Victorian Numbered Regulations

CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES REGULATIONS 2017 (SR NO 19 OF 2017) - REG 9

For the purposes of section 75(1) of the Act, the prescribed matters that an out of home care service must have regard to before approving a person to act as a foster carer for the service are—

        (a)     any criminal record and criminal history of the person; and

        (b)     the medical history of the person, including psychiatric health; and

        (c)     the capacity of the person to provide stability and continuity of care and promote achievement of the permanency objective in the child's case plan; and

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

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

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

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

        (h)     the capacity of the person to develop a positive relationship and to work collaboratively with child protection services, registered out of home care services and professional providers of services to children; and

              (i)     the person's general character; and

        (j)     the person's relationship with family members and household members; and

        (k)     any criminal records and the criminal history of other usual members of the person's household.