Staff must act to support and strengthen safe parenting and Family-centred the participation of the family (whānau) in decision-making when referring or engaging the service of community agencies. Protection and safety planning is addressed in the context of Health Promotion and strengthening family (whānau) and community responses Public Health through proactive community engagement / identification of needs, early clinical intervention and support and prevention of reoccurrence. Southern DHB makes a commitment to our staff to have Strengthening available ongoing education and clinical support that Workforce Capability enhances and empowers them to be confident in prevention, early identification, screening, and responding to identified cases of family violence. Prevention, early identification and early management of child Community protection risk is focused on working together with key partner Collaboration agencies in the community, e.g. Child Youth & Family (CYF), NZ Police, Women’s Refuge, PHOs, Well Child services, education, family support providers and iwi or Whānau Ora providers. Terms and Definitions This refers to violence or abuse of any type, perpetrated by Family Violence one family member against another family member. It includes child abuse, partner abuse, elder abuse, parental abuse, sibling abuse and abuse of vulnerable adults. This includes neglect, physical, psychological, financial, emotional and sexual abuse. The word child refers to a person aged from 0 14 years (this Child – includes an unborn child). Refer to the and Amendments and the . This refers to a person over the age of 14 but under 17 Young Person years but does not include any person who is married - see the . This is a person identified as acting in a parenting role. They Parent / Caregiver may be the biological, foster or step-parent. They also may or may not have legal guardianship, but often undertake the care of the child / young person. This is a person who has legal rights and responsibilities Guardian / defined in the . A guardian may or may not live with the child. Additional Guardianship
Family-centred Staff must act to support and strengthen safe parenting and the participation of the family (whānau) in decision-making when referring or engaging the service of community agencies. Health Promotion and Public Health Protection and safety planning is addressed in the context of strengthening family (whānau) and community responses through proactive community engagement / identification of needs, early clinical intervention and support and prevention of reoccurrence. Strengthening Workforce Capability Southern DHB makes a commitment to our staff to have available ongoing education and clinical support that enhances and empowers them to be confident in prevention, early identification, screening, and responding to identified cases of family violence. Community Collaboration Prevention, early identification and early management of child protection risk is focused on working together with key partner agencies in the community, e.g. Child Youth & Family (CYF), NZ Police, Women’s Refuge, PHOs, Well Child services, education, family support providers and iwi or Whānau Ora providers. Terms and Definitions Family Violence This refers to violence or abuse of any type, perpetrated by one family member against another family member. It includes child abuse, partner abuse, elder abuse, parental abuse, sibling abuse and abuse of vulnerable adults. This includes neglect, physical, psychological, financial, emotional and sexual abuse. Child The word child refers to a person aged from 0 – 14 years (this includes an unborn child). Refer to the and Amendments and the . Young Person This refers to a person over the age of 14 but under 17 years but does not include any person who is married - see the . Parent / Caregiver This is a person identified as acting in a parenting role. They may be the biological, foster or step-parent. They also may or may not have legal guardianship, but often undertake the care of the child / young person. Guardian / Additional Guardianship This is a person who has legal rights and responsibilities defined in the . A guardian may or may not live with the child.
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