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Policies

Refer to operational policies for information about how responsibilities under the Child Protection Act 1999 are to be exercised and for guidance to support consistent service delivery and effective decision making.

A

Assessing and responding to self-harm and suicide risk (605)

Assessment and Service Connect (636)

C

Care agreements (415)

Carer learning and support (457)

Carer participation (460)

Case planning (263)

Child related costs (645)

Child related costs - In home support (630)

Child related costs – Placement funding (628)

Child related costs – Placement support funding (629)

Children and young people with gender and sexual orientation diversity (648)

Critical incident reporting

Complaints management

Complex support needs allowance (612)

D

Decisions about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children (641)

Decision making about end of life medical treatment of a child in care (420)

Disclosing notifier details to police (649)

Dual payment of carer allowances (289)

E

Early childhood education and care participation minimum gap payment (640)

Emergent accommodation (631)

Expenses – Fortnightly caring allowance and inter-state foster payments (365)

F

Foster care training (383)

Foster care matching: a partnership approach (639)

H

High Support Needs Allowance (296)

I

Immunisation of children in care (638)

Information sharing for service delivery coordination (403)

Intake (528)

Interstate transfers of child protection orders and proceedings (401)

Intervention with parental agreement (343)

Investigation and assessment (386)

K

Kinship care (632)

M

Managing access to My Health records using the Children in Care portal (642)

Managing high risk behaviour (646)

O

Obligations, actions and responsibilities upon the death of a child in care (421)

P

Participation of children and young people in decision-making (369)

Permanency planning (594)

Placement of children in care (578)

Placement of children with Child Safety employees (36)

Positive behaviour support (604)

Professional supervision (404)

R

Records governance 

Regional-remote loading for carers (379)

Residential care (606)

Responding to concern about the standards of care (326)

Response to children sexually abused while in care (627)

Response to children who have experienced significant detriment caused by the actions or inactions of Child Safety (634) 

S

Structured Decision Making (407) 

Support for children in the care of long-term and permanent guardians (607)

Support service case (406)

Supporting children with disability (644)

Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) Team System (405)

Systems and Practice Reviews

T

Transition to adulthood (349)

 

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