Issues Paper re Changes to Child Protection Laws in NSW, January 2014

 

An issues paper written by Community Legal Centres NSW on the changes to child protection laws in NSW

The issues paper starts about the main issues that this paper is trying to address and is then followed by different parts: 

1. Enforceable right to appropriate services

 2. Free legal advice at all stages

3. Framework around alternative dispute resolution (ADR) that supports parents to fully participate and addresses power imbalances

4. Decisions on a case-by-case basis – not legislated time frames

5. Holding perpetrators of domestic violence to account

6. Appropriate identification of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

7. Resolving the potential conflict of interest – simultaneous assessment as carer and prospective adopted parent; simultaneous provider of restorations services and services for adoptive parents

8. Parents involvement in case plan reviews and the need for judicial oversight of contact orders

To see the issue, check the added files

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