The CEO, Board & staff of the Centre for Excellence in Child & Family Welfare wish to express our condolences to the family of Lady April Hamer who passed away this week at age 93.
Lady Hamer was a long time advocate for Victoria's Vulnerable Children including serving as a Board Member at the Centre during the 1970's.
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On Friday 12th December, the Centre for Excellence in Child & Family Welfare attended a meeting with the Commissioner for Children and Young People, FCAV and Medibank Health Solutions in relation to "Improving the Health of Vulnerable Children".
Following the meeting Medibank has confirmed that it has the following policy in relation to children in kinship and guardianship arrangements (not fostercare):
"The types of orders we will accept for adding a child under a guardianship arrangement are:
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Amendments to the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 allow for the authorisation of carers to make certain decisions have commenced.
Authorising carers to make certain decisions Read More »
The Department of Justice has released the Betrayal of Trust fact sheet on the new offence of failing to disclose child sexual abuse to police, which came into operation on 27 October 2014. The fact sheet provides important information about this new criminal offence that imposes a clear duty upon adults to report information about child sexual abuse to police, including what constitutes a reasonable belief, defining a reasonable excuse for not disclosing the information and further exemptions to the offence.
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