• 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

7. Children in out-of-home care

• 7.1 Providing out-of-home care as part of an integrated child protection response
• 7.2 Pre-placement matching
• 7.3 Placement of a child under section 82(1)(f)
• 7.4 Placement agreements
• 7.5 Medicare cards
• 7.6 Commencement of an out-of-home care placement
• 7.7 Assessing the provision of placement information to parents
• 7.8 Providing placement information to parents
• 7.9 Conclusion of an out-of-home care placement
• 7.10 Family contact for children in out-of-home care
• 7.11 Family contact arrangements involving correctional facilities
• 7.12 Deciding custody and guardianship matters for children in out-of-home care
• 7.13 Participation of children in high risk and very high risk activities
• 7.14 Decision-making about end of life medical treatment of a child in out-of-home care
• 7.15 Obligations, actions and responsibilities upon the death of a child in out-of-home care
• 7.16 Child health passports
• 7.17 Education support plans
• 7.18 Opening and managing bank accounts for children in out-of-home care
• 7.19 Children with sexual abuse histories
• 7.20 Transition from care - planning and support
• 7.21 The use of respite for children in out-of-home care
• Resources

7. Children in out-of-home care

• 7.1 Providing out-of-home care as part of an integrated child protection response
• 7.2 Pre-placement matching
• 7.3 Placement of a child under section 82(1)(f)
• 7.4 Placement agreements
• 7.5 Medicare cards
• 7.6 Commencement of an out-of-home care placement
• 7.7 Assessing the provision of placement information to parents
• 7.8 Providing placement information to parents
• 7.9 Conclusion of an out-of-home care placement
• 7.10 Family contact for children in out-of-home care
• 7.11 Family contact arrangements involving correctional facilities
• 7.12 Deciding custody and guardianship matters for children in out-of-home care
• 7.13 Participation of children in high risk and very high risk activities
• 7.14 Decision-making about end of life medical treatment of a child in out-of-home care
• 7.15 Obligations, actions and responsibilities upon the death of a child in out-of-home care
• 7.16 Child health passports
• 7.17 Education support plans
• 7.18 Opening and managing bank accounts for children in out-of-home care
• 7.19 Children with sexual abuse histories
• 7.20 Transition from care - planning and support
• 7.21 The use of respite for children in out-of-home care
• Resources

A printable version of this chapter is also available.

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