Since 2005, Jarrod Wheatley OAM has worked across the social sector, running a Youth Centre, creating programs internationally with refugees and founded innovative, not-for-profit organisations, Street Art Murals Australia (SAMA) and Professional Individualised Care (PIC), where he is the current CEO. Most recently, Jarrod has co-founded the Centre for Relational Care (CRC) to achieve foundational policy, legislative and regulatory changes to the NSW OOHC system. For this work, Jarrod was named NSW Youth Worker of the Year (2014), NSW Young Australian of the Year (2019) and in 2022, was awarded the Order of Australia Medal.

Children in crisis need real relationships: the case for a child connection system
6 December 2023

A child protection system preoccupied with risk aversion is impeding the emotional growth of children. We need a new model based on relational care and reciprocity to break the cycle.
Jarrod Wheatley

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Children in crisis need real relationships: the case for a child connection system

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