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The Australian Centre for Child Protection is a national research centre at the University of South Australia, Adelaide. As part of an ongoing program of research about the factors that influence where children are placed when they enter out of home care, we are asking you to take part in a survey of around 10 minutes in length, about these factors.

This research is being carried out by Jenna Meiksans, a PhD Student under the supervision of Prof Fiona Arney, Director, and Dr Sara McLean, Research Fellow, of the Australian Centre for Child Protection, and Dr Paul Harnett, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of Queensland.

Your participation in this study is completely voluntary. You may choose not to participate in the survey, or withdraw from the research at any stage. Your responses to this survey will be anonymous, and individual responses will not be identified in the reporting of the research. The data obtained from this study will be kept in a locked cabinet at the Australian Centre for Child Protection for 5 years following completion of the study. This data will be kept completely confidential and only be accessible to the researchers of this project.

Aggregated results will be used to identify some of the factors that help and hinder placing children in optimal out of home placements. It is envisaged that the information obtained in this study may be also used in the future to contribute to the development of a measure of the factors that influence how children are matched to optimal out of home placements, and that it may ultimately contribute to the development of policy and practice in this area. A summary of results in this study is expected to be available in late 2016, reported on the Australian Centre for Child Protection website (www.unisa.edu.au/research/australian-centre -for-child-protection).

Due to the sensitive nature of issues in child protection practice, it is possible that some participants may experience some distress or discomfort relating to the content of this survey. As your participation is completely voluntary, you may decide not to participate in the study at any time throughout the process. A list of national services that may be of assistance should you need them have been provided on the following page.

If you have any questions about the research process or about the content of the survey, please contact Jenna Meiksans on (08) 8302 1222 or via email jenna.meiksans@mymail.unisa.edu.au or Prof Fiona Arney, Director, Australian Centre for Child Protection, on (08) 8302 2918 or via email fiona.arney@unisa.edu.au

This project has been approved by the University of South Australia’s Human Research Ethics Committee. If you have any ethical concerns about the project or questions about your rights as a participant please contact the Executive Officer of this committee, (08) 8302 3118, email: vicki.allen@unisa.edu.au

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