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Residential Care Review

Residential Care Review

Children and young people who cannot live safely with their parents require different kinds of care arrangements depending on their individual needs. Residential care is designed for teenagers whose needs mean they are unable to be in a home-based care type, including living with their relatives, kinship carers or foster carers.

In July 2023, the Queensland Government announced a review of Queensland’s residential care system. The review responds to the community’s, sector’s, and the Commission's concerns about the increasing number of children and infants in this type of care and their life outcomes.

The Department of Child Safety, Seniors and Disability Services led the review, which informed its Residential Care Roadmap released in February 2024. The roadmap includes 31 actions to improve outcomes for young Queenslanders.

Principal Commissioner Luke Twyford was asked to provide independent oversight and advice on the review and the five-year implementation of the roadmap.

Our first assessment of the roadmap’s implementation is included below.

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Treated as broken
This report shares the voices of young people with lived experience of the care system.
File details: Treated as broken (pdf, 1.52 MB)
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I became my own carer
The report highlights the need for stronger advocacy, greater accountability, and more meaningful involvement of young people in the care system.
File details: I became my own carer (pdf, 697.36 KB)
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Too little, too late
Our first assessment of the Residential Care Roadmap’s implementation is included below.
File details: Too little, too late (pdf, 1.36 MB)
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I was raised by a checklist
As part of our role in overseeing the Queensland Review of Residential Care, we sponsored a forum to hear from young people with lived experience of residential care.
File details: I was raised by a checklist (pdf, 817.69 KB)
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