32Case plans

32 Case plans

32 Case plans

A designated agency that prepares or reviews a case plan for a child in specialised substitute residential care must—

(a) within 5 business days after preparing or reviewing the plan, give the Children’s Guardian written notice of—

(i) the preparation or review of the plan, and

(ii) the date on which the preparation or review of the plan was completed, and

(b) if the plan does not meet the child’s needs—notify the Children’s Guardian as soon as practicable after becoming aware the plan does not meet the child’s needs, and

(c) keep the plan or review until the child is 18 years of age.

Note—

See the State Records Act 1998 in relation to other record keeping obligations.

s 32: Ins 2022 (480), Sch 1[7].