Improving a system when young lives are at stake : A Public Policy Analysis of the Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System and Children and Young People’s Commission Bill David King and Jonathan Boston
By: King, David
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Contributor(s): Boston, Jonathan.
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BookPublisher: 2022Description: electronic document (52 pages) ; PDF.Subject(s): Oranga Tamariki, Ministry for Children | Office of the Children's Commissioner | CHILD PROTECTION | CHILD WELFARE | CHILDREN | CHILDREN'S RIGHTS | LAW REFORM | LEGISLATION | MĀORI | Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System and Children and Young People’s Commission Bill | YOUNG PEOPLE | NEW ZEALANDOnline resources: Download paper, PDF Summary: The Oranga Tamariki System (the System) is responsible for identifying children and young people experiencing abuse or at risk of abuse and addressing their needs, including by, at
times, taking children and young people into the care of the State. There is robust evidence that abuse can have a significant adverse effect on lifetime outcomes across a range of life domains. The actions or inactions of the System, therefore, have significant consequences: young lives are at stake
The Oversight Bill he Government currently has a Bill before Parliament reforming the oversight of the System; oversight refers to the arrangements that need to be established, independent of the System, to ensure the System performs well and can be seen to perform well. The Bill is controversial. A large number of submitters on the Bill think the proposed
arrangements put children and young people at greater risk (ie will reduce rather than improve System performance).
This paper examines the issues involved in the Bill afresh, using conventional public policy analysis, to identify whether submitters are correct or not and, if they are correct, what the
best arrangements are for oversight of the System. (From the Executive summary). Record #7776
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The Oranga Tamariki System (the System) is responsible for identifying children and young people experiencing abuse or at risk of abuse and addressing their needs, including by, at
times, taking children and young people into the care of the State. There is robust evidence that abuse can have a significant adverse effect on lifetime outcomes across a range of life domains. The actions or inactions of the System, therefore, have significant consequences: young lives are at stake
The Oversight Bill he Government currently has a Bill before Parliament reforming the oversight of the System; oversight refers to the arrangements that need to be established, independent of the System, to ensure the System performs well and can be seen to perform well. The Bill is controversial. A large number of submitters on the Bill think the proposed
arrangements put children and young people at greater risk (ie will reduce rather than improve System performance).
This paper examines the issues involved in the Bill afresh, using conventional public policy analysis, to identify whether submitters are correct or not and, if they are correct, what the
best arrangements are for oversight of the System. (From the Executive summary). Record #7776
