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National Standards for Out of Home Care Consultation Paper
Families & Children
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National Standards for Out of Home Care
2010
The National Standards are intended to apply to formal care arrangements. Formal Out of Home Care service options include, but are not limited to, residential care, foster care and kinship care (where the carer is supported by an agency).
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National Standards for Out of Home Care PDF [3.5MB]
Table of contents
1. Executive summary
1.1 What is Out of Home Care?
1.2 Childhood outcomes
1.3 Developing National Standards to influence outcomes
1.4 Consultation process
1.5 Next steps
1.6 Contact details
1.7 Confidentiality
2. Setting the scene
2.1 The role of the Consultation Paper
2.2 Learning from history
2.3 Protecting children is everyone's responsibility
2.4 How many Australian children experience Out of Home Care?
2.5 Current Out of Home Care services and standards in Australia
3. The chance to grow up safe and well
3.1 Outcomes for children in Out of Home Care
3.2 What do children and young people need to grow up safe and well?
4. National Standards for Out of Home Care
4.1 Why develop National Standards for Out of Home Care?
4.2 What types of Out of Home Care would be covered by National Standards?
4.3 Developing National Standards to influence outcomes
4.4 Summary
5. Questions for consultation
Appendices
A What is happening around Australia?
B International perspective
C Looking After Children: the LAC framework
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