Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this
section —
care plan means a written plan that —
(a)
identifies the needs of the child; and
(b)
outlines steps or measures to be taken in order to address those needs; and
(c) sets
out decisions about the care of the child including —
(i)
decisions about placement arrangements; and
(iia)
secure care decisions referred to in section 88G; and
(ii)
decisions about contact between the child and a parent,
sibling or other relative of the child or any other person who is significant
in the child’s life.
(2) As soon as
practicable after a child first comes into the CEO’s care, the CEO must
prepare and implement a care plan for the child.
(3)
Subsection (2) does not apply in the case of a child taken into
provisional protection and care.
Note: Section 39
requires the CEO to prepare and implement a provisional care plan for a child
taken into provisional protection and care.
(4) The CEO may modify
a care plan at any time if the CEO considers that it is appropriate to do so.
(5) Without limiting
subsection (4), the CEO must, in the case of a child who is about to
leave the CEO’s care, modify the care plan for the child so that
it —
(a)
identifies the needs of the child in preparing to leave the CEO’s care
and in his or her transition to other living arrangements after leaving the
CEO’s care; and
(b)
outlines steps or measures designed to assist the child to meet those needs.
(6) As soon as
practicable after the CEO prepares or modifies a care plan, the CEO must
ensure that a copy of the care plan or modification, as the case requires, is
given to —
(b) each
parent of the child; and
(c) any
carer of the child; and
(d) any
other person considered by the CEO to have a direct and significant interest
in the wellbeing of the child.
[Section 89 amended by No. 49 of 2010
s. 10.]