Interagency Guidelines training
The NSW Interagency Guidelines for Child Protection Intervention 2006 are a resource to promote effective collaboration, cooperation and coordinated effort across all responsible service providers under the Children and Young People (Care and Protection) Act 1998. Ultimately, this will improve the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children in NSW.
The Guidelines set out processes for agencies to work together to help children, young people and their families. They include some new practice commitments by DoCS.
A set of the core messages about the Guidelines has been developed. These briefly set out the background to the review of the Guidelines and outline what remains the same and what has changed.
A briefing /information package has been developed to communicate in more detail the key messages and changes to the NSW Interagency Guidelines for Child Protection Intervention 2006, to all relevant staff. The package can be delivered internally within agencies or with their local partner agencies.
Components of the briefing /information package include:
- facilitators guide
- PowerPoint for the briefing/information session
- participants handouts
- guide to information sharing
Facilitators for this session must have:
- familiarity with the NSW Interagency Guidelines for Child Protection Intervention 2006.
- familiarity with the Children & Young Persons (Care & Protection) Act 1998
- familiarity with their own agencies core procedures and policies
- facilitation skills
- recent industry experience in child protection and/or child protection learning and development facilitator experience
- familiarity with the facilitators guide prior to delivering the session.
