Out-of-home care, foster care, relative and kinship care factsheets

The child’s Blue Book was scanned during the POCLS Wave 1 data collection with carers if (a) the carer had the child’s Blue Book and (b) provided consent to do so.

This policy enables funded service providers to retain case management and continue to support a child away from an authorised placement for a temporary period.

This factsheet provides foster, relative and kinship carers with the information that they need to know about the My Health Record.

This Q&A provides caseworkers with information that they need to know about the My Health Record. This includes the information that caseworkers will be required to provide to young people, their carers and birth parents. [...]

This question and answer sheet provides information to caseworkers about how children and young people currently in OOHC will have their My Health Records managed during the opt-out period.

This factsheet provides young people with information that they need to know about the My Health Record. This includes the opportunities presented by the My Health Record and also the risks that need to be [...]

The PSP Family Preservation Package has been designed to provide the supports to maintain children safely at home with their families.

The OOHC Health Pathway was designed to ensure that each child or young person in statutory OOHC undertakes screening, assessment, intervention, monitoring and review of their health needs.

If a child or young person in OOHC is not able to be placed on the Health Pathway, because they entered statutory care prior to 2010, it is still important that they receive timely screening, [...]

This guidelines provides high level guidance on appropriately supporting behaviour, behaviour support planning, prohibitive and restrictive practise for children and young people in OOHC.