(1) Principal role The Secretary is to provide services and promote the
development, adoption and evaluation of policies and procedures that accord
with the objects and principles of this Act.
• supporting communities
involved in the care and protection of children and young persons
•
regularly reviewing action
• implementing procedures to assess the
suitability of people having contact with children and young persons
•
undertaking or encouraging research, education or training.
(2) Interagency
procedures and protocols The Secretary is to promote the development of
procedures and protocols with government departments and agencies and the
community sector that promote the care and protection of children and
young persons and to ensure that these procedures and protocols are
implemented and regularly reviewed.
(3) The objects of the procedures and
protocols referred to in subsection (2) are--
(a) to promote the development
of co-ordinated strategies for the care and protection of children and
young persons and for the provision of support services directed towards
strengthening and supporting families (including the provision of prioritised
access to support services to children and young personsat risk of significant harm and to their families), and