Elements and Performance Criteria
- Implement principles of child protection practice
- Perform work requirements according to legal, political and social contexts of child protection work
- Perform duties within requirement of child protection system and roles and responsibilities of key agencies within the system
- Ensure work practices reflect understanding of impacts of child abuse and neglect on processes of investigation and assessment
- Apply agreed protocols and guidelines for collaborative practice
- Conduct all work within agreed guidelines of collaborative practice
- Consider experiences of child when supporting needs, rights and interests of the child
- Acknowledge and manage challenges of child protection work in a collaborative practice framework
- Apply effective safe work and self managementstrategies in child protection work and collaborative practices
- Work collaboratively with children and families from diverse backgrounds