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Forms and templates
The following approved forms have been updated following machinery of government changes - LCS1, LCS5, LCS6 and LCS8, effective from 22 December 2020.
- Notification of approved forms under the Child Protection ACT 1999 to reflect a departmental name change Notification of approved forms under the Child Protection ACT 1999 to reflect a departmental name change
Licensing of care services (LCS) forms:
- LCS form 2: Application for a Child Safety and Personal History Screening Check LCS form 2: Application for a Child Safety and Personal History Screening Check
- LCS form 4a: Application to amend a care service licence under s.137 LCS form 4a: Application to amend a care service licence under s.137
Fact Sheet - Adding a care service
Organisation Level Licensing - This form is used to apply to amend:- The nominee for the licence
- The organisation named on the licence
- The licence function
- The care services or service delivery sites listed on the licence
- LCS form 4b: Notification of changes affecting a care service licence LCS form 4b: Notification of changes affecting a care service licence - Organisation Level Licensing - This form is used to advise of changes to:
- Organisational details (other than organisation name)
- Incorporation status
- Public liability insurance
- Contact details
- Any other relevant changes
- LCS form 6: Change in personal circumstances LCS form 6: Change in personal circumstances
- LCS form 7: Confirmation of Child Safety and Personal History Screening LCS form 7: Confirmation of Child Safety and Personal History Screening
Guides and manuals
- The Organisation Level Licensing Manual For Non-Government Organisations Providing Out-of-Home Care Services Organisation Level Licensing Manual For Non-Government Organisations Providing Out-of-Home Care Services provides an overview of the steps a non-government organisation must follow to apply for, and maintain, a licence to provide out-of-home care services in Queensland under the Child Protection Act 1999 and the Child Protection Regulation 2011 .
- Suitability and Screening Requirements for Child Safety Licensed Care Services: A guide for non-government organisations Suitability and Screening Requirements for Child Safety Licensed Care Services: A guide for non-government organisations - designed to support licensed care service providers and licence applicant organisations to meet requirements in the Child Protection Act 1999 and the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening Act 2000 .
- Strengthening Queensland Residential Care Workforce - Minimum Qualification Standards Information Sheet Minimum Qualification Standards Information Sheet - An information sheet outlining the minimum qualification requirements for all residential care staff working in Queensland, including the mandatory Hope and Healing trauma informed therapeutic care training, and a list of qualifications that are currently recognised as meeting the requirement standards.
- Incident management for residential care services Incident management for residential care services - to provide high level guidance to residential care services regarding incident management. This document supports the use of the Incident reporting guide for residential care services and should also inform and support the procedures of residential care services.
- Incident reporting guide for residential care services Incident reporting guide for residential care services - to support residential care services to appropriately report incidents. This includes determining the types of incidents which should be reported to the department and the associated reporting timeframes.
- Recordkeeping guide for funded non-government organisations Recordkeeping guide for funded non-government organisations - a guide to assist with recordkeeping for organisations providing services to children and young people who are subject to the Child Protection Act 1999.
- Reporting missing children: Guidelines for approved carers and care services Reporting missing children: Guidelines for approved carers and care services - to support approved foster and kinship carers and staff in care services when responding to situations where a child in out-of-home care is missing from where they live. The guidelines are also relevant to carers who are subsequently granted long term guardianship of the child under the Child Protection Act 1999.
- Last reviewed
- 6 June 2018
- Last modified
- 17 February 2021
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