9.2 Suggested readings
For further practice guidelines and principles relevant to the practice and operations of the NCVFS  Alliance see:
  • every child every chance/publications/ Best Interests Series
  • every child every chance/publications/ Information Sharing Guidelines
  • office-for-children.vic.gov.au/child-protection-family-services/family services.
  • Children, Youth and Families Act 2005
  • Strategic Framework for Family Services, DHS, 2007.
  • Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), 2006, Child Protection Australia
  • Department of Human Services, 2004, Cultural diversity guide
  • Department of Human Services, 2007, Family Violence Risk Assessment and Risk Management, Supporting an Integrated Family Violence Service System
  • Department of Human Services Office for Children, 2005, Policy and Funding Plan
  • Department of Human Services, 2003, Public Parenting: A Review of Home- Based Care in Victoria
  • Latrobe University, 2005, Family Support Innovation Projects: Evaluation Reports 2004-2005, Department of Human Services
  • Lownsborough, H. and Leary, D., 2005, The Leadership Imperative: Reforming Children's Services from the Ground Up, Gatenby Sanderson
  • Final Report National Crime Prevention Pathways to Prevention, 1999, Developmental and
  • SCRGSP (Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision)
  • Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2005, Productivity Commission, Canberra
  • Shonkoff and Phillips, 2000, From Neurons to Neighbourhoods-The science of earlychildhood development, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine
  • The Allen Consulting Group, September 2003, Protecting children: the Child Protection Outcomes Project
  • Thomlison, B., 2003, 'Characteristics of Evidence-Based Child Maltreatment Interventions' in Child Welfare, Vol 82(5)
  • Victorian Child Death Review Committee, July 2006, Child Death Group Analysis:Effective responses to chronic neglect