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Child Safety Services
Introduction
Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women
Relevant legislation
Other key documents
Child safety service centres: staff roles and responsibilities
Framework for the participation of children and young people in decision-making
Respecting diversity
Delegations
Accountability for children in Queensland
Resources
Framework for practice and maps
Practice maps
Chapters
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
10. General
Practice papers
Resources
Forms and templates
Departmental Resources
External
Structured Decision Making
What is Structured Decision Making?
Background to implementation
How do SDM assessments fit with professional judgement?
SDM assessments
Case reading
SDM resources
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Acronyms
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How to use the Child Safety Practice Manual
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2. Investigation and assessment
Key steps
1. Plan the investigation and assessment
2. Engage the family and gather information
3. Assess the notified concerns and the child's need for protection
4. Finalise the investigation and assessment
What ifs
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2. Investigation and assessment
1. Intake
10. General
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
Resources
Resources
Forms and templates
Care agreement - Form
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PDF
, 56 KB)
Centrelink request form
Child Safety After Hours Service Centre: After hours referral form
Court Assessment Order (Form 7)
CSA Request Form
Collaborative assessment and planning framework tool
HRA form 1: Unborn child high risk alert: Request for immediate notification when pregnant woman presents for delivery
HRA form 2: Unborn child high risk alert: Notification that pregnant woman has presented for delivery
HRA form 3: Cessation of unborn child high risk alert
ICM and SCAN team form 1 - Request for multi-agency meeting
Letter to parent – IA outcome (substantiated child in need of protection)
Letter to parent – IA outcome (substantiated child not in need of protection)
Letter to parent – IA outcome (unsubstantiated child not in need of protection)
Medicare Request Form
Notice About Child Safety and Welfare Matters
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DOCX
, 31 KB)
Police referral form
QPS - Non-urgent criminal and domestic violence history check request
QPS - Urgent Request (After hours)
Section 159N information request
Request for interstate notification
Temporary Assessment Order (Form 3)
Unborn child checklist
Departmental resources
Collaborative assessment and planning framework booklet
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PDF
, 1.4 MB)
ICMS Child Protection - Linking court orders
Information Coordination Meetings (ICM) and the Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) Team System Manual
Information Sharing - Assessment and Service Connect (ASC)
(
PDF
, 543 KB)
Interviewing Children and Recording Evidence (ICARE)
Physical and Cognitive Developmental Milestones
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PDF
, 24 KB)
Practice guide: The assessment of harm and risk of harm
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PDF
, 886 KB)
Practice paper: Child protection intervention with high-risk infants
(
PDF
, 312 KB)
Practice paper: Child protection intervention with high-risk infants
(
RTF
, 366 KB)
Practice paper: Child sexual abuse
Practice paper: Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Practice resource: Assessment orders
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PDF
, 27 KB)
Practice resource: Domestic and family violence - protecting identifying informaiton in court processes
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PDF
, 591 KB)
Practice resource: Family risk evaluation
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PDF
, 33 KB)
Practice resource: Guidelines for departmental staff when providing information to the court regarding a domestic violence order application
Practice resource: Informing parents about the harm and the outcome - section 15
(
PDF
, 141 KB)
Practice resource: Interviewing a child
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PDF
, 25 KB)
Practice resource: Notifiers and mandatory reporting
(
PDF
, 266 KB)
Practice resource: Planning for and undertaking a joint investigation
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PDF
, 31 KB)
Practice resource: Planning the investigation and assessment
(
PDF
, 247 KB)
Practice resource: Receiving Integrated Justice Information Strategy email alert information
Practice resource: Recording the investigation and assessment
(
PDF
, 31 KB)
Practice resource: Recording your professional assessment about whether the child is in need of protection
Practice resource: Safety assessment
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PDF
, 503 KB)
Practice resource: Safety assessment
(
DOCX
, 97 KB)
Practice resource: Schedule of criminal offences
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PDF
, 84 KB)
Practice resource: Section 55 requests -
Domestic and Family Violence Act 2012
Practice resource: Temporary custody order
Practice resource: The child placement principle
(
PDF
, 78 KB)
Practice resource: The role of a support person
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PDF
, 25 KB)
Practice resource: Unborn children
Practice resource: Use of powers for a child at immediate risk - section 16 and 18
(
PDF
, 29 KB)
Practice resource: Working with the independent entity
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PDF
,
File not found
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SDM: Family risk evaluation
SDM: Safety assessment
Unborn child high risk alert Contacts: Queensland Health
(
PDF
, 220 KB)
When Child Safety officers visit your home
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PDF
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File not found
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Youth Protocol: An agreement concerning referral, assessment, case management and support for homeless and unsupported young people
External resources
Animal Assisted Therapy
Benevolent Society
Information Sharing Protocol between the Commonwealth and Child Protection Agencies
Memorandum of Understanding between The State of Queensland, through Department of Communities (Child Safety Services) and The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Queensland 2012-2014
Queensland Electoral Commission Australian Electoral Commission
Queensland Health - List of maternity hospitals and nominated positions
Schedule 2 - Guidelines for making a notification to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Schedule 3 - Guidelines for emergency care and accommodation of animals
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Last modified
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