In a move that has left many questioning its wisdom, Roger Cook has unveiled a master plan to re-fracture the lives of Western Australian children in the care of the Department of Communities.  The linchpin of this unsettling reform is the Out of Home Care Transition Guide, a document that guides the removal of children from their current out-of-home care settings.

This 'reform' appears to treat the lives of these children as mere administrative tasks, neglecting the principles of trauma-informed care, which is essential for the healing of children with a trauma background. 

The reform includes the closure of the Disability Placement Support Program, a highly specialised model of care for children with disabilities and complex needs. 

The specialised Disability and Support Program already faced dire shortages of suitable placements for this cohort, and now the government is further restricting their panel to only two complex care providers.

This petition stands as a collective plea to halt the government's rushed and poorly planned reform, urging a reconsideration of the removal of children from their current out-of-home care placements, and to ensure that the well-being and stability of these vulnerable lives are not sacrificed in the process. 

In a disheartening twist, the only advocate made available to the affected child is from the Department of Communities itself, raising a critical concern about the lack of an independent voice to ensure these children are heard and their best interests genuinely represented.