Placement Type Label A(50)

Placement with a 'Carer - Foster Carer' is placement with a volunteer carer authorised by a designated agency in accordance with the Care Regulations. Foster carers provide emergency, short-term, long-term and respite care in their own home or a family-based setting, to children in statutory out-of-home care (OOHC) who are unrelated to them. They have the authority to exercise care and control of a child placed in their care, including consent to some medical and dental treatment, behaviour support (subject to the regulations), consent to participate in activities and authority to make other decisions that are required in care and control of the child. Foster carers support children’s emotional, social, educational, cultural and health needs, providing a safe, nurturing, and secure home.

Placement with a 'Carer - Other Suitable Person' ('third party carer') is placement with a volunteer carer authorised by a designated agency in accordance with the Care Regulations. Third party carers provide long-term and respite care in their own home or a family-based setting, to children in statutory out-of-home care (OOHC) who are known to, but unrelated to them. They have the authority to exercise care and control of a child placed in their care, including consent to some medical and dental treatment, behaviour support (subject to the regulations), consent to participate in activities and authority to make other decisions that are required in care and control of the child. Foster carers support children’s emotional, social, educational, cultural and health needs, providing a safe, nurturing, and secure home.

Placement with a 'Carer - Relative or Kinship Carer' is placement with a volunteer carer authorised by a designated agency in accordance with the Care Regulations. Relative/kin carers provide long-term and respite care in their own home or a family-based setting, to children in statutory or supported out-of-home care (OOHC) who are related to them. They have the authority to exercise care and control of a child placed in their care, including consent to some medical and dental treatment, behaviour support (subject to the regulations), consent to participate in activities and authority to make other decisions that are required in care and control of the child. Foster carers support children’s emotional, social, educational, cultural and health needs, providing a safe, nurturing, and secure home

Guardian means a person who has been allocated all aspects of parental responsibility for a child until the child reaches 18 years of age by a guardianship order

An Individual Placement Arrangement is an emergency arrangement where children live in stable home-like accommodation and is cared for by staff from a residential care accredited agency.

A 'foster care - agency' is a non-government designated agency that arranges placement of children in out-of-home care (OOHC) and supervises those placement arrangements. Designated agencies are accredited by the NSW Office of Children’s Guardian (OCG) and comply with the NSW Code of Practice Designated Agencies and Adoption Service Providers and the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations.

A 'foster care - DoCS' is a DCJ district or program that arranges placement of children in out-of-home care (OOHC) and supervises those placement arrangements. Relevant DCJ district or program are individually accredited as designated agencies by the NSW Office of Children’s Guardian (OCG) and comply with the NSW Code of Practice Designated Agencies and Adoption Service Providers and the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations

ntensive Therapeutic Care Homes (ITCH) provides intensive therapeutic care in a safe and home-like environment that has a dedicated direct care team of qualified, consistent staff guided by an overarching therapeutic philosophy of care. Homes are either 4 bed models or 2 bed models.

ntensive Therapeutic Care Significant Disability (ITC SD) is the therapeutic placement option for a A20very limited cohort of children and young people who have extremely high support needs related to significant, complex, and often multiple disabilities. Homes are either 4 bed models or 2 bed models.

Intensive Therapeutic Transitional Care (ITTC) is time limited (up to 13 weeks) interim placements delivering a higher intensity of therapeutic care and assessment to identify children and young people’s needs. These units develop plans for immediate and future therapeutic interventions, review and set permanency goals and plan transitions to less intensive placements with ongoing supports.

Interim Care Model (ICM) is a short-term group-home placement (3 or 4-bed model) of up to 3 months for children and young people aged 9–14 years with low to medium needs delivered under the Permanency Support Program.

The adoptive parent or adoptive parents is where all parental rights and responsibilities, guardianship and custody from the child's birth parents (or anyone who has parental responsibility for the child) legally transferred to the adoptive parents.

Placed with both parents in their own home or a family-based setting, in which the parents exercise care and control of their child.

Biological father: the man who contributed to the child's genetics. Legal father: the man who has parental responsibility of the child under law including adoptive father

Biological mother: the woman who gave birth to the child. Legal mother: a woman who has parental responsibility of the child under law including adoptive motherBiological mother: the woman who gave birth to the child. Legal mother: a woman who has parental responsibility of the child under law including adoptive mother

A specialist homeless service which provides temporary crisis accommodation and support to meet the immediate needs of young people experiencing homelessness or a risk of homelessness

A placement type recorded for a child who is away from their primary placement for a temporary period (open placement) or not in placement for a longer period (closed primary placement), who has self placed with a person who is not an authorised carer.

A placement type recorded for a child who is not in placement for a longer period (closed primary placement), who has self placed with a person who is not an authorised carer AND advise DCJ they intend to live independently.

A placement type recorded for a child who is away from their primary placement for a temporary period (open placement) or not in placement for a longer period (closed primary placement), who has self placed with a person who is not an authorised carer.

A placement type recorded for a child who is away from their primary placement for a temporary period (open placement) or not in placement for a longer period (closed primary placement), who has self placed with a parent or person who previously exercised parental responsibility, who is/are the subject of findings under Section 71 of the Care Act

Short Term Emergency Placements (STEP) is a short term (approvals for up to three months), on demand 1:1 emergency accommodation and support model for children and young people 12 years and over with high and complex needs. Children and young people are cared for by staff from a residential care accredited agency in stable home-like accommodation. STEP is paid under the STEP panel deed at a fixed price.

Special OOHC is a special use placement type for a limited cohort of children and young people. Clause 27 of the Children and Young Person’s (Care and Protection) Regulation 2022 sets out the conditions for Special OOHC. Special OOHC can only be arranged by the Department of Communities and Justice. Special OOHC is used when a child’s disability support needs are so high they are unable to be placed with an agency accredited to deliver residential out of home care and they need a specialist disability support provider to meet their placement and care needs.

Special OOHC placements can be a medium to long term arrangement and approved up to 6 months at a time.

Supported Independent Living placement and support option for young people over 16 years of age who have low or medium needs. SIL placements support young people to successfully acquire independent living skills through the provision of accommodation, casework, and structured and individualised life skills programs.

A placement type recorded for a child who is away from their primary placement for a temporary period, whose location is unknown.