For generations, Australia has responded to children at risk by trying to remove them from harm. Yet for many young people, separation from family is followed by another profound loss: the loss of relationships that last.
The Way We Care follows Emily and Lachlan, whose lives have been shaped by out-of-home care, as they work alongside an emerging community of carers, practitioners and advocates who dare to imagine a different future. Through lived experience, relational practice and community leadership, the documentary explores what becomes possible when connection, relationships and belonging are placed at the heart of how we care for children.
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Chapters
00:00 Intro - The Way We Care
00:56 Understanding out of home care
01:09 Lachlan's story
04:58 When parents seek help
06:56 Emily's Story
11:08 Relational care in action
14:48 Success through professional individualised care
17:53 Healing through equine therapy
20:04 Emily's healing journey
21:11 A place kids can call home
23:31 Lachlan and Emily advocate for change
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