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Starting with a formal proposal to FACS titled “Prevention and Participation: A community response to the crisis of Aboriginal child removal”, GMAR has worked with the New England FACS District Office and the NSW Ombudsman over the past 12 months to develop this set of guiding principles to improve the collaboration between FACS and Aboriginal communities on child protection matters. It is intended to be a guide that may be used by Aboriginal communities and regional FACS offices across NSW.
Day care centers, further referred to as DCC, are child protection services aiming at preventing child abandonment and institutionalization, by providing, during daytime, activities such as care, education, recreation-socializing, counseling, development of independent life skills, school and professional guidance etc. for children, and support, counseling, education activities for parents or legal representatives, as well as for other individuals having children in care.
The services provided by DCC are complementary to the efforts of the child’s own family, as these derive from parental…
The standards are grouped on the following areas of interest:
Advocacy and relationships with the community
- Advocacy
- Assessing the immediate risk
- Telephonic assistance and counseling
- The mobile team
- Service permanency
- Location, financial resources and facilities