Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Miscellaneous provisions - Care and protection co-ordinators and youth justice co-ordinators

424: Duties of care and protection co-ordinator

You could also call this:

"What a care and protection co-ordinator has to do to help keep kids safe"

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If you are a care and protection co-ordinator, your duties include receiving reports and referrals as set out in Part 2. You also have to convene family group conferences as stated in Part 2 and hold more meetings if needed.

You must talk to care and protection resource panels and people who know about cultural matters when it is appropriate. You have to write down the details of any decisions or plans made by a family group conference as outlined in Part 2.

You need to check regularly that the decisions or plans made by a family group conference, as stated in Part 2, are working. You must tell people the results of a family group conference as stated in section 32. You also have to do other tasks that are specified in the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 or other laws.

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423: Appointment of care and protection co-ordinators, or

"Who can be a care and protection co-ordinator to help keep kids safe?"

425: Appointment of youth justice co-ordinators, or

"Who can be a youth justice co-ordinator to help young people in New Zealand?"

Part 10Miscellaneous provisions
Care and protection co-ordinators and youth justice co-ordinators

424Duties of care and protection co-ordinator

The duties of a care and protection co-ordinator are as follows:
to receive reports and referrals in accordance with Part 2:
to convene family group conferences in accordance with Part 2, and, where necessary, to convene further meetings of any such conference:
to consult with any care and protection resource panel as appropriate:
to consult, as appropriate, with persons having knowledge of or experience in cultural matters:
to record the details of any decision, recommendation, or plan made or formulated by a family group conference pursuant to Part 2:
to ensure that any decision, recommendation, or plan made or formulated by a family group conference pursuant to Part 2 is reviewed regularly:
to notify the results of a family group conference in accordance with section 32:
to perform such other duties as may be prescribed by or under this Act or any other Act.