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The Nest: National Plan for Child & Youth Wellbeing
Dr Lance EmersonCEO – Australian Research Alliance for Children & Youth (ARACY)
Our guiding principles:
• focus on prevention & life-pathways • work across sectors and disciplines• provide a neutral space for organisational
collaboration• value add to our members work• progress sustainable, evidence-based action
collaborative hub of 2,200 members
Researchers
Policy
Practitioners & professions
Children & youth
Community & business
The Australian Research Alliance for Children & Youth (ARACY)
1. Advocacy2. Supporting evidence based practice & policy3. Translational research (focus on systems change)
.. some recent achievements
COAG / FaHCSIA partnership for
around 20 trial sites: Prevention of child
abuse at the system level
Australia’s first international
comparative report on child wellbeing
Advocacy & research: Australia's
Early Childhood Agenda
Instigating a middle years agenda for
Australia children aged 9-14 (&social and
emotional learning)
.... and in the pipeline for 2012
Formative work on national social marketing campaign:
“Engaging families in the ECD story”
(COAG, with SA DECs)
Sustained nurse home visiting efficacy trial
(largest ever conducted)
1st Biennial Australian Implementation
Conference (25-26 October 2012)
MelbourneA national plan for child and
youth wellbeing
5 www.aracy.org.auwww.aracy.org.auRelative OECD country ranking for child and youth wellbeing (red bar= Australia)
“…life expectancy for Australian children alive today will fall two years by the time they are 20 years old. After centuries of rising life expectancy, we are now staring
down the barrel of a decline... ”
High child & youth wellbeing
Low child & youth wellbeing
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
top ten countries?
Why do we need it?• We could be doing better:
• Australia “middle-of-the-road” for child and youth wellbeing
• Improving outcomes for children & young people requires a long term, evidence based, partnership based approach• government(s) cant solve these problems alone• problems affecting young people are complex, don’t have an immediate single
solution, & no single entity can bring about change• our efforts generally lack coordination • we could make better use of evidence to guide action
• The personal, social and economic costs are unacceptably high
What is The Nest? • A national plan for child & youth wellbeing:• It’s a resource:
• Report Card: how children and young people are faring• Evidence: what works to improve outcomes• A vision: to help align efforts towards common goals• Children's views: detailing what children, young people and
families think is important to improve wellbeing • In 2013 – work toward an integrated plan
The Nest: Collective impact• Common agenda : “a shared vision for change, one that includes
common understanding of the problem and a joint approach to solving it.. “
• Shared measurement system: “agreement on a common agenda is illusory without agreement on the ways success will be measured and reported”.
• Mutually reinforcing activities “coordination of [participants] differentiated activities through a mutually reinforcing plan of action”.
• Continuous communication : developing trust, common vocabulary “building upon .. experience of each other and recognize and appreciate the common motivation behind their efforts”
• Backbone support organisations : “the expectation that collaboration can occur without a supporting infrastructure is one of the most frequent reasons why it fails..
National Action Plan for child and youth wellbeing
The plan itselfWhat outcomes do we want? 5 Key Result Areas (KRAs)
How would we recognise them? ̴� 50 indicators
How well are we doing?Baselines (trend analysis)
Story behind the baselinesStock-take of existing policies
What works to turn the curve? Literature review of evidence-based interventions & ‘game changers’
What criteria should guide action? Drafting a National Action Plan
Overall aim: That Australian children and young people have the highest levels of wellbeing in the OECD
KRA 1: Children & Young people are
loved and safe •Trusted communications with parents and peers•Parental hostility:•Parental perception of neighbourhood characteristics•Positive peer relationships•Children entering out-of-home care•Detention of children and young people
KRA2 : Children & Young people have
material basics •Stable housing•Housing amenity•Poverty•Parental employment•Internet access•Community participation•Unemployment
KRA 3: Children and young people are
healthy •Low birth weight•Immunisation•Physical health•Dental Health•Rates of injury•Suicide
KRA 4: Children and young people are learning
• Parent engagement in
their child’s learning• Early Childhood
development vulnerability
• Early childhood education participation:
• Australian child and youth reading, writing and numeracy skills
• Australian youth performance for reading and mathematics
• Youth engagement in formal and non-formal learning
• School retention, completion and participation
KRA 5: Children & young people are
participating
•No appropriate indicators identified
Supportive ‘game changers’ to achieve the KRA outcomes (draft)
•Reducing income disparity in Australia / reducing the disadvantage caused by income inequality•Improving our performance on the AEDI•Improving the educational performance of young Australians •Improving the social and emotional wellbeing of young Australians •Recasting the service system designed to improve the wellbeing of young Australians
Plans for achieving these KRAs to be
developed & discussed at the second Summit
Plans for achieving these game changers
be developed & discussed at second
Summit
The overall aim, KRAs & game changers to be discussed at the “Phase 1” Summit on 23 November 2012
Specific plans to be discussed at the “Phase
2” Summit in 2013
Project processes
First summit(Phase 1 – discussing the
vision and ‘game changers’)
Public consultation
Evidence review
Second summit(Phase 2 – planning for
implementation)
Public consultation
Aiming for 2000 responses
Online surveys (4 for different age groups)
150 partners using the nest resource kit- around 500 participants
to supplement partner activities (as required)
Face-to-face activities
(e.g inschools, NGO’s, etc..)
F2F activities (ARACY)
Questionnaire (all ages) Activity (3-8 year-olds)
Survey-basedDiscussion-basedRole-playingCreative
Group discussionsForumsInterviews
Results: what are young people saying?LO
VED
& S
AFE
HEALTH
MATERIAL BASICS
Family, relationships,
being surrounded by loved ones
Friends, connections and a social life
Safe, stable home
environment
Support networks & services
Food, water, shelter
Money and work
Healthy eating, exercise, good physical health
Happiness, positive outlook
Self esteem & value
Participation in education
Opportunities to grow and develop self
Developing values and morals
Involved in community
Freedom & independence
Having a voice that is
heard
Leisure and fun
Figure 1: Areas and themes contributing to ‘ a good life’
Results: what are young people saying?
Good / Very good Okay Bad / Very bad
• Access to services (e.g. health, education)
• Opportunities available to children and young people
• Australia compares well to other countries
• Have the basics in place (food, shelter etc)
• Support and a ‘safety net’ provided
• Inequity and gaps in wellbeing
• Parenting issues
• Safety concerns and fear, crime, and bullying
• Pressure on children, growing up too fast
• Health issues faced by children and young people
• Parenting issues
• Tough economic conditions and lack of opportunities
• Safety concerns and fear, crime, and bullying
• Lack of respect, responsibility and discipline of children and young people
• Pressure on children, growing up too fast
Table 1: Why life is considered good/okay/bad for children and young people in Australia
What are young people saying?
PROVISION AND SUPPORT
More support, resources & services for those in need
Better funding, programs & policies
Lower cost of living / affordability
More jobs and access to jobs
HEALTH IMPROVEMENTS
Improve physical & mental health
More involvement in sport &exercise
Engage in fun and play
Reduce access to technology, TV etc
Teach self esteem, how to value oneself
BETTER EDUCATION
Improve education standards and consistency
Help with cost of further education
Accessibility to subjects & courses
PARENTING
Opportunities to spend more time with children
Parental education & information
Community engagement in welfare
Demonstrations of love & understanding
SAFETY AND SECURITY
Address public safety concerns through prevention & protection
Increased focus and seriousness on tackling bullying
‘Alternatives’ to drugs, alcohol, antisocial behaviour – places to go
PARTICIPATION
Greater freedom & opportunities to develop self
Be given a voice in community development and decisions
Provision & involvement in community groups / facilities
Self discipline and regulation
Table 2: Issues and ideas to address
National summit• Leaders, decision-makers, meet with young Australians
to discuss and progress priorities for child and youth wellbeing• WHEN: 23 November 2012• WHERE: Melbourne• WHO: 200 attendees
• Politicians, policy-makers, researchers, service providers, child and youth advocates, lead sector
• Youth Engagement as a core element in the • Co-design of strategies on the game changers• Sector leaders
Implementation (2013 onwards)Collating & building
on the evidence
Tracking progress
Making it useful “on the ground”
Advocating for change
- Prioritising effort: NFP / Government / leading sector thinkers- An advocacy platform (ARACY Prevention Science Network)
- A charter for organisations to take action
- Create an updatable, interactive web-based resource - Building on / linking to existing evidence clearinghouses
- A “wellbeing scorecard” : modelled off 2008 ARACY scorecard - Public report on targets for The Nest indicators
- -Establishes a common outcomes framework for child & youth wellbeing
(Link with PC report on impact of 3rd sector)- Enabling collaboration and reducing duplication
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http://www.thenestproject.org.au/