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Child Safety Practice Manual is designed to support your work with a set of principles, values, procedures, approaches and systems. Together, these guide and inform the delivery of child protection services by the Department of Child Safety, Seniors and Disability Services in Queensland.
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What's changed?

In April 2025 the Enhanced Intake and Assessment model was introduced and all procedures have been updated to reflect the new processes and recording of information in Unify. In addition, two procedures in the Child Safety Practice Manual have been significantly restructured. These procedures are: - Receive and respond at intake - Investigate and assess (the title has been changed to Respond to a notification.) Changes include new and updated practice resources to support staff in their work.

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Our procedures

Use these procedures to help you understand the key steps and actions a CSO may undertake to fulfil their legislative responsibilities.

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