Factsheets

The 2019 amendments to the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 allow for short term care orders to be made that allocate parental responsibility to the Minister for a maximum of 24 [...]

Find answers to frequently asked questions about this NGO Training Program.

This factsheet provides an overview of the legislative changes as a result of the 2009 Keep Them Safe reforms

This overview supports the business rules for the eligibility criteria of PSP service packages.

This overview supports the business rules for the eligibility criteria of PSP service packages.

Information about adoption as a way to a permanent home; where a child becomes a legal member of another family for life

Information about family preservation as a way to a permanent home; keeping a child with their parents, family or kin when it safe.

Information about guardianship as a way to a permanent home; when a person or people other than the parent has the legal responsibility of caring for a child until they reach adulthood.

Information about long-term care as a way to a permanent home; where a child lives in a long-term care arrangement (eg with a foster carer or relative)

Information about restoration as a way to permanent home; returning a child to live with their family when it safe to go home.