3 March 2025 updates

Changes have been made to the following sections:

Forms & templates Templates (96 pages)
Forms & templates Forms (89 pages)
Procedures Receive and respond at intake (8 pages)

Templates Forms & templates

Household safety study form

Letter to centrelink confirming approved carer status

Letter to medicare - change of address

Kinship carer renewal assessment report guidelines

Engagement letter – Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander unborn child

Updating affidavit

Letter to young person at 18

Transition plan

Safety and support plan

Application for renewal of approval—Form 3B

Child Safety NDIS pre-planning guide

Letter to care service - standards of care review outcome

Placing a child with another entity 82(1)(f) assessment

Letter of refusal of renewal application to be a foster carer

Letter of decision to cancel/suspend a provisionally approved carer's certificate of approval

Letter to parent - I&A outcome (substantiated child not in need of protection)

Approved kinship carer - subsequent initial application and assessment - Form 3D

Letter advising parent/s of withholding placement information

Letter to staff member - outcome of harm report

Letter re: refusal or restriction of family contact

Letter advising suitable persons of long-term guardianship order

Letter advising parent/s of placement information

Letter to carer - immediate suspension

Letter of decision to cancel/suspend a carer’s certificate of approval

Information for domestic violence proceedings - section 55

Individualised placement and support agreement

Letter to the independent person

Form 25—Affidavit of service – updating affidavits

Letter re: guardianship (schools)

Young person support plan

Letter re: custody (medical)

Letter to parent - I&A outcome (unsubstantiated child not in need of protection)

Letter to carer/staff member - advice of harm report

Letter - Comprehensive health assessment

Review report (section 51VAA)-long-term guardianship to the chief executive

Letter advising parents of a long-term guardianship order

Form 28—Warrant for apprehension of a child

Letter to young person at 15 years

Individualised placement and support package Request for quote

Formal escalation - Director-General briefing note for information

Statement of position letter

Provisional approval assessment

AIR request immunisation letter

Letter re: custody (schools)

Letter re: refusal or restriction of family contact (section 99MA)

Form 25—Affidavit-template-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families

Letter refusing carer's application to amend

Proposed guardian assessment report

Leaving care report

Immediate care arrangement Express request for quote

Form 25—Affidavit of service – amended application and supporting affidavit

Attachment 1 - Legal context for responding to prohibited and restrictive practices

General practitioner's report on carer applicant

Letter to carer - amendment proposed

Request to medically examine or treat a child - section 97

Letter re: decision not to review the case plan

Kinship carer renewal assessment report

Form 27—Application for warrant for apprehension of child

Letter advising parents of a permanent care order

Letter of refusal of initial application to be a kinship carer

Form 25—Affidavit of service – initiating material (application and initial affidavit)

Letter to Public Trustee - request to manage finances

Letter of refusal of initial application to be a foster carer

Foster carer agreement

Foster carer applicant assessment and recommendation—Initial approval only

Letter to parent - I&A outcome (substantiated child in need of protection)

Letter of refusal of renewal application to be a kinship carer

SOC consultation form (non-family-based care service provider)

Letter to carer - standards of care review outcome

Case summary for transfer

Letter to parent regarding a supervision order

Form 26—Certificate of exhibit

Application for initial approval—Form 3A

Letter to carer - removal of a child (section 89)

Letter granting carer's application to amend

Form 25—Affidavit-Template-Non-Indigenous-children

Transition to adulthood plan

Letter of proposed suspension/cancellation of a carer’s certificate of approval