Kinship Carers Victoria’s series of Resource Booklets and other resources for carers.
Children’s Education
LOOKOUT Centres supporting kinship carers
Podcast 40
For many kinship carers, one of the biggest challenges is supporting a child’s education. Navigating enrolments, dealing with schools or early childhood services, managing transitions and making sure the right supports are in place can feel overwhelming.
In this episode, we speak with Murray Geddes, Executive Principal of the South-East Victoria LOOKOUT Centre. LOOKOUT Centres were established by the Victorian Government to improve educational outcomes for children and young people in out-of-home care.
Murray explains how the LOOKOUT Centres work and what support they can offer kinship carers.
Government schools need our support
Podcast 33
In this podcast, Director of Grandparents Victoria and Kinship Carers Victoria Anne McLeish speaks with Trevor Cobbold, national convener of Save our Schools. Before retiring, Trevor was an economist with the Australian Government’s Productivity Commission and its predecessors for over 30 years. Trevor talks us through the economic and structural inequality in our education system, in particular the under-funding of public schools in Victoria.
MORE INFORMATION
– KCV’s ‘Improving education for all’ campaign
– KCV campaign paper – ‘The facts about school funding in Victoria’
– Download the ‘Education’ resource booklet
– Download the ‘Let Us Learn’ report by the Victorian Commissioner for Children and Young People
– Download letter to Victorian MPs on “Exposure of shocking shortcomings in education in Victoria
Issues with Education for Children and Young People in Out-of-Home Care
Podcast 29
Victoria’s Commissioner for Children and Young People, Liana Buchanan, talks about her report ‘Let Us Learn’, tabled in the Victorian parliament in November 2023. The report shows that the education engagement and outcomes for children and young people in out-of-home care trail significantly behind those of their peers. Liana outlines reaction to the findings and discusses the recommendations.