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Barnardos is pleased to announce that MyStory is a has WON an Australia-wide search for the year's best Not-for-Profit Technology Innovation.
Good casework can influence the long term outcomes for children who are being reunified with their families. Read our top tips.
MyStory and technology partner, Readify recognised as a cutting edge technology solution with the Technology for Social Impact award at MAPA 2015 Microsoft Australia Partner Awards.
Consider the strategies to best prepare a young person to leave care successfully at all stages of their care journey; on entry, during care and after care. Read more.
Imagine your only childhood memorabilia is an old photo and a drawing you did when you were six or seven. This scenario is sadly a reality for many children raised in foster care.
Life Story Work is about working with collaboratively with children to understand their experiences and utilising the participation of foster carers, birth parents, siblings.
Marc Leong's, former Barnardos Australia foster child, discusses the potential MyStory provides to children in foster care.
With adequate access to formal and informal support, people of any age or in any situation can find inspiration in their children and learn to be great parents. View our top 10 tips to consider when working with young parents.
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network have developed nine essential activities that practitioners can use to develop an effective trauma informed approach. Download the top tips for applying these to MyStory.
Non-Aboriginal caseworkers are often faced with many questions when planning Cultural Care Plans for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in care. Consider these key factors to when planning for the care of an Aboriginal child and when working with non-Aboriginal caseworkers.
Keeping excellent case records in social work practice is an important aspect of the service we provide for clients. Read the practical tips to consider to improve your case notes writing.
Meaningful participation significantly improves a child/ young person’s decision making skills, by giving them a voice to make choices. Download these strategies for improving young person engagement.
Technology has become an integral part of everyday life for our kids. Better understand how technology can enhance positive engagement with children and young people in OOHC.
Change is hard. Change in the NFP or social welfare space is harder. Here are our techniques which have been proven to be successful when implementation MyStory at other organisations.
Standardised case management can assist workers achieve ‘best practice’ and save time and resources by providing easily accessible data. Read more
Communication is a core skill in child welfare practice, yet few social workers are taking advantage of the revolution brought about by new communication technologies. Read more.
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