How Child Inclusive Practicecan complement legal processes

Jo established a rapport with the Legal Aid Commission of Tasmania and was contracted as part of ‘Focus On Children’ to assist with their legally assisted mediations. Jo would meet with children and then feedback to the parents at a session held with a Chairperson from Legal Aid, along with parents and their lawyers present. 

The established needs of the parents attending Mediation at the Legal Aid Commission were quite different and criteria had already been established that these clients warranted legal assistance. 

Jo continued in her work as Specialist Child Consultant with the FRC and also in her spare time grew the business case load for ‘Focus On Children’. That was, until such time Jo moved to South Australia early in 2012.