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Fostering Lifelong Connections is a collaboration between researchers at the Research Centre for Children and Families, the University of Sydney, as well as partner investigators, out-of-home care caseworkers (action researchers) and an expert reference group that includes people with lived experience of the out-of-home care system.
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Chief Investigator
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Co-Investigator
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Co-Investigator
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Co-Investigator
Partner Investigators
• Professor Elsbeth Neil University of East Anglia, UK
• Professor Peter Pecora University of Washington and Casey Family Programs
• Matthew Jones NSW Department of Communities and Justice
• Dr Robert Urquhart Barnardos Australia
Action Researchers
Two caseworkers and their manager from each of the eight partner organisations participated as action researchers in the project. They formed four location-based teams and met monthly to engage in reflective practice, peer support and shared learning.
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Hear participating caseworkers discuss the value of reflective practice and communities of practice in the video below.