Redesigned Care and Cultural Planning for Children and Young People
Learn about the redesigned template for care and cultural planning, mandatory requirements, and changes to the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act. Enhance cultural identity and connections of children with the FACS state-wide approach and new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Plan.
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Care & Cultural Planning CLCNSW Dean Schafer & Michelle Rogers Family and Community Services 17 May 2017
Acknowledgement of Country I would like to begin by acknowledging the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation who are the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we meet. I would also like to pay respect to the Elders past, present and emerging as well as extending that respect to other Aboriginal people here today. 2
Why the change? Changes to the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act in October 2014 Improve how we record our assessments of permanency options for children Current template was not meeting the needs of the Children s Court or FACS caseworkers Further improvements to maintain cultural identity and connections of children and young people http://ngolearning.com.au/the-care-act-court-processes-in-the-childrens-court-of-nsw/ 3
How? Carers Children & Young People Parents Peak Bodies & NGO s FACS Advisory Groups Spoke with FACS staff & Legal Services Create Aboriginal Legal Service (ALS) Children s Court 4
Care and Cultural Planning The new redesigned template: Introduces a FACS state-wide approach to care and cultural planning Embeds the Permanency Pathways Reinforces the Aboriginal Child Placement Principles Introduces two new Cultural Plans: - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Plan - Multicultural Plan 5
Whats New Mandatory Requirements Is Mandatory to complete Cultural Plans as part of the Care Plan for children or young people who are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander and/or from Multicultural backgrounds. When developing the new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Plans they will now require: a minimum of four (4) consultations with the child or young person s Aboriginal family and community a minimum four (4) participation in culture activities that encourage cultural participation 6
Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act S11 (self determination) S12 (participation) S13 (placement principals) 7
Identity Helpline Safety Assessment (SA) Genograms Risk Assessment (RA) Family Action Planning Family Group Conferences Family Finding 8
Genograms First interaction with the family While working with the family Throughout initial assessment (SARA) Through Aboriginal Consultations with Community Services staff and/or Aboriginal non-Govt Agencies Through other significant Agencies Continual work in progress 9
Consultation: http://www.community.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/322228/aboriginal_consultation_guide.pdf Who participates in consultations? How does consultation happen? Who facilitates the consultation? 10
Locating family or community Parents Aboriginal consultation process Link Up Aboriginal Agencies Family finding model (http://www.familyfinding.org/ ) 11
Developing Cultural Plans Driven by family, kin and community Consultation is underpinned by the Care and Protection Practice Standards as well as the Aboriginal Consultation Guide Developed in partnership with all significant people in the child s life FACS and NGOs have a responsibility to shared only the appropriate and relevant information with other agencies/departments 12
Reviewing plans Annual OOHC Case Plan is written with the Care Plan goals reviewed quarterly The OOHC Case Plan template embeds cultural planning Participants are those identified in the tasks / objectives of the plan 13
Where are we at now? Completed training for FACS frontline staff Operational from 9 January 2017 Resources and webinar available on the FACS website www.facs.nsw.gov.au/careplan Monitoring and Evaluation Framework Integration into ChildStory 16
Other Initiatives Northern example Northern District Aboriginal Panel Monday, April 21, 2025 17
Thank you Further information and resources are available at www.facs.nsw.gov.au/careplan You can direct any further questions or feedback to the Safe Home for Life Reform email address: SafeHomeForLifeReform@facs.nsw.gov.au
