The Association of Children’s Welfare Agencies (ACWA) has welcomed swift moves by the NSW Government to introduce national police checks for residential care workers in response to disturbing child abuse allegations linked to the North Coast-based residential care facility Wundarra Services. ACWA CEO Andrew McCallum said the rapid response, which will further strengthen the screening […]
The Association of Children’s Welfare Agencies (ACWA) will be marching in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade for the first time this weekend in a bid to encourage members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersexed (LGBTQI) community to consider the rewards of fostering and potentially adopting children in need of […]
The Association of Children’s Welfare Agencies (ACWA) has outlined key elements of its strategy for 2016 and launched a series of new initiatives to help non-government welfare agencies meet the needs of vulnerable children, young people and families amid NSW’s evolving child protection system. ACWA CEO Andrew McCallum unveiled the 2016 strategy and its new […]