Better Outcomes Blog — Better Outcomes

Over the coming weeks we’re going to be launching two newsletters: one on youth detention and the other on out-of-home care (OOHC), These will be published on LinkedIn, and also appear below. Both will be supported by a quarterly webinar, and focus on Australia and New Zealand. The youth detention newsletter will launch mid June, with a related webinar on Tuesday 24th June 2025 11am AEST | 1pm NZT, titled Rethinking the Purpose of Youth Detention: Getting It Right for Children and Systems. You can register for this webinar at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5adGbFBnTCqpNgMQvU5fkw The OOHC newsletter will be launched later (to be announced), with the first of these webinars the following month.

Below we also have 77 blog posts from July 2019 to August 2022, spanning a range of topics relating to foster care, residential care, detention centres, and transitioning from care. While some were topical, most would still be relevant today.

CHAMPIONING EDUCATION

OOHC LeadershipIain MathesonFebruary 8, 2021Education, OOHC outcomes, Virtual school heads, education strategy, David Berridge, Sonia Jackson, care and education, Children and Families Act 2014

CARE EXPERIENCED PEOPLE

OOHC LeadershipIain MathesonFebruary 1, 2021care experienced, care influencers, university from care, care experienced history month, diversity

USE OF LANGUAGE

OOHC LeadershipIain MathesonJanuary 25, 2021Bronfenbrenner, churn, Jim Anglin, Child and Youth care, Ecological Systems Theory

STRENGTHS

OOHC LeadershipIain MathesonJanuary 18, 2021strengths-based social work, strengths based assessment, Donald Clifton, Gallup, Clifton Strengths Finder, Tom Rath, StrengthsFinder

SLEEP

OOHC Leadership, Transitioning from Care, Residential CareIain MathesonJanuary 11, 2021sleep, productivity, Arianna Huffington, The sleep revolution, Matthew Walker, Why we sleep

COMMISSION INTO ABUSE

OOHC Leadership, Residential CareIain MathesonJanuary 5, 2021Royal commission, interim report, Inquiry into abuse, abuse in state care, UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children, 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

REFLECTING ON 2020

OOHC LeadershipIain MathesonDecember 21, 2020Brene Brown, reflecting

EMPIRICALLY SUPPORTED PRACTICES

OOHC Leadership, Foster CareIain MathesonDecember 14, 2020schooling, MEST, Empirically Supported Practices, Kernels approach, Evidence-Based Practices, PracticeWise Evidence Based Services Database, PWEBS, ESPs

CHILDREN AND CREATIVITY

Residential CareIain MathesonDecember 7, 2020children's creativity, VOYCE, CREATE Foundation, Who Cares Scotland, care leavers who went to university

POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

Transitioning from Care, EducationIain MathesonNovember 30, 2020Research, Care Experienced, Postsecondary education, research, qualitative study, Modernising of Child, Youth and Family, Tertiary Education Commission, Raising Expectations project

COVID-19 VACCINATIONS

Iain MathesonNovember 23, 2020

PROGRAM POINTS OF FAILURE

Iain MathesonNovember 16, 2020

RELATIONSHIPS AND RIPPLES

Iain MathesonNovember 9, 2020

WHAT’S YOUR EDUCATION STORY?

Iain MathesonNovember 2, 2020

SUSTAINABILITY AND EFFECTIVENESS

Iain MathesonOctober 26, 2020

RETENTION-BASED FOSTER CARE RECRUITMENT

Iain MathesonOctober 19, 2020

MOTELS, CARAVANS AND CABINS

Iain MathesonOctober 12, 2020

EXTENDING EXTENDED FOSTER CARE

Iain MathesonOctober 5, 2020

NATIONAL CARE STANDARDS

Iain MathesonSeptember 28, 2020

EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT STRATEGIES

Iain MathesonSeptember 21, 2020