Victorian Numbered Regulations

CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES REGULATIONS 2017 (SR NO 19 OF 2017) - REG 10

For the purposes of section 76(1) of the Act, the prescribed matters that an out of home care service must have regard to before employing or engaging a person to act as a carer are—

        (a)     the person's criminal record and criminal history; and

        (b)     the person's medical, including psychiatric, health; and

        (c)     the person's skills, experience and qualifications; and

        (d)     the person's capacity to provide stability, continuity and support for the permanency objective for a child; and

        (e)     the person's capacity to promote and protect a child's safety, wellbeing and development; and

        (f)         the person's capacity to provide appropriate support for the maintenance of a child's religious faith; and

        (g)     the person's capacity to preserve a child's identity and connection to the child's culture of origin and relationships with the child's birth family; and

        (h)         the person's appreciation of the importance of contact with a child's birth parent and family; and

              (i)     the person's capacity to develop positive relationships and work collaboratively with a child's family; and

        (j)     the person's capacity to develop a positive relationship and work collaboratively with child protection services, community services and professional providers of services to children; and

        (k)     the person's general character.