10.1 Decision-making about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

• Key steps
  • 1. Enable meaningful participation in decision-making
  • 2. Arrange for an independent person to facilitate the child's and family's participation
  • 3. Refer the family for family-led decision-making
• Resources

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3. 10. General
   • 1. Intake
   • 2. Investigation and assessment
   • 3. Ongoing intervention
   • 4. Case planning
   • 5. Children in care
   • 6. Intervention with parental agreement
   • 7. Support service cases
   • 8. Regulation of care
   • 9. Standards of care
4. 10.1 Decision-making about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
   • 10.10 Warrant for the apprehension of a child
   • 10.11 Staff safety and well-being
   • 10.12 Professional supervision
   • 10.13 The video taping or recording of departmental staff
   • 10.14 Referring to Family and Child Connect or intensive family support services for early intervention
   • 10.15 The role of the Child Safety After Hours Service Centre
   • 10.16 Referral to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander family support service
   • 10.17 Complaints management
   • 10.18 Interstate and New Zealand matters
   • 10.19 Systems and Practice Reviews following the serious physical injury or death of a child
   • 10.20 Victims of crime and the role of Victim Assist Queensland
   • 10.21 Family courts
   • 10.22 International child protection matters and the Hague Child Abduction Convention
   • 10.2 Statutory obligation to notify the Queensland Police Service of possible criminal offences
   • 10.3 Information sharing for service delivery coordination
   • 10.4 Providing adoption services
   • 10.5 Recording sensitivity
   • 10.6 Downgrading or deleting an approved notification
   • 10.7 Undertake the substance testing of parents
   • 10.8 Responding to self-harming behaviour
   • 10.9 Responding to suicide risk behaviour
   • Resources
   • What ifs
5. Resources

Departmental resources

• Brochure for families - Support for children and families to have their say
• Brochure for an independent person - Supporting children and families to have their say in decisions
• Letter to the Independent person template
• Practice resource: Culturally capable behaviours (PDF, 412 KB) Practice resource: Culturally capable behaviours (DOCX, 50 KB)
• Poster - Information for staff: Who can be an independent person for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child and/or family? (PDF, 155 KB)
• Poster - Information for staff: Significant decisions about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people (PDF, 237 KB)
• YouTube video - Information for families about an independent person

External resources

• Understanding and applying the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (SNAICC)