The out-of-home care system relies on having foster carers to provide care for children who cannot live with their family. Foster carers are engaged by an agency. In NSW, these agencies are regulated by the Office of the Children’s Guardian.
Information for employees and volunteers for when a reportable allegation is made against them.
In NSW, there are legal requirements when anyone pays a child to model or act.
Quarterly and financial year statistics for voluntary out-of-home care in NSW
Voluntary out-of-home care application for registration, monitoring framework and associated documents.
The Office of Children’s Guardian regulates specialised substitute residential care under the Child Safe Scheme.
The Code of Practice for Providers of Specialised Substitute Residential Care (SSRC) sets out the mandatory minimum requirements to ensure providers implement the Child Safe Standards.
Former providers of voluntary out-of-home care.
The Office of the Children's Guardian monitors the time a child or young person spends in the care of specialised substitute residential care providers. This enables us to identify where additional support may be provided to the family or formalised planning for longer-term placements.
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If you're renewing a paid WWCC, you will also need a credit card, debit card, PayPal or PayID account.
If you have an expired WWCC clearance or have changed your name on your identity documents since the last time you renewed your WWCC, you can't renew using digital proof of identity.
