NSW Interagency Guidelines for Child Protection Intervention
The NSW Interagency Guidelines for Child Protection Intervention 2006 edition (the Guidelines) provide practical guidance on interagency cooperation in child protection.
International research recognises that effective interagency practice is a key factor in protecting children and young people at risk of harm. The Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 provides a statutory basis for collaborative work in child protection across government, community sector agencies and families in NSW.
The Act recognises that protecting children and young people must be a shared responsibility. However, working across agency boundaries can be challenging.
The Guidelines are intended to assist professionals and agency practitioners work together across boundaries when responding to children, young people and families where there are child protection concerns.
The Guidelines were first produced in 1991. The 2000 edition of the Guidelines was revised in 2005 to reflect legislative changes and agency name and function changes due to restructures.
A comprehensive review of the Guidelines, including extensive consultation across the sector, has now been completed by the NSW Child Protection Senior Officers Group (CPSOG), resulting in this 2006 edition to reflect the current child protection environment. The CPSOG is comprised of representatives from a wide range of NSW government human service and justice agencies. The Secretariat for the CPSOG is located in DoCS.
Hard copies of this edition of the Guidelines have now been produced and distributed to all CPSOG agencies and to DoCS funded organisations. The folder format of the hard copy enables updated content to be easily inserted as revisions to the Guidelines are made.
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NSW Interagency Guidelines for Child Protection Intervention 2006 edition
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chapter 1 - building interagency collaboration
chapter 2 - making a child protection report
chapter 3 - practices and procedures following a child protection
report
chapter 4 - exchanging information in a child protection context
chapter 5 - criminal proceedings
chapter 6 - best practise principles in working with children and families
appendices
appendix 1 - principles when working with children and families
appendix 2 - roles, responsibilities, services and programs in NSW relevant to child protection
appendix 3 - legislative grounds to report
appendix 4 - a guide to developing a protocol with local Aboriginal organisations and government/non-government partners
appendix 5 - Aboriginal tribal/language groups in Australia
appendix 6 - the placement principles for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people
appendix 7 - prevention and early intervention strategies and programs in NSW
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