Child protection factsheets
Collection of factsheets related to child protection.
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Shorter term court orders - Shaping a Better Child Protection System
In Shaping a Better Child Protection System / Chapters
The amendments make it clear that shorter term court orders can be made to support the objectives of the Permanency Support Program in achieving earlier permanency for children and young people.
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Earlier preservation and restoration - Shaping a Better Child Protection System
In Shaping a Better Child Protection System / Chapters
The amendments build on recent NSW Government initiatives including the Permanency Support Program, Their Futures Matter and the Targeted Earlier Intervention reforms. These reforms aim to strengthen family functioning and support families to stay together.
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Streamlining court processes - Shaping a Better Child Protection System
In Shaping a Better Child Protection System / Chapters
Court processes have been clarified and streamlined to ensure that a child or young person’s needs will be responded to quickly and to minimise litigation.
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Guardianship orders by consent - Shaping a Better Child Protection System
In Shaping a Better Child Protection System / Chapters
The reforms to guardianship orders empower families to decide who can best parent their children where they recognise they are unable to.
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Open adoption - Shaping a Better Child Protection System
In Shaping a Better Child Protection System / Chapters
Open adoption recognises that there is a benefit for children when they can maintain a relationship with their birth families and when both families (birth and adoptive) remain in contact with each other after an [...]
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Prohibition on publication of out-of-home care (OOHC) status - Shaping a Better Child Protection System
In Shaping a Better Child Protection System / Chapters
Section 105 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1998 prohibits the publication or broadcasting of the name of a child or young person involved in proceedings in the Children’s Court or subject to a [...]
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Shaping a Better Child Protection System
The Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Amendment Act 2018 will strengthen services to keep children safely at home with their families and restore children to their families when it is safe to do [...]
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Overview of legislative reforms - Shaping a Better Child Protection System
In Shaping a Better Child Protection System / Chapters
The Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Amendment Act 2018 amends the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 and the Adoption Act 2000 to support current child protection reforms.
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Impact on Aboriginal families - Shaping a Better Child Protection System
In Shaping a Better Child Protection System / Chapters
The NSW Government remains committed to working with Aboriginal communities and Aboriginal organisations across NSW to increase Aboriginal self-determination and Aboriginal participation in child protection decision-making.
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Responses to frequently asked questions - Shaping a Better Child Protection System
In Shaping a Better Child Protection System / Chapters
Responses to frequently asked questions (FAQ) about the Shaping a Better Child Protection System.