Sentences with phrase «authorised carer»
This fact sheet on provides an overview of who has authority for providing consent for medical and dental treatments on behalf of children and young people in out - of - home care (OOHC), for whom the Minister for Family and Community Services (FACS) holds parental responsibility and who are being cared for by an authorised carer.
http://www.community.nsw.gov.au/
A guardian can be a relative or kinship carer, a family friend or an authorised carer who has an established and positive relationship with the child or young person.
For more information about the policies and procedures when an allegation is made about a FACS authorised carer, please read here.
The Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Regulation 2012 provides for the Minister to issue a Code of Conduct for Authorised Carers and requires authorised carers to comply with the Code of Conduct as a condition of their authorisation.
Authorised carers can apply for «sole parental responsibility» for a child or young person who has been in their care for two years or more.
Authorised carers now have the option to apply for sole parental responsibility for children and young people who have been in their care for two years or more.
Not exact matches
Guardianship is for a relative or kinship carer (or sometimes an authorised foster carer), who is considering seeking long - term full parental responsibility for a child or young person through an order of the NSW Children's Court.
Applying for Child Support Payment - information for authorised relative carers and birth parents
Even though the NSW government's report to the commission inquiry [Special Commission of Inquiry into Child Protection Services in NSW] identified that «85 % of Aboriginal children (are placed) in accordance with the Aboriginal Placement Principles, the Department of Community Services noted that «what that figure mentions is compliance with a process rather than Aboriginal children in placements with Aboriginal carers, either authorised foster carers or authorised kinships or relative carers».