A final report on children in care suggests bail accommodation for underage offenders could help bring an end to children being housed in hotels and motel
The NSW government needs to invest in bail accommodation for underage offenders, welfare advocates say, following revelations that children released from custody are being housed in motels and caravan parks.
“Children and young people do not ask for much in circumstances where they could legitimately ask much more of the system that is designed to care for them. But they do seek safety, stability, and love,” she said. ACAs are supposed to be a last resort. However, most kids spent more than three months in them, with some staying for more than 600 days, the report found. Two-thirds of the children placed in an ACA were suitable for foster care.In April, a Children’s Court magistrate found that a six-year-old child spent five months in a serviced apartment building with over 100 rostered carers during that period.
The staff rotation caused major stress in children, with Legal Aid NSW noting that children were anxious that staff on the next shift wouldn’t know to pick them up from school.
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