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Child Safety Services
Introduction
Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women
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Child safety service centres: staff roles and responsibilities
Framework for the participation of children and young people in decision-making
Respecting diversity
Delegations
Accountability for children in Queensland
Resources
Framework for practice and maps
Practice maps
Chapters
1. Intake
2. Investigation and assessment
3. Ongoing intervention
4. Case planning
5. Children in care
6. Intervention with parental agreement
7. Support service cases
8. Regulation of care
9. Standards of care
10. General
Practice papers
Resources
Forms and templates
Departmental Resources
External
Structured Decision Making
What is Structured Decision Making?
Background to implementation
How do SDM assessments fit with professional judgement?
SDM assessments
Case reading
SDM resources
Quicklinks
Acronyms
Glossary of terms
How to use the Child Safety Practice Manual
Previous versions
Printable version
Updates
5. Children in care
Key steps
1. Place a child in care
2. Support a child in care
3. Decision-making for the child
4. Conclude a care placement
What ifs
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5. Children in care
1. Intake
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2. Investigation and assessment
3. Ongoing intervention
4. Case planning
6. Intervention with parental agreement
7. Support service cases
8. Regulation of care
9. Standards of care
Resources
Resources
Forms and templates
Admission agreement - Ellen Barron Family Centre
Australian Immunisation Register – request letter
Authority to care
Authority to care – guardianship to the Chief Executive
Authority to care - section 82(2)
Care agreement - Form
(
PDF
, 56 KB)
Checklist for placement of a child in emergent accommodation
Child information form
Child related costs approval form
Child Safety After Hours Service Centre: after hours referral form
Child Safety consent form for high risk and very high risk activities
Conclude a placement checklist
Conclusion of placement
(
DOC
, 578 KB)
Consent for childhood immunisation
Consent form - Operations and treatment
Consent form - Psychotropic medication
Critical incident report
DFAT Form B-10
(
PDF
)
CSSC file creation request
Evolve referral
Foster and Kinship Care Support Line Referral Form
Foster care matching tool
(
DOCX
, 349 KB)
Guardian consent form for high risk and very high risk activities
Health appraisal letter
Health summary letter
Leaving care report
(
DOCX
, 97 KB)
Letter advising parent/s of placement information
Letter advising parent/s of withholding placement information
Letter re: Authority to medically examine or treat a child (section 97)
Letter re: Custody (Medical)
Letter re: Custody (Schools)
Letter re: Custody and guardianship (Medical)
Letter re: Custody and guardianship (Schools)
Letter re: Refusal or restriction of family contact
Letter to carer - removal of a child (section 89)
Letter to Centrelink confirming approved carer status
Letter to Medicare - change of address
Letter to Medicare - lost card
Letter to school - education support plan
Letter to school - education support plan (change to eligibility)
Letter to young person at 15 years
Letter to young person at 18 years
Missing child checklist
(
DOC
, 930 KB)
Placement commencement checklist
PSU referral
Police referral
Pre-placement checklist
Recommendation/consent request for a child or young person to participate in high or very high risk activity
Request for Birth Certificate
Request for Interstate Assessment - Holiday Placement/Respite care
Safe contact tool
Safety and support Plan
(
DOCX
, 22 KB)
Departmental resources
A guide to the placement of young people in therapeutic residential services
Children and young people's participation strategy
(
PDF
)
Child Health Passport - private and confidential
Compliments and Complaints feedback
End of life decision-making guide
Evolve Interagency Services Manual
Information Sharing Protocol between the Commonwealth and Child Protection Agencies
Intensive foster care program description
(
PDF
)
Interim Memorandum of Understanding between State of Queensland (through the department Child Safety, Youth and Families) and State of Queensland (through Queensland Health Child and Youth Mental health Services) 2010-2013
Kids rights: Charter of Rights for children in care
Kinship care program description
Memorandum of Understanding between Department of Education and Training and Department of Communities (Child Safety Services)
Memorandum of understanding between The State of Queensland through the Department of Child Safety and The State of Queensland through the Department of Housing 2007 - Schedule 2
My journey in care
Physical and Cognitive Developmental Milestones
(
PDF
, 24 KB)
Practice guide: Supporting breastfeeding of Children in care
Practice guide: The assessment of harm and risk of harm
(
PDF
, 886 KB)
Practice paper: A framework for practice with 'high risk' young people (12-17 years)
(
PDF
, 1.1 MB)
Practice paper: Child sexual abuse
Practice paper: Domestic and family violence and its relationship to child protection
(
PDF
, 1.3 MB)
Practice paper: Domestic and family violence and its relationship to child protection
(
DOCX
, 3.2 MB)
Practice paper: Family contact for children and young people in care
(
PDF
, 193 KB)
Practice paper: Placing Children in care - principles and guidelines for improving outcomes
(
PDF
, 89 KB)
Practice paper: Supporting children and young people in care through transitions
(
PDF
, 154 KB)
Practice paper: Valuing and improving educational outcomes for Children in care
(
PDF
, 278 KB)
Practice paper: Valuing and improving educational outcomes for Children in care
(
RTF
, 115 KB)
Practice paper: Working with children and young people in care
(
PDF
, 83 KB)
Practice resource: Bank accounts
(
PDF
, 24 KB)
Practice resource: Child health passports
Practice resource: Child health passports flowchat
Practice resource: Children with sexual abuse histories
(
PDF
, 52 KB)
Practice resource: Complex/extreme support needs and placement matching
(
PDF
, 189 KB)
Practice resource: Developing a cultural support plan for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child
(
PDF
, 249 KB)
Practice resource: DNA paternity testing
Practice resource: Education outcomes for Children in care
(
PDF
, 37 KB)
Practice resource: Education outcomes for Children in care
(
RTF
, 20 KB)
Practice resource: Evolve interagency services
(
PDF
, 38 KB)
Practice resource: Facilitating family contact
(
PDF
, 44 KB)
Practice resource: Funerals and memorial services
(
PDF
, 26 KB)
Practice resource: Guide to supporting positive behaviour
(
PDF
, 384 KB)
Practice resource: Meeting the statement of standards
(
PDF
, 16 KB)
Practice resource: NDIS planning meeting example questions
Practice resource: NDIS planning meeting tip sheet
Practice resource: care - an integrated child protection response
(
PDF
, 74 KB)
Practice resource: Participation of children and young people in decision-making
(
PDF
, 342 KB)
Practice resource: Placement documentation
(
PDF
, 37 KB)
Practice resource: Placement matching principles
(
PDF
, 267 KB)
Practice resource: Placements with another entity - 82(1)(f)
(
PDF
, 208 KB)
Practice resource: Respite options
(
PDF
, 29 KB)
Practice resource: Safety and support plans - young people frequently absent of missing
(
PDF
, 205 KB)
Practice resource: Safety and support plans - young people frequently absent of missing
(
RTF
, 50 KB)
Practice resource: School Disciplinary absence
(
PDF
, 210 KB)
Practice resource: School Disciplinary absence
(
RTF
, 692 KB)
Practice resource: Support levels and behaviour characteristics
(
PDF
, 51 KB)
Practice resource: The authority to care form
(
PDF
, 28 KB)
Practice resource: Transition from care
(
PDF
, 59 KB)
Practice resource: Transition to adulthood - planning checklist
Reporting missing children: Guidelines for approved carers and care services
Right to Information
SDM: Child strengths and needs assessment
Standards of care
(
PDF
, 40 KB)
Support needs and placement matching in care - A Literature Review
(
PDF
, 522 KB)
Support Service Case: Information for young people transitioning from care
(
PDF
, 313 KB)
Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) Team System Response Protocol – Children Missing from care
(
PDF
, 110 KB)
Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) Team System Response Protocol – Children Missing from care
(
RTF
, 67 KB)
The Child Placement Principle prompt sheet
External resources
Administration for adults
After Care Service for young people exiting care - Factsheet
(
PDF
, 113 KB)
Australian Electoral Commission
Australian Passport Child Application Form
Better access to psychiatrists, psychologists and general practitioners through the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS)
Centrelink
Child and Adolescent Oral Health Services
Community Visitor Publications
Corrective Services Act 2006
(
PDF
)
CREATE Foundation Queensland - Go Your Own Way Kit
Department of Corrective Services
Department of Corrective Services - Safety and Security resources
Department of Education - Kindergarten funding scheme
Department of Justice and Attorney-General
DFAT Form B-10
(
PDF
)
(
PDF
)
First Aid and Standard Precautions (Fact sheet 11)
(
PDF
)
Form 27 Approval for Access to a Corrective Services Facility and Visit a Prisoner (Personal Visitor)
(
DOC
)
Guardianship for adults
Information Sheet – Comparison of the effects of diseases and the side effects of NIP vaccines
(
PDF
, 29 KB)
Medicare enrolment or new Medicare number request (online) form
(
PDF
, 132 KB)
Medicare enrolment or new Medicare number request (printable) form
(
PDF
, 110 KB)
Medicare information sheet
Medicare Teen Dental Plan
National Clinical Assessment Framework for Children and Young People in care (OOHC) - March 2011
Parents of kids with infectious diseases
Partnership agreement: Educating children and young people in the care of the state
Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Act 2012
Public Guardian Act 2014
(
PDF
)
Public Trustee
Queensland Civil and Administration Tribunal
Queensland Health (Sexual Health)
Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit
Smartraveller
Transition to Independent Living Allowance (TILA)
Vaccination Information and Vaccination Administration System
Victim Assist Queensland
Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000
(
PDF
)
YHARS Service Guidelines
Young person after care flyer
(
PDF
, 85 KB)
You've got what? - Prevention and control of notifiable and other infectious diseases in children and adults
NDIS Resources
Forms and Templates
NDIS Access Request Form for existing Disability Services Clients (Defined)
NDIS Access Request Form for new clients (Non-Defined)
NDIS Child Representative form
(
DOCX
)
NDIS Consent to share information
NDIS pre-planning guide electronic version
(
PDF
, 712 KB)
NDIS pre-planning guide print version
(
DOCX
, 25 KB)
Service agreement addendum
Departmental Resources
Advocating for support coordination tip sheet
Complex Client working arrangements
Critical incident reporting information sheet
Factsheet 1 for foster and kinship carers – general NDIS information
(
PDF
)
Factsheet 2 for foster and kinship carers – planning with the NDIS
(
PDF
)
Factsheet 3 for foster and kinship carers – caring for a child with an NDIS plan
(
PDF
)
Factsheet for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Family Wellbeing Services and the NDIS
(
PDF
)
Factsheet for FACC and IFS services and the NDIS
(
PDF
)
Factsheet for parents of children and young people in care
(
PDF
)
Factsheet for young people in care
(
PDF
)
NDIS general fact sheet
(
PDF
)
NDIS ICMS information guide
NDIS planning questions
Types of Disability, Impairment and Diagnosis information table
(
PDF
)
External
Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) review information
COAG Applied principles for division of responsibility between child protection system and NDIS
(
PDF
)
Disability support guide
NDIS access checklist
NDIS ECEI Providers
NDIS: a GP and Allied Health Professional’s guide
NDIS: List A conditions for automatic NDIS access
NDIS: List B conditions – for non-automatic NDIS access
NDIS: Local Area Coordinators
NDIS price guide 2018-2019
NDIS support calculator
NDIS Reasonable and necessary support definition
NDIS registered providers
NDIS reviewable decisions list
Primary Health Network GP NDIS Toolkit
(
PDF
)
RACP’s NDIS guide for Physicians
Last reviewed
20 April 2018
Last modified
20 May 2020
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