12.11 State and territory governments and Accept care service providers should ensure The Queensland Government is that training for foster and relative/kinship committed to building the capacity of carers, residential care staff and child carers, staff and child protection workers. protection workers includes an understanding There is training available to support the of trauma and abuse, the impact on children range of roles across the child protection and the principles of trauma-informed care to system. assist them to meet the needs of children in out-of-home care, including children with In response to recommendations made harmful sexual behaviours. by the Queensland Family and Child Commission's Foster Care Review, the Queensland Government is working to establish a kinship care service model, and the Hope and Healing Framework establishes a trauma-informed model for residential care services. The Queensland Government notes that further analysis and consideration will be required to adapt existing training models and programs to meet the Royal Commission's intention. 12.12 When placing a child in out-of-home care, Accept state and territory governments and The Queensland Government is care service providers should take the committed to supporting all children in following measures to support children with care. harmful sexual behaviours: undertake professional assessments Queensland has dedicated services that of the child with harmful sexual provide assessment, support and behaviours, including identifying their intervention to children and young people needs and appropriate supports and with sexually reactive behaviours and interventions to ensure their safety their families. establish case management and a package of support services The Queensland Government notes there undertake careful placement matching are gaps in these services, as identified that includes: by the Royal Commission, and further I. providing sufficient relevant analysis and consideration of these information to the potential carer/s services is required in order for and residential care staff to ensure Queensland to meet the Royal they are equipped to support the child, Commission's policy intention. and additional training as necessary ii. rigorously assessing potential threats to the safety of other children, including the siblings, in the child’s placement. 12.13 State and territory governments and Accept care service providers should provide The Queensland Government is advice, guidelines and ongoing professional committed to providing advice, guidance development for all foster and kinship/relative and ongoing professional development carers and residential care staff about for all carers and residential care staff to preventing and responding to the harmful ensure that sexually reactive behaviours sexual behaviours of some children in are appropriately managed. care. 12.14 All state and territory governments should Accept in principle develop and implement coordinated and The Queensland Government supports
12.11 State and territory governments and care service providers should ensure that training for foster and relative/kinship carers, residential care staff and child protection workers includes an understanding of trauma and abuse, the impact on children and the principles of trauma-informed care to assist them to meet the needs of children in out-of-home care, including children with harmful sexual behaviours. Accept The Queensland Government is committed to building the capacity of carers, staff and child protection workers. There is training available to support the range of roles across the child protection system. In response to recommendations made by the Queensland Family and Child Commission's Foster Care Review, the Queensland Government is working to establish a kinship care service model, and the Hope and Healing Framework establishes a trauma-informed model for residential care services. The Queensland Government notes that further analysis and consideration will be required to adapt existing training models and programs to meet the Royal Commission's intention. 12.12 When placing a child in out-of-home care, state and territory governments and care service providers should take the following measures to support children with harmful sexual behaviours: undertake professional assessments of the child with harmful sexual behaviours, including identifying their needs and appropriate supports and interventions to ensure their safety establish case management and a package of support services undertake careful placement matching that includes: I. providing sufficient relevant information to the potential carer/s and residential care staff to ensure they are equipped to support the child, and additional training as necessary ii. rigorously assessing potential threats to the safety of other children, including the child’s siblings, in the placement. Accept The Queensland Government is committed to supporting all children in care. Queensland has dedicated services that provide assessment, support and intervention to children and young people with sexually reactive behaviours and their families. The Queensland Government notes there are gaps in these services, as identified by the Royal Commission, and further analysis and consideration of these services is required in order for Queensland to meet the Royal Commission's policy intention. 12.13 State and territory governments and care service providers should provide advice, guidelines and ongoing professional development for all foster and kinship/relative carers and residential care staff about preventing and responding to the harmful sexual behaviours of some children in care. Accept The Queensland Government is committed to providing advice, guidance and ongoing professional development for all carers and residential care staff to ensure that sexually reactive behaviours are appropriately managed. 12.14 All state and territory governments should develop and implement coordinated and Accept in principle The Queensland Government supports