Out of home care in government schools

This policy was consolidated with the Child protection – responding to and reporting students at risk of harm policy under the 2023 Policy and procedure review program on 09/05/2024.

Refer to the Supporting students in out of home care for instructions.

Document history

2024 May 09 - Policy and implementation document, Out of Home Care in Government Schools - Education plan procedures, conolidated with the Child protection - responding to and reporting students at risk of harm poliy and removed from the library.

2023 Apr 06 - updated policy statement to reflect a change in the number of types of out of home care (section 3.5.2). Updated implementation document, Out of Home Care in Government Schools - Education Plan, updated role titles, responsibilities, broken links and formatting.

2022 Nov 24 - updated role titles, responsibilities and some terminology in policy statement to reflect current practice.

2022 Aug 18 - updated contact details and links in policy statement.

2020 May 06 - updated contact details and minor edits to style guide.

References to Out of Home Care Coordinators removed.

2014 Mar 26 - contact details and position names updated.

2010 Jul 19 - implemented.

Superseded documents

Out of home care in government schools Education plan procedures 2014.

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