74Review of care plan

74 Review of care plan (1) The CEO must conduct regular reviews of the plan as follows: (a) the first review must be conducted within 2 months after the child is first taken into the CEO's care; (b) a review must be conducted again every 6 months afterwards. (2) In addition, the CEO must conduct a review of the plan immediately after any of the following: (a) the death of a parent of the child; (b) the death of the carer of the child; (c) a change of the placement arrangement for the child; (ca) the making of a significant medical diagnosis for the child; (d) an extension or variation of a court order mentioned in section 69(b) that relates to the child. (3) This section does not prevent a review of the plan at other times. (4) In conducting a review, the CEO must: (a) encourage and facilitate the participation of any of the following the CEO considers appropriate (the participants): (ii) each parent of the child; (iii) the carer of the child; (iv) an appropriate member of the child's family; (v) if the child is an Aboriginal child – a person from the kinship group of the child or an Aboriginal community- controlled organisation nominated by the child or the child's family; (vi) if the child is not an Aboriginal child – a person nominated by the child or the child's family who represents the cultural group to which the child belongs; and

Care and Protection of Children Act 2007 45 (b) in facilitating participation, take all reasonable steps to arrange for the provision of services (such as an interpreter) as the CEO considers necessary; and (c) ensure any information about the preparation or modification of the care plan is given to each participant in a timely way and in a language and manner the participant understands; and (d) have regard to the wishes of the participants as the CEO considers reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances. (5) The CEO must: (a) prepare a report of the review, and if the CEO considers it appropriate to do so – give a copy of the report to any of the participants; and (b) keep a record of the review and a copy of the report. (6) For this section, a review of a care plan includes a review of the operation and effectiveness of the plan.