If we determine suicide or concerning or harmful sexual behaviour, we must create a person characteristic to record this.
CYRAS handbook – Creating a Person Record (staff resource)

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Printed: 27/03/2025
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Policy

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A

Assessment and decision making

This policy has been updated but this part of the website still contains guidance about complex needs, the education screen and the youth justice pre-family group conference case consultation.

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C

Caregiver assessment and approval

This policy has been updated but this part of the website still contains guidance about preparing a family profile for adoptive or permanent caregivers.

Caring for children and young people

This policy has been updated but this part of the website still contains some key information and resources.

Convening the youth justice family group conference

This policy has been updated but this part of the website still contains key information and resources about community work, working with victims, and using section 261.

Creating families through adoption

This policy has been updated but this part of the website still contains guidance about in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) surrogacy adoption.

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H

Holding the youth justice family group conference

This policy has been updated but this part of the website still contains guidance about the completion and presentation of decisions, recommendations and plans.

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P

Professional supervision

This policy has been updated but this part of the website still contains guidance about managing and responding to dangerous situations.

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S

Seeking solutions with whānau and families

We consider a family/whānau agreement when we have concerns for the oranga of te tamaiti or rangatahi but there are positive safety factors within the whānau or family.

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W

When children and young people move (including overseas)

This policy outlines requirements when mokopuna are living outside their home country. There is a new policy for casework responsibilities when our work involves more than 1 site – when tamariki are living outside their normal area or travelling with…

Working with children and young people in residences

This policy has been updated but this part of the website still contains key information to support kaimahi working with tamariki and rangatahi in residences.

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