Peer Parent and Family Advocacy
Funding source:
Australian Research Council Linkage Grant
This project aims to transform Australian child protection systems by building national capabilities in peer-parent and family advocacy (PPFA). Its significance lies in being the first study to examine the scope, characteristics, and the resources needed to build and sustain PPFA in Australian child protection systems.
Using mixed research methods, this co-designed project entails a unique partnership with families with experience of child protection intervention, family support and disability services, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Expected outcomes include strengthening of PPFA capabilities to reduce the incidence, and the financial and social costs, of children's removal from families, communities, and Country.
Project members
Chief investigators
- Professor Tracey Bunda
Research team
- Maddie Hooper
HDR Students
- Karina Maxwell
External Investigators
- Dr Wendy Foote, The University of Newcastle
- Dr Stephan Lund, The University of Western Australia
- Ms Jessica Cocks, Life Without Barriers
- Mrs Shannon Mackie, Life Without Barriers
Partner organisations
- The University of Newcastle
- The University of Western Australia
- Micah Projects
- Community Living Association
- Life Without Barriers
- AbSec
- QATSICPP
- Family Inclusion Strategies in the Hunter
- Family Inclusion Network WA