360Assessing risk of significant harm

360 Assessing risk of significant harm (a) receives a voluntary report or a mandatory report about a child or young person; or (b) otherwise believes or suspects that a child or young person may be at risk of significant harm. (2) The director-general must carry out the assessment the director-general considers necessary to decide whether the child or young person is at risk of significant harm.

(3) While carrying out the assessment, the director-general may also provide, or assist in providing, services to strengthen and support the safety, welfare and wellbeing of the child or young person and their family. (4) The director-general must, as soon as practicable, attempt to identify whether the child is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child or (5) The director-general may refer a matter raised in a report, or that the director-general otherwise becomes aware of, to the chief police officer if the director-general suspects that it relates to a criminal Division 11.1.3 Prenatal reporting of anticipated risk of significant harm