The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principles. Presented by Dr Virginia Marshall. Tuesday 28 June 2022. The preamble of UNDRIP gives recognition to the right of Indigenous families and communities to retain shared responsibility for the upbringing, training, education and well-being of their children, consistent with the rights of the child. Articles 7(2) and 8(2)(d) affirms that Indigenous peoples shall not be subjected to forcible removal of children and that States shall provide effective mechanisms for the prevention of, and redress for any form of forced assimilation or integration.

Intersecting systems and the needs of families: Family law, child protection and domestic violence. This webinar reunites the panellists from AIFS Conference 2022 event ‘Intersecting systems and the needs of families: Family law, child protection and domestic violence’. The panellists will discuss this topic with a focus on implications for practitioners working in areas related to family and domestic violence, family law and child protection.

Age, frailty, loneliness and suicide. Wednesday 29th June 2022. Would you like to better recognise and support the mental health needs of people as they transition to older age? This webinar will discuss, in particular how frailty, loneliness, sadness, depression and suicide are connected, as well as present strategies to support practitioners to mitigate the link between physical and mental frailty.