Services |
| Youth
suicide and self-injury Australia |
An informative
site showing statistics about youth suicide and self-injury. |
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Homelessness
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| Council
to Homeless Persons |
The Council
to Homeless Persons is a peak body representing homeless persons'
agencies in Victoria. There are number of information sheets
and full text policies. |
| Housing
and homelessness |
This section of Infxchange
has excellent information on all aspects of homelessness.
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| Advocates
for Survivors of Child abuse |
Excellent
information and statistics on child abuse. |
| Australian
Domestic and Family Violence Clearing house |
The Clearinghouse is a central
point for the collection and dissemination of Australian domestic
and family violence policy, practice and research. It aims to
meet the information needs of government agencies, generalist
and specialist service providers, researchers and interested
members of the public. Full text newsletter articles and issue
papers are available. There are also many resources that are
only indexed. |
| Domestic
Violence and Incest Resource Centre |
The Domestic Violence & Incest
Resource Centre (DVIRC) is a Victorian state-wide resource centre
for information about domestic violence and sexual assault.
The website provides an online document library with an extensive
list of full text reports and articles. It also provides Government
policies and strategies, information sheets and links to other
services. |
| NAPCAN |
NAPCAN is the National Association
for Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect. It is a non government,
not for profit, volunteer based organisation. This site includes
numerous factsheets and other educational resources. |
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| Australian
Clearing House for Youth Studies |
Various
search options are available: search the index to the journal
"Youth Studies of Australia" under the headings "Crime
and Justice" and "Indigenous Youth"; search the
excellent subject guide to resources, which includes links to
web pages, under headings above. |
| Australian
Institute of Criminology |
Search
for "young offenders" using both basic of advanced
search options. |
| Department
of Human Services Victoria |
Provides information on "youth justice" and 'youth studies' in the "children, youth and familes division."' |
| Lawlink
NSW (NSW Attorney General's Department) |
Lawlink NSW is hosted by the Attorney General's Department of NSW. It is a government portal website to law and justice agencies in New South Wales. Lawlink NSW is the umbrella site to more than 40 law and justice agencies.
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| Logan
Youth Legal Service |
A Queensland-based
legal aid page for youth, which has a useful resources page
with links to Australian and overseas web pages. |
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| Lawstuff
- know your rights |
Basic state-orientated
legal information aimed at the under 18 year olds. Intended
for general information rather than advice. |
| Victoria
Legal Aid |
This site
contains information on issues such as school, sex, body piercing,
carrying weapons, alchohol, health, police and courts, relationships,
security guards and tattoos. Aimed at young people. |
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Suicide |
| Beyond Blue |
On this site there are symptoms checklists, shared stories of depression, and research topics of interest available. This is a site that aims to raise community awareness of mental illness and to destigmatise it in society. |
| DepressioNet |
DepressioNet
provides a comprehensive resource for Australians with depression
and their families and friends. The dNet team are Australians
from a variety of backgrounds who have had personal experiences
with depression. resources include articles, research and good
overview of what is depression and the various medications and
treatments. |
| Reach
Out |
Reach
Out! is an information and referral service. It contains three
sub sites - Chill Out!, Family & Friends and Professional
Forum - and a map-based database, Who Cares? |
| Mindframe - Reporting
suicide and mental illness |
This
website is an online companion to the publication Reporting
suicide and mental illness - a resource for media professionals.
The resource was developed with the assistance of media professionals,
suicide and mental health experts and consumer organisations
to inform responsible and appropriate reporting of suicide
and mental illness, to minimise harm and copycat behaviour,
and reduce the stigma and discrimination experienced by people
who have or have had a mental illness. |
