establish regular channels of communication with you and provide you with important documentation, such as the instrument of authorisation and cultural plans give prompt advice to you about changes to contact arrangements provide all relevant available information to enable you to make an informed choice about caring for a child or young person respond to issues and complaints in a timely manner, and treat you fairly manage quality of care matters with sensitivity and understanding of the emotional impact on you and your family Charter for children in out-of-home care The Charter for children in out-of-home care has been prepared specifically for children and people who can’t live their parents and are in out-of-home care. It lists what they should expect from all those people who look after them and work with them while they are in care. A child and young person’s rights As a or young person in care, I need: to be safe and feel safe to stay healthy and well, and go to a doctor, dentist or other professional for help when I need to to be allowed to be a child and be treated with respect if I am an Aboriginal child, to feel proud and strong in my own culture to have a say and be heard to be provided with information to tell someone if I am unhappy to know information about me will only be shared in order to help people look after me to have a worker who is there for me to keep in contact with my family, friends and people and places that matter to me careful thought being given to where I will live, so I will have a home that feels like a home to have fun and do activities that I enjoy to be able to take part in family traditions, and be able to learn about and be involved with cultural and religious groups that are important to me to be provided with the best possible education and training to be able to develop life skills and grow up to become the best person I can help in preparing myself to leave care and support after I leave care. The child every chance reforms provide professionals working within the sector with more effective processes to: listen to what children and people want and need enable earlier intervention reduce abuse and neglect provide better support to Aboriginal children, young people and your families work together in cooperation with other providers of children, young people and family services. Useful resources Carers Recognition Act 2012, check the website.
establish regular channels of communication with you and provide you with important documentation, such as the instrument of authorisation and cultural plans give prompt advice to you about changes to contact arrangements provide all relevant available information to enable you to make an informed choice about caring for a child or young person respond to issues and complaints in a timely manner, and treat you fairly manage quality of care matters with sensitivity and understanding of the emotional impact on you and your family Charter for children in out-of-home care The Charter for children in out-of-home care has been prepared specifically for children and people who can’t live their parents and are in out-of-home care. It lists what they should expect from all those people who look after them and work with them while they are in care. A child and young person’s rights As a or young person in care, I need: to be safe and feel safe to stay healthy and well, and go to a doctor, dentist or other professional for help when I need to to be allowed to be a child and be treated with respect if I am an Aboriginal child, to feel proud and strong in my own culture to have a say and be heard to be provided with information to tell someone if I am unhappy to know information about me will only be shared in order to help people look after me to have a worker who is there for me to keep in contact with my family, friends and people and places that matter to me careful thought being given to where I will live, so I will have a home that feels like a home to have fun and do activities that I enjoy to be able to take part in family traditions, and be able to learn about and be involved with cultural and religious groups that are important to me to be provided with the best possible education and training to be able to develop life skills and grow up to become the best person I can help in preparing myself to leave care and support after I leave care. The child every chance reforms provide professionals working within the sector with more effective processes to: listen to what children and people want and need enable earlier intervention reduce abuse and neglect provide better support to Aboriginal children, young people and your families work together in cooperation with other providers of children, young people and family services. Useful resources Carers Recognition Act 2012, check the website.
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