Protecting children

• About child protection
  • Reporting and referring concerns
  • Child protection legislation
  • Mandatory reporting
  • Children and young people's rights
  • Parents' rights
  • Roles and responsibilities
  • National approach to child protection
• What is child abuse?
• What is child sexual abuse?
• How to prevent abuse
  • Protecting children from harm
  • Prevention and early intervention
• Reporting child abuse
  • If you suspect harm
  • What happens when we are contacted?
  • What happens when a report is made?
  • Reporting child abuse in other states
• Responding to child abuse
  • Moving a child to a safe place
  • Investigation and assessment
    • Assessment orders
  • Care agreements
  • What you can expect
• Ongoing intervention
  • Case planning
    • Service referrals
  • Support Service case
  • Intervention with parents agreement
  • Child Protection Order
  • Family group meetings
  • Court processes
  • Youth justice
  • Contacts
• Child Safety Practice Manual
• Adoption
  • Resources and publications
• Child and family reform
  • Sharing responsibility for children's safety and wellbeing
  • Supporting families earlier
  • Working better with families in contact with the child protection system
  • Meeting the needs and requirements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, families and communities
    • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Family Wellbeing Services
    • Family Participation Program
    • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child protection sector and service development
  • Improving care and post-care for children and young people
  • Delivering quality services to children and families through a capable, motivated workforce and client-focused organisations
    • Quality Improvement Program
  • Building an accountable, transparent and cost-effective system
  • Child protection legislation reform
  • History of child protection legislation reforms
  • Specialist Services
  • Using technology for business transformation
• NDIS implementation
  • Information for young people with disability in care
  • Information for foster and kinship carers of children with disability
  • NDIS information for parents and families of children in care
  • NDIS information for Family Support Providers
  • NDIS information for Residential Care services
• Resources and publications
  • Family Group Meeting Convenor Handbook

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   • What is child abuse?
   • What is child sexual abuse?
4. Children and young people's rights

A child or young person's right to participate in decision making about their own life is identified in the:

• United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
• Charter of rights for a child in care (established in the Child Protection Act 1999).