Adoption
Other options for expectant parents considering adoption
We support expectant parents to make a fully informed decision about adoption by exploring other options and encouraging expectant parents to consider the long-term needs of te tamaiti.
Adoption
What is open adoption
We help expectant parents and adoptive applicants understand how open adoption works and the decisions they need to make.
Responding to complex needs
Working with, and responding to, tamariki and rangatahi with complex needs requires a multi-disciplinary approach and good planning, widespread consultation, and a willingness to think creatively about how the needs can best be met within the community of te tamaiti or rangatahi.
Interventions
Preparing for the care and protection family group conference
A referral for a family group conference is made when there is a belief that te tamaiti or rangatahi is in need of care or protection, or a conference would help whānau or family make a plan to address the oranga (wellbeing) of te tamaiti or rangatahi.
Care
Care arrangements for tamariki and rangatahi
When tamariki and rangatahi can't live at home, we support their right to a safe and stable home, to feel connected to family, whānau, hapū, iwi and community and to know where they belong.
Policy and guidelines for medication management in Oranga Tamariki residences (2012)
This information is adapted from the Ministry of Health's Medicines Care Guides for Residential Aged Care (2011).
Care
Assessing the home environment of applicants
The oranga (wellbeing) of te tamaiti must be at the centre of decision-making that affects them. This includes addressing their need for a safe, stable and loving home. When assessing applicants’ homes, we must mitigate or manage any safety risks.
Practice approach
Serious harm
Harm can have a varying degree of impact on te tamaiti or rangatahi. Sometimes a single traumatic event (for example, a violent sexual or physical assault) can have a significant impact on te tamaiti or rangatahi and may constitute serious harm.
Youth justice family group conferences: Completion and presentation of decisions, recommendations and plans
Each family group conference is unique and therefore every plan will be different from the next in reflecting the exceptional circumstances of te tamaiti or rangatahi. However, there are certain things that a family group conference must address and these are discussed below.
Care
Supporting whānau connections
We need to support tamariki to establish, maintain and strengthen safe connections with their whānau or family (including siblings), hapū, iwi, marae and family group, and anyone else they or their whānau or family identify as important.