CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 88I

CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 88I

88I .         Requirements for care plan or provisional care plan

        [(1)         deleted]

        (2)         If —

            (a)         a provisionally protected child is placed in a secure care facility under a secure care arrangement; and

            (b)         at the time of the placement a provisional care plan for the child has not been prepared,

                the CEO must prepare the provisional care plan as soon as practicable, but in any event not more than 2 working days, after the placement and must ensure that it meets the requirements set out in subsection (5).

        (3)         If —

            (a)         a provisionally protected child is placed in a secure care facility under a secure care arrangement; and

            (b)         at the time of the placement a provisional care plan for the child has been prepared,

                the CEO must modify the provisional care plan as soon as practicable, but in any event not more than 2 working days, after the placement so that it meets the requirements set out in subsection (5).

        (4)         If a protected child is placed in a secure care facility under a secure care arrangement, the CEO must modify the care plan for the child as soon as practicable, but in any event not more than 2 working days, after the placement so that it meets the requirements set out in subsection (5).

        (5)         The requirements for a care plan or provisional care plan are that it —

            (a)         identifies the needs of the child in his or her transition to other living arrangements after leaving the secure care facility; and

            (b)         outlines steps or measures designed to address those needs and to reduce the likelihood of the child being placed in a secure care facility again; and

            (c)         contains a summary of —

                  (i)         how the principle set out in section 10 has been applied in connection with the matters referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b); and

                  (ii)         the wishes and views expressed by the child in connection with those matters.

        (6)         Subsection (5)(c) only applies to the application of the principle set out in section 10, and to wishes and views expressed by the child, after the commencement of the Children and Community Services Amendment Act 2021 section 34.

        [Section 88I inserted: No. 49 of 2010 s. 9; amended: No. 18 of 2021 s. 34.]