Driving culture change from within: A peak body and an engaged sector

Title: Driving culture change from within: A peak body and an engaged sector
Creator: Foote, Wendy
Relation: Developing Practice , Issue 53, p. 119-132
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.3316/ielapa.973149894252936
Publisher: Association of Children's Welfare Agencies
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2019
Description: This article considers the role played by the Association of Children’s Welfare Agencies (ACWA), the peak body for child welfare agencies providing out-of-home care (OOHC) in NSW, through the development of its two flagship tools and resources: Step by Step Foster Carer Assessment Tool (SbS Assessment Tool) and Shared Stories, Shared Lives (SSSL Training Package). The paper discusses the peak's stewardship of these tools, and the co-design methodology in iterative refinements over time ensured that the resources were responding to sector needs. It argues that collective action, instigated by a membership body, can drive practice changes in a sector. The importance of this work is highlighted by the contribution made by these resources to developing a sector-wide practice culture based on robust methodology and practice benchmarks.
Subject: child welfare; Association of Children's Welfare Agencies (ACWA); out-of-home care (OOHC); culture
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1482138
Identifier: uon:50865
Identifier: ISSN:1445-6818
Language: eng
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