Plenary Session 3:
The importance of permanency for children in care 

Hosted by Angela Bishop, plenary session three highlights the importance of improving the timeliness of permanency in the lives of children and young people. NSW Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services the Hon. Natasha Maclaren-Jones provides an address, and Michael Tidball, Secretary of the Department of Communities and Justice speaks on updates within the department, while Dierdre Cheers, CEO of Barnardos presents on the recent Barnardos and University of Oxford research ‘Outcomes of Open Adoption from Care’.