Practice tools
Practice triggers
Use these practice triggers to guide decision-making and help with case planning.
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Child and family consult – template
Occurs on: Child/young person and family consult
Use this template when you're completing the consult for a child.
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How to request site storage for belongings
Occurs on: Care standards
Sites contact Regional Property and Facilities Manager to discuss additional storage.
Policy
Youth Court
When we are involved with the Youth Court, we need a good understanding of the court processes and how they relate to us and the people we work with.
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Towards Wellbeing handbook (2000)
Occurs on: Preventing suicide and self-harm, When suicide risk is identified, Towards Wellbeing suicide prevention programme
Guide for recognising and assessing the needs and strengths of young people, and framework for analysis.
Care
Assessing information from suitability checks
We need to analyse the information we get from checks, such as police, medical and referee checks. We should consider if caregiver and adoptive parent applicants and their households are suitable and safe.
Care
Assessing and approving caregivers and adoptive parents
We need to build engagement and trust with people wanting to care for tamariki and support them through assessment and approval.
The youth justice pre-family group conference case consultation
This information outlines the requirements when completing a youth justice pre-family group conference case consultation.
Policy
Casework responsibilities when our work involves more than 1 site
When our casework involves more than 1 site, we must uphold the right of tamariki, rangatahi, their whānau or family, and caregivers to a continuous and easily accessible social work service, where all relevant information is communicated.
Assessment and planning
Assessing safety needs for tamariki and rangatahi in care
Assessing the safety needs for tamariki and rangatahi in care means considering the 6 dimensions of oranga, and understanding safety, harm and risk, and the resiliency and protective factors that exist for te tamaiti or rangatahi in the context of oranga.