The CEO, Board & staff of the Centre for Excellence in Child & Family Welfare wish to express our condolences to the family of Lady April Hamer who passed away this week at age 93.
Lady Hamer was a long time advocate for Victoria's Vulnerable Children including serving as a Board Member at the Centre during the 1970's.
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On Friday 12th December, the Centre for Excellence in Child & Family Welfare attended a meeting with the Commissioner for Children and Young People, FCAV and Medibank Health Solutions in relation to "Improving the Health of Vulnerable Children".
Following the meeting Medibank has confirmed that it has the following policy in relation to children in kinship and guardianship arrangements (not fostercare):
"The types of orders we will accept for adding a child under a guardianship arrangement are:
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The Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare would like to thank Judge Peter Couzens, President of the Children’s Court of Victoria, the Magistrates and court staff for the opportunity to visit the Children’s Court in Melbourne. The Centre was taken for a tour of the Children’s Court including the Family and Criminal Division. The Family Division hear child protection matters and the Criminal Division youth justice matters. The Family Division was very busy on the day with Magistrates hearing new matters and contest hearings.
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