Charter of rights for children and young people in out-of-home care
Charter of rights for children and young people in out-of-home care
Children in out-of-home care should expect they will be kept safe and well by all the people who provide them with care.
As a child or young person in care, they need:
- To be safe and feel safe
- To stay healthy and well and go to a doctor, dentist or other professional for help when I need to
- To be allowed to be a child and be treated with respect
- If I am an Aboriginal child, to feel proud and strong in my own culture
- To have a say and be heard
- To be provided with information
- To tell someone if I am unhappy
- To know information about me will only be shared in order to help people look after me
- To have a worker who is there for me
- To keep in contact with my family, friends and people and places that matter to me
- Careful thought being given to where I will live so I will have a home that feels like a home
- To have fun and do activities that I enjoy
- To be able to take part in family traditions and be able to learn about and be involved with cultural and religious groups that are important to me
- To be provided with the best possible education and training
- To be able to develop life skills and grow up to become the best person I can
- Help in preparing myself to leave care and support after I leave care.
As a child or young person in care, they need:
- To be safe and feel safe
- To stay healthy and well and go to a doctor, dentist or other professional for help when I need to
- To be allowed to be a child and be treated with respect
- If I am an Aboriginal child, to feel proud and strong in my own culture
- To have a say and be heard
- To be provided with information
- To tell someone if I am unhappy
- To know information about me will only be shared in order to help people look after me
- To have a worker who is there for me
- To keep in contact with my family, friends and people and places that matter to me
- Careful thought being given to where I will live so I will have a home that feels like a home
- To have fun and do activities that I enjoy
- To be able to take part in family traditions and be able to learn about and be involved with cultural and religious groups that are important to me
- To be provided with the best possible education and training
- To be able to develop life skills and grow up to become the best person I can
- Help in preparing myself to leave care and support after I leave care.
