and family contact and connections for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, giving particular consideration to how the relationships with parents, siblings and other people of significance to the child’s child under Aboriginal tradition or Island custom will be optimised considering how the needs can be met by the proposed foster carer child’s facilitating discussions with the proposed foster carers about their capacity and capabilities to meet the needs and the immediate additional supports they may require child’s determining how to best equip the carers to respond to the particular needs presented by the proposed match, initially from within current resourcing of the care service and Child Safety gaining approval from the person with the delegated authority, if extra-ordinary supports are required documenting the agreed supports and the roles and responsibilities of identified care services and Child Safety staff. During this phase the PSU is responsible for: contacting the CSSC with case management responsibility for other children already living with the proposed foster carer, to determine the impact of the proposed care arrangement on the foster continued ability to meet the needs of the existing child carer’s seeking permission from the CSSC Manager responsible for the carer, if they live in a geographical area covered by another CSSC. Phase four: deciding where and with whom the child will live The CSSC Senior Team Leader and Manager have the legislative authority under the Child Protection Act 1999 to make the decision about where and with whom a child, who is in the custody or guardianship of the Child Executive, will live. In addition, the CSSC is responsible for: arranging an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander entity for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child to help facilitate the and participation in decisions about child’s family’s where or with whom the child will live assessing the provision of placement information to parents contacting the proposed foster carers for their views about level and nature of placement information to be provided to the parents child’s informing the parents and the child of the decision about the placement information provided to the parents approving the care arrangement. Authority: Child Protection Act 1999 Child Protection Regulation 2011 Delegations: Refer to the instruments of delegation for decisions made under the Child Protection Act 1999.
and family contact and connections for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, giving particular consideration to how the child’s relationships with parents, siblings and other people of significance to the child under Aboriginal tradition or Island custom will be optimised considering how the child’s needs can be met by the proposed foster carer facilitating discussions with the proposed foster carers about their capacity and capabilities to meet the child’s needs and the immediate additional supports they may require determining how to best equip the carers to respond to the particular needs presented by the proposed match, initially from within current resourcing of the care service and Child Safety gaining approval from the person with the delegated authority, if extra-ordinary supports are required documenting the agreed supports and the roles and responsibilities of identified care services and Child Safety staff. During this phase the PSU is responsible for: contacting the CSSC with case management responsibility for other children already living with the proposed foster carer, to determine the impact of the proposed care arrangement on the foster carer’s continued ability to meet the needs of the existing child seeking permission from the CSSC Manager responsible for the carer, if they live in a geographical area covered by another CSSC. Phase four: deciding where and with whom the child will live The CSSC Senior Team Leader and Manager have the legislative authority under the Child Protection Act 1999 to make the decision about where and with whom a child, who is in the custody or guardianship of the Child Executive, will live. In addition, the CSSC is responsible for: arranging an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander entity for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child to help facilitate the child’s and family’s participation in decisions about where or with whom the child will live assessing the provision of placement information to parents contacting the proposed foster carers for their views about level and nature of placement information to be provided to the child’s parents informing the parents and the child of the decision about the placement information provided to the parents approving the care arrangement. Authority: Child Protection Act 1999 Child Protection Regulation 2011 Delegations: Refer to the instruments of delegation for decisions made under the Child Protection Act 1999.
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