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Memoranda of understanding

Memoranda of understanding

Memoranda of understanding (MOU) and protocol documents establish contractual terms, agreements and relationships between Child Safety and other government or non-government agencies.

Note

The agreements established in an MOU may contain confidential business information and processes that are not disclosed to third parties. The Director of Legal Services must give approval for release of information to a third party. MOUs are not to be distributed outside of Child Safety or to parties not mentioned in the agreement without permission from Legal Services.

Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service

This MOU is an agreement between Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service and Child Safety in relation to the joint delivery of Navigate Your Health, a a model that has and will continue to improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people in care, and or subject to community-based youth justice orders in Queensland.

Memorandum of Understanding between Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service and State of Queensland acting through the Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs

Department of Communities—access to confidential information through shared information systems

This MOU is an agreement between the Department of Communities and Child Safety to document the agreement under the Juvenile Justice Act 1992, section 297A  and the Child Protection Act 1999, section 189A to make information stored in the shared information systems available to officers of their respective departments for the purpose of performing their duties.

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Department of Child Safety and the Department of Communities - relating to access to confidential information through shared information systems 

Department of Communities—improving the interface between the Department of Communities-funded Supported Accommodation Assistance Program youth services and Child Safety

This MOU between the Department of Communities and Child Safety promotes understanding about the role of Supported Accommodation Assistance Program youth services in providing services to children and young people who are under the age of 18 years and who are subject to a child protection order under the Child Protection Act 1999.

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Department of Child Safety and the Department of Communities - improving the interface between Department of Child Safety funded Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) youth services and Department of Child Safety.

Department of Education—education outcomes

This MOU is an agreement between the Department of Education and Child Safety which represents the shared responsibility to ensure children in care achieve the best possible educational outcomes, and have the skills and support necessary for their learning and development to enable them to participate in education and employment to their full potential. The MOU has been extended and is effective until 31 December 2025. 

Memorandum of Understanding between State of Queensland acting through Department of Education and State of Queensland acting through Department of Child Safety, Seniors and Disability Services: Education Outcomes 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2025

Department of Housing

This MOU is an agreement between the Department of Housing and Child Safety that sets out an agreed framework for cooperation and collaboration to help ensure no child who is in contact with the child protection system is harmed or placed at risk of harm because of a housing-related issue.

It is intended to be an agreement where the Department of Housing and Child Safety work together to deliver services to vulnerable children and their caregivers.

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between The State of Queensland through the Department of Child Safety and The State of Queensland through the Department of Housing 2007

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Department of Justice and Attorney-General

This MOU is an agreement between the Department of Justice and Attorney-General (Youth Justice) and Child Safety to promote improvements in partnership to enhance services for young people.

Specific areas of agreement covered by this MOU are:

  • standards for exchanging sensitive client information
  • improving clarity about client confidentiality
    and
  • clarifying privacy arrangements

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Department of Justice and Attorney-General and Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services

Office of the Public Guardian—information exchange

This MOU is an agreement between the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) and Child Safety that clarifies the authority to share certain information and provides clear mechanisms for information exchange, both locally and centrally, between the parties.

Memorandum of Understanding Data Exchange and Information Sharing between State of Queensland acting through the Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services (Child Safety) and the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) August 2017

Office of the Public Guardian—complaints management

This MOU is an agreement between the Office of the Public Guardian and Child Safety that provides for an agreed understanding and process for the management of complaints raised by the OPG.

The MOU details the type of matters that will be referred by the OPG as complaints, how complaints that are formally referred will be actioned, and how they will be monitored and recorded within the respective systems used by the OPG and Child Safety.

Memorandum of Understanding concerning Management of Complaints Between the Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women (the department) and the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) August 2020

Queensland Health Child and Youth Mental Health Services

This MOU is an agreement between Child and Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS) and Child Safety to promote tangible improvements in their partnership to enhance services for children and young people with mental health issues who are at risk of harm or in need of protection.

Specific areas of agreement covered by this MOU are:

  • communication and information sharing
  • responding to children and young people with mental health conditions
  • case planning for children and young people with mental health conditions who are subject to ongoing Child Safety intervention
    and
  • admission to CYMHS hospital inpatient units.

Interim Memorandum of Understanding between State of Queensland (through the Department of Communities Child Safety, Youth and Families) and State of Queensland (through Queensland Health Child and Youth Mental Health Services) 2010-2013

Queensland Police Service

This MOU between the and Queensland Police Service and Child Safety documents the arrangements by which Child Safety staff will be provided access to information held on QPRIME and governs the use of the Self-Service of Document Retrieval (SSoDR) Portal by approved Child Safety staff.

Memorandum of Understanding between Queensland Police Service and Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women for use of the Self-Service of Document Retrieval (SSoDR) portal

Queensland Regulatory Authority (Department of Education)

This MOU is an agreement between the Queensland Regulatory Authority (Department of Education) and Child Safety to facilitate effective information sharing and coordination of responses between the two departments in order to promote the safety and wellbeing of children and young people in home-based co-located services, where foster or kinship care is provided in the same household as a family day care or stand-alone care service.

Memorandum of Understanding between The Queensland Regulatory Authority (being the chief executive of the Department of Education) and Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Queensland

This MOU is an agreement between the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) and Child Safety to promote effective communication and collaborative service provisin to achieve quality services for children and young people who have been harmed or are at risk of harm and to advance the welfare of all animals by preventing cruelty, alleviating suffering and promoting welfare through education and advocacy.

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between The State of Queensland, through Child Safety, Youth and Families Department of Communities and The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Queensland

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