Schedule 4 Conditions of accreditation of designated agency
(Clause 39)
(1) A designated agency must not arrange for the placement of a child or young person in out-of-home care unless:(a) the young person or, in the case of a child, a person having parental responsibility for the child, requests placement, or(b) the Children’s Court or another court has ordered that the child or young person be placed in out-of-home care.(2) A request under subclause (1) (a) may be made orally or in writing. If the request is made orally, the designated agency with which the child or young person is placed must confirm the placement in writing for the child or young person within 7 days after the placement is arranged.
2 Agency to ensure that it is able to meet the needs of the child or young person
A designated agency must not arrange for the placement of a child or young person in out-of-home care unless the agency is satisfied that:(a) it is able to meet the needs of the child or young person, and(b) any authorised carer with whom the child or young person is placed is able to meet the needs of the child or young person.
A designated agency must use its best endeavours to document the social and medical history of a child or young person (and his or her family) for whom the agency arranges a placement in out-of-home care.
4 Information to be provided to Director-General
A designated agency must provide the Director-General with such information about a child or young person in the out-of-home care of the designated agency as the Director-General may reasonably require.
5 Co-operation with entry and inspection of premises
A designated agency must co-operate with any person who lawfully enters premises of the designated agency to inspect or search those premises.Note. Sections 233 (Power of search and removal of children and young persons in need of care) and 235 (Entry without warrant onto premises—generally) of the Act provide for certain persons to enter and search premises.
6 Notification of failure to meet accreditation standards
A designated agency that is unable to meet a criteria of accreditation referred to in clause 36 must advise the Children’s Guardian of that fact as soon as practicable after the agency becomes aware of it.