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Many people would be surprised at the number of organisations that are actually required to be child safe but don’t realise it.

I’ve been fortunate enough to work in the UK and here in Australia in frontline child protection, and I lead a team of incredible social workers delivering child protection services in New Zealand. I’ve consulted with Japanese professors and lecturers in Social Work, teaching students from Japan about fostering and kinship care models, assessment, and training. Recently, I was reflecting on how similar child protection is, regardless of the location, the legislation, or the

A news article from 9 News Queensland came up in my Facebook feed a few days ago. With the title “#EXCLUSIVE: #9News can reveal shocking images of damage to a school caused by an 8-year-old student who trashed two classrooms in front of other children”, I was intrigued. I clicked.

I remember the first time I was asked to do a foster care assessment. It honestly felt like I was wading through wet cement. I can only...

Last Friday, our CEO,  Mel James , COO,  Carmen Bonner  and Strategy and Governance Manager,  Christina McLaughlin , attended the 2025 ...

As a 15 year old, for-purpose child safeguarding organisation, we specialise in identifying gaps within systems, programs and...

We are beyond proud to share that our CEO, Mel James has been named a finalist in three categories at the Women Changing the World ...

At SCS, we believe child protection is everyone’s business. That’s why we’re proud to share that our CEO, Mel James, recently contributed...