Research and statistics reports - POCLS
List of research and statistical documents released by the POCLS team. If you have any queries or accessibility difficulties in viewing the reports please contact the POCLS team at Pathways@facs.nsw.gov.au
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Asif, N. and Zhou, A. (2022). How Children who Exit Out-of-Home Care to Guardianship Orders are Faring: Achieving Relational Permanency. Research Report Number 24-4. Sydney. NSW Department of Communities and Justice
This report is the fourth in the series of analyses to examine the outcomes of children who automatically transitioned to guardianship orders in 2014. The report focuses on the experiences and perceptions of children from [...]
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Asif, N., Wells, R. & Zhou, A. (2022). How Children who Exit Out-of-Home Care to Guardianship Orders are Faring: Cognitive Abilities. Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study: Outcomes of Children and Young People in Out-of-Home Care. Research Report Number 24-
This report is the third in the series of analyses to examine the outcomes of children who automatically transitioned to guardianship orders because of the legislative amendment in 2014. The report focuses on the cognitive [...]
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McMahon, T., Mortimer, P., Karatasas, K., Asif, N., Delfabbro, P., Cashmore, J., & Taylor, A. (2021). Culturally Diverse Children in Out-of-Home Care: Safety, Wellbeing, Cultural and Family Connections. (Research Report #20)
This report is a collection of four papers: a review of the literature; an overview of the children's characteristics, child protection history and placements; developmental outcomes and factors that may influence outcomes; and children's relationships [...]
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Hopkins, J., Zhou, A., Watson, J., Paxman, M., Butler, M. and Burke, S. (2021). Experiences and service needs of children in out-of-home care 5-12 years of age with cognitive and/or behaviour problems. (Research Report #22)
This paper examines the experiences and service needs of children in out-of-home care with cognitive and/or behavioural problems. The children's carers' experience, opinions and satisfaction with the support received and their role are also considered.
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Cashmore, J. & Taylor A. (2020). Children’s Relationships with their Family and Carers First Five Years in Out-of-Home Care. (Report Number #15)
This reports examines children’s socio-emotional well-being associated with/predicted by the closeness and perceived quality of their relationships with their caregiving family, their birth family and relative/kinship network, and their level of family time.
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Wells, R. (2020). Temperament of Children in Out-of-Home Care Stability, Differences and Relationship with Socio-Emotional Wellbeing. (Report Number #23)
This report expands the current research on a child’s socio-emotional wellbeing and considers if children who differ in their temperament experience different outcomes. Temperament is defined as behavioural styles that are typical to a child [...]
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Asif, N. and Zhou, A. (2021). How Children who Exit Out-of-Home Care to Guardianship Orders are Faring Socio-Emotional Wellbeing. (Report Number #24-2)
The second of 4 reports in this series examines the socio-emotional wellbeing of children who exited OOHC to guardianship under legislative reform enacted on 1/10/2014 ('transitioned guardians' cohort). This report also examines the factors associated [...]
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Durant, H. (2021). How Children who Exit Out-of-Home Care to Guardianship Orders are Faring An Overview of the POCLS Cohort. (Report Number #24-1)
The first of 4 reports in this series provides an overview of the children who exited OOHC to guardianship under legislative reform enacted on 1/10/2014 ('transitioned guardians' cohort). This report provides an overview of access [...]
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Zhou, A. (2020). Offending Among Young People in Contact with the Out-of-Home Care System. (Report Number 18).
Young people in OOHC are generally over-represented in the juvenile justice system. This study investigates the likelihood and timing of first offence in OOHC and identifies factors that can reduce the risk of offending.
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Delfabbro, P. (2020). Developmental Outcomes of Children and Young People in RelativeKinship Care and Foster Care. (Report Number 16).
This research report examines how exposure to different types of care (relative/kinship vs. foster care) is related to developmental outcomes of children who have experienced out-of-home care over a five year period.