Child protection and out of home care policies
Territory Families provides child protection and out of home care services, and support to vulnerable families and children, in the Northern Territory.
The child protection and out of home care policies listed below govern the delivery of these services and provide essential guidance for our staff.
Working in a statutory agency
These policies are about Territory Families’ authorised officer powers and delegations under the Care and Protection of Children Act and how we manage and respond to complaints.
- Delegations and authorised office powers (66.7 kb)
- Delegations and authorised office powers (545.2 kb)
Child protection
These policies are about reporting and investigating cases of child abuse and neglect, undertaking assessments, working collaboratively with the courts and legal systems, income management.
- Child protection measure of income management (76.5 kb)
- Child protection measure of income management (120.7 kb)
- Applying for a warrant (s63) to gain access to child (63.5 kb)
- Applying for a warrant (s63) to gain access to child (114.8 kb)
Family support
These policies are about family and parent support services that build a family’s strengths and capacity
Children in care
These policies are about case management of children and young people in out of home care, permanent care orders, family contact, leaving care and after care support, travel, financial supports.
- Policy: Managing children absent or missing from placement (63.9 kb).
- Policy: Managing children absent or missing from placement (554.5 kb)
- Guidelines for Carers and Placement Providers: Managing children absent or missing from placement (74.3 kb)
- Guidelines for Carers and Placement Providers: Managing children absent or missing from placement (693.0 kb)
- Children in care during emergency events (72.7 kb)
- Children in care during emergency events (116.8 kb)
- Policy: Permanent care orders (66.3 kb)
- Policy: Permanent care orders (561.8 kb)
- Permanent care order information for parents and carers (63.9 kb)
- Permanent care order information for parents and carers (136.2 kb)
- Health and medical needs of children in care (70.7 kb)
- Health and medical needs of children in care (107.1 kb)
- National disability insurance scheme participation policy (69.4 kb)
- National disability insurance scheme participation policy (658.5 kb)
- Health and medical needs of children policy (63.7 kb)
- Health and medical needs of children policy (520.4 kb)
Places of care
These policies are about carer assessment, approval of kinship and foster carers, and placements under the Aboriginal child placement principle.
- Emergency and authorised carer assessment and approval (63.3 kb)
- Emergency and authorised carer assessment and approval (693.2 kb)
Practice information
These are supplementary policies including case transfers, reportable incidents, managing client information, victims of crime, and worker safety.
Last updated: 07 August 2019