• 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 and assessment orders
  • 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

9. Matters of concern

• 9.1 Deciding whether information constitutes a matter of concern
• 9.2 Assessing a child placement concern report
• 9.3 Investigating and assessing a matter of concern notification
• 9.4 Developing and monitoring an action plan
• Resources

Resources

Forms and templates

• A practice guide: for the assessment of harm and likely harm (PDF 84 KB)
• Checklist: Child placement concern report (CPCR) (Word 237 KB)
• Checklist: Matter of concern (MOC) notification (Word 257 KB)
• Do you have a complaint about the Department of Child Safety? (PDF 292 KB)
• Information sheet about support persons and advocacates in matters of concern (PDF 29 KB)
• Information sheet for children and young people (PDF 26 KB)
• Letter to approved carer/staff member - advice of MOC notification (Word 32 KB)
• Letter to approved carer/staff member - CPCR outcome (Word 30 KB)
• Letter to approved carer/staff member - notification outcome (Word 31 KB)
• Statement of commitment between the Department of Child Safety, foster care services and the carers of Queensland

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