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DCP commits to Family Matters campaign
May 2017
The life they deserve report released
August 2016
(Prohibited Persons) Act 2016
November 2016
Phase 1 commencement
February 2018
Children and Young People (Oversight and Advocacy Bodies) Act 2016
October 2016
Children and Young People (Safety) Act 2017
July 2017
Guiding Principles CFARNs Increased rights and involvement of CYP Increased rights and involvement for carers Assistance to care leavers Managing risk without removal Earlier intervention powers Court processes Out of home care Internal and external reviews Ongoing training and support for staff Continue provision of information and support to partners, carers, children and young people Continuous improvement 12 month review of Act
CHILD FOCUSED PROACTIVE INTERVENTION ATTACHMENT PERMANENCE & STABILITY RECOGNITION OF CARERS
Recognition of importance
Early family group conferences led by DCP Placement - safe, nurturing, stable and secure environment
someone with an “existing relationship” Timely decision making Approved carers can make representations in Court Involvement in decision making and right to information Investigation in any “other circumstances” Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle Assessment of likelihood of reunification before applying to Court Increased involvement in decision making Right to be heard at Court and SACAT Department powers to direct parenting and drug and alcohol assessments Desirable to maintain connection with biological family Removal of 10 week rule – proceedings to be dealt with expeditiously Right to information before and during placement Support for care leavers Alternative responses to notifications to address risk Family group conferences Reverse onus Internal and external review avenues Reverse onus Require information from state authorities Reverse onus Long-term guardianship Reverse onus
Increased recognition of and reliance on professional judgment
Parliamentary Declaration (s4)
all children and young people are given the opportunity to thrive
benefit from the following outcomes:
Parliamentary Declaration (s4)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people in care have historically been poor, and that it is unacceptable for outcomes for those children and young people to be any different to those children and young people in care generally.
functions in the administration and operation of this Act be done in collaboration with, and with the cooperation of, children and young people and their families rather than simply being done to or for them.
Principles of Intervention (s10)
people and those caring for CYP
Placement principles (s11)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (s12)
CHAPTER CONTENT
1
Preliminary
2
Guiding principles for the purposes of this Act
Declaration Principles and placement principles 3
Interpretation
4
Managing risks without removing CYP from their home
CFARNs Family group conferences Case planning 5
Children and young people at risk
Reports Responding to reports Removal of CYP 6
Court orders relating to children and young people
7
Children and young people in care
8
Providing safe environments for children & young people
9
Children and Young Person’s Visitor Scheme
10
Transfer of certain orders and proceedings
11
Administrative matters
12
Reviews of decisions under Act
13
Miscellaneous