00:02When foster kids meet up with their birth families, it's people like Kylie Stone who
00:07are working to make sure things run smoothly.
00:09You know, you want to make it as natural as possible for these families so that way
00:13they can spend their time without feeling like they're being observed or judged.
00:16Because I feel like for a lot of these families they've been judged all their life.
00:20She's part of a team that's been built from the ground up to provide more consistent and
00:24less clinical forms of supervision.
00:26It's also like a beautiful place to be able to be a part of where you can be that safe
00:31person for that child.
00:32And so if that child's saying, I've had enough now, they know that they've got a safe person
00:37to be able to say, OK, we might call it today.
00:41Supervised family visits have long been a feature of the state's foster care system,
00:45but previously they were run by caseworkers in the private sector, a system the government
00:49argues was plagued by poor training and a high staff turnover.
00:53Particularly with carers and with families, and hearing from them how difficult it was
00:59when a different person was turning up to their door every single time.
01:03Some of the new staff are drawing from their own childhood experience of foster care.
01:08I was removed at 11 for concerns that the department had held.
01:13And as an Aboriginal person, with the lived experience, I feel like that I can really contribute
01:20to ensuring that there's a better experience for children and young people.
01:27Forging closer family ties in a safe environment.
01:31Let's go ahead and see another goodbye.
01:32More than any anniversary had Libyan United with the Cleveland
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