Intervention? What does that mean for us?: Perspectives of Remote Indigenous Child Care Workers

Abstract
This paper reports on findings of a participatory action research project that sought the views of Indigenous children’s services workers regarding the recent Australian Government Intervention into remote Indigenous communities across the Northern Territory (NT) of Australia. Early childhood staff at the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education (BIITE) and children’s services students from 15 different communities worked collaboratively to reflect on what they knew about the Intervention,how it affected their work with children and what it has meant more broadly for families in their communities. Few published accounts are available from the perspectives of Indigenous early childhood staff and parents in remote Indigenous communities. While not claiming to be representative, findings from this project can make an important contribution to the ongoing debates surrounding on this topic, from both positive and negative perspectives.