423Appointment of care and protection co-ordinators

1. The chief executive must appoint a sufficient number of care and protection co-ordinators.

2. Care and protection co-ordinators may—

3. be appointed under the Public Service Act 2020; or
4. be employees of an approved service, which in this section and sections 425 and 427 means any of the following:
   1. an iwi social service:
   2. a cultural social service:
   3. a child and family support service:
   4. a community service.

5. A person shall not be appointed to be a care and protection co-ordinator unless that person is, by reason of their personality, training, and experience, suitably qualified to exercise or perform the functions, duties, and powers conferred or imposed on a care and protection co-ordinator by or under this Act.

6. An employee of an approved service—

7. may be appointed as a care and protection co-ordinator for a term of not more than 3 years, but the term may be renewed by the chief executive from time to time; and
8. may have their appointment as a care and protection co-ordinator cancelled (without compensation) by the chief executive on any ground that the chief executive considers justifies removal from the office; but the removal may only take place after consultation with the person's employer and after a process that accords with the principles of natural justice has been completed; and
9. ceases to be appointed as a care and protection co-ordinator (and no compensation is payable with respect to that loss of office) if the co-ordinator ceases to be an employee of the relevant approved service under which the co-ordinator was originally appointed; and
10. must perform their duties as a care and protection co-ordinator independently of his or her employer; and
11. in performing those duties, must have regard to any guidance for care and protection co-ordinators that is issued by the chief executive.