Progress in 2016–17 Upcoming in 2017–18 concerns about the welfare of a child Introduced mandatory drug testing for Station four child safety officers at parents who work voluntarily with the Police Headquarters to improve and department to meet their child’s care streamline information sharing needs to enable better decisions about Establish a new child safety service centre in potential risk of harm to the child Morayfield to meet increasing demand Established seven new family group meeting across the region coordinators and a new collaborative family Pilot six family recovery units in Logan, in decision-making (CFDM) model to ensure partnership with Lives Lived Well, to support more inclusive planning and families involved with the child protection with families in the child protection system to overcome ice issues so they can system stay together or reunite Released an options paper for the second Establish a practice leader for alcohol and other stage of statewide public consultations drugs and practice leader for mental health to on the review of the Child Protection Act work with staff to strengthen departmental 1999 skills, resources and knowledge as they relate Developed the resource Information kit to child protection practice on child protection for parents to Finalise the full review of the Child Protection provide Act 1999 and develop contemporary legislation parents with information about their rights, to better support the child protection and investigation and case management family support reform program and Our Way processes, court proceedings, how to make and its first three-year action plan a complaint, and where to find support Progress priority legislative amendments that Embedded the key elements and aim to achieve stability and permanency for tools of the Framework for Practice children and young people in care and through ongoing training to improve child protection assessment and family engagement, delivering better engagement and outcomes for vulnerable children and families in need Enhanced the response to child protection notifications through establishing a new service response, Assessment and Service Connect (ASC), which partners with non- government services to assess a family’s needs and connect them to support Trial joint response teams with child safety officers and child protection police in Toowoomba, Townsville and the Gold Coast to ensure rapid responses where there are
Progress in 2016–17 Upcoming in 2017–18 Introduced mandatory drug testing for parents who work voluntarily with the department to meet their child’s care needs to enable better decisions about potential risk of harm to the child Established seven new family group meeting coordinators and a new collaborative family decision-making (CFDM) model to ensure more inclusive planning and with families in the child protection system Released an options paper for the second stage of statewide public consultations on the review of the Child Protection Act 1999 Developed the resource Information kit on child protection for parents to provide parents with information about their rights, investigation and case management processes, court proceedings, how to make a complaint, and where to find support Embedded the key elements and tools of the Framework for Practice through ongoing training to improve child protection assessment and family engagement, delivering better engagement and outcomes for vulnerable children and families in need Enhanced the response to child protection notifications through establishing a new service response, Assessment and Service Connect (ASC), which partners with non- government services to assess a family’s needs and connect them to support Trial joint response teams with child safety officers and child protection police in Toowoomba, Townsville and the Gold Coast to ensure rapid responses where there are concerns about the welfare of a child Station four child safety officers at Police Headquarters to improve and streamline information sharing Establish a new child safety service centre in Morayfield to meet increasing demand across the region Pilot six family recovery units in Logan, in partnership with Lives Lived Well, to support families involved with the child protection system to overcome ice issues so they can stay together or reunite Establish a practice leader for alcohol and other drugs and practice leader for mental health to work with staff to strengthen departmental skills, resources and knowledge as they relate to child protection practice Finalise the full review of the Child Protection Act 1999 and develop contemporary legislation to better support the child protection and family support reform program and Our Way and its first three-year action plan Progress priority legislative amendments that aim to achieve stability and permanency for children and young people in care and
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