• Introduction
  • Acknowledgments
  • The Department of Child Safety
  • Relevant legislation
  • Other key departmental documents
  • Accountability for children in Queensland
  • Framework for the participation of children and young people in decision-making
  • Respecting diversity
  • Recognised Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander entities
  • Delegations
  • Child safety service centres: Staff roles and responsibilities
  • How to use the Child Safety Practice Manual
  • Practice maps
• Chapters
  • 1. Intake
  • 2. Investigation and assessment
  • 3. Use of powers
  • 4. Ongoing intervention
  • 5. Intervention with parental consent
  • 6. Intervention with a child protection order
  • 7. Children in out-of-home care
  • 8. Regulation of care
  • 9. Matters of concern
  • 10. Unborn children
  • 11. Transfers
  • 12. Professional supervision
  • 13. Critical incident reporting
  • 14. Child deaths
  • 15. Family Court of Australia
  • 16. Youth justice and child protection interface
  • 17. Interstate matters
  • General procedures
• Practice papers
• Resources
• Quicklinks
  • Acronyms
  • Glossary of terms
  • Previous versions
  • Printable version
  • Updates

Chapters

• 1. Intake
• 2. Investigation and assessment
• 3. Use of powers
• 4. Ongoing intervention
• 5. Intervention with parental consent
• 6. Intervention with a child protection order
• 7. Children in out-of-home care
• 8. Regulation of care
• 9. Matters of concern
• 10. Unborn children
• 11. Transfers
• 12. Professional supervision
• 13. Critical incident reporting
• 14. Child deaths
• 15. Family Court of Australia
• 16. Youth justice and child protection interface
• 17. Interstate matters
• General procedures

2. Investigation and assessment

• 2.1 Investigation and assessment: An overview
• 2.2 Planning the investigation and assessment
• 2.3 Joint investigations with the Queensland Police Service
• 2.4 Commencing the investigation and assessment
• 2.5 Telling parents about the allegation of harm and the outcome of the investigation and assessment
• 2.6 Recording additional concerns during investigation and assessment
• 2.7 The role of a support person
• 2.8 Interviewing and sighting children
• 2.9 Interviewing parents and other adults
• 2.10 Completing the safety assessment tool
• 2.11 Arranging a medical examination
• 2.12 Completing the family risk evaluation tool
• 2.13 When parents refuse to allow departmental contact with a child
• 2.14 When a child and family cannot be located
• 2.15 Investigation and assessment outcomes
• 2.16 Recording an investigation and assessment
• 2.17 The SCAN System
• Resources

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