Number of Applicants attending 1st training 4 session Number of Applicants attending 2nd training 4 session Number of Applicants assessed to determine 4 suitability for approval to adopt Number of applicants registered as suitable to 13 adopt Table 6: Intercountry adoption figures Intercountry 2016-2017 Hague Adoption 7 Bilateral 1 Total 8 Table 7: Estimated average time input per applicant for 2016-17 financial year intercountry – adoption Requirement Average time Average time intercountry intercountry adoption adoption (Hague) (Non-Hague) Initial information sessions: 13 13 Information session, preparation including invitations, providing duty advice to individuals Education and training sessions: 53 53 Training with multiple attendees, preparation per training session, hours providing individual follow-up to training Document preparation: 85 85 Application paperwork, liaison with overseas program, report writing, editing and revising report, reference checks, life story, parenting plan, medical checks follow up Interviews: 50 50 Interviews, travel, case noting and writing up Post approval support: 80 95 Support before placement, support preparing to travel, post placement support, supervision, report writing and correspondence with overseas country program, application to the Victorian County Court Total estimated hours Up to 281 Up to 296
Number of Applicants attending 1st training session 4 Number of Applicants attending 2nd training session 4 Number of Applicants assessed to determine suitability for approval to adopt 4 Number of applicants registered as suitable to adopt 13 Table 6: Intercountry adoption figures Intercountry 2016-2017 Hague Adoption 7 Bilateral 1 Total 8 Table 7: Estimated average time input per applicant for 2016-17 financial year – intercountry adoption Requirement Average time intercountry adoption (Hague) Average time intercountry adoption (Non-Hague) Initial information sessions: Information session, preparation including invitations, providing duty advice to individuals 13 13 Education and training sessions: Training with multiple attendees, preparation per training session, hours providing individual follow-up to training 53 53 Document preparation: Application paperwork, liaison with overseas program, report writing, editing and revising report, reference checks, life story, parenting plan, medical checks follow up 85 85 Interviews: Interviews, travel, case noting and writing up 50 50 Post approval support: Support before placement, support preparing to travel, post placement support, supervision, report writing and correspondence with overseas country program, application to the Victorian County Court 80 95 Total estimated hours Up to 281 Up to 296
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