Response to the 2016 Child Protection Legal Aid Services Review consultation and options paper

Our submission will focus on the following four areas that have a significant impact on the lives of women and their children:

1. Improving the breadth and quality of legal representation in child protection matters

2. Expanding client services, including establishing the following:

• Client Support Service Pilot
• Early Intervention Unit
• Child Protection Health Justice Partnership
• Duty-lawyer service for parents in confined environments

3. Improving Child Protection training in the following ways:

• Multidisciplinary training for legal and non-legal child protection service providers
• Development of a Workplace Development Strategy

4. Developing improved processes