PeakCare warmly congratulates the QCPW 2018 Award recipients

PeakCare offers our sincere congratulations to Award recipients and our thanks to all Queenslanders across the government and non-government sector and communities who prioritise the safety and wellbeing of children and families. We also thank the Queensland Child Protection Week Committee (QCPWC) for all that they do in highlighting the many and significant issues associated with child protection and child and family wellbeing.

At the launch, QCPWC Chair, Anna Nolan, noted that QCPW has as its key message the importance of listening to children and young people. “We say it like it is a simple undertaking. Perhaps it’s our naivete but we expect it to be so. However, examples such as the one I’ve outlined say that it isn’t so. Hence, we can never become complacent and we always need to be open to hearing from children and young people and be prepared to be questioned, challenged and held to account. Our organisations are larger than ever before. We have layers of hierarchy and clear delineations of power. Yes, we also have quality assurance processes, I should know – that’s my work area. However, in large hierarchical bureaucratic structures with clear balances of power, we all need to be committed to remaining able to critique, analyse, question, observe and most significantly to listen to children and young people and stand up when up something isn’t right. To do so takes the considered effort and intent of every person who holds a role in child protection. It is us up to us, every single one of us, to play our part in this community of child protection.”