Adoption
Approving intercountry adoptive applicants
The New Zealand Central Authority (NZCA) approves intercountry adoptive applicants as eligible and suited to adopt tamariki from overseas. We provide the NZCA with our Home Study assessment report and recommendation to approve the applicants.
Adoption
Making a birth whānau or family history
When expectant parents decide to place their tamaiti for adoption, we should help them and their whānau or family prepare a birth whānau or family history.
Practice approach
Whakatika
The whakatika phase of the supervision session involves laying down the take (reason for supervision or issues), so that exploring the pathway and direction forward can start.
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.
Practice tools
Frame within a frame
We apply the concept of a frame within a frame to support a stronger response to harm and risk of harm within the context of oranga and move us from being incident focused.
Assessment and planning
Methamphetamine
We need to understand the impact of methamphetamine use on a person's ability to care for tamariki and rangatahi. When working with rangatahi who are using methamphetamine, we help them to minimise harm and risks to themselves and others.
Information sharing
Disclosing information
Any decision to disclose information should be done to help support and protect tamariki or rangatahi, or assist their whānau or family to help tamariki or rangatahi as early as possible.
Care
Types of care
Caregivers and adoptive applicants can be assessed and approved to provide different types of care.
Assessment and planning
When suicide risk is identified
When we identify suicide risk, we work together with te tamaiti or rangatahi, their whānau or family and other professionals to secure their immediate safety, and then develop a plan that will help te tamaiti or rangatahi restore oranga.
Youth justice, Interventions
Youth justice family group conference
Youth justice family group conferences are held when tamariki or rangatahi are alleged to have offended or once the charges have been proven. These are convened and facilitated by youth justice coordinators.