Dear Ms Schaumkel

 

Thank you for your request, made under the Official Information Act 1982
(OIA) and received on 4 June 2018, for

 

            all information pertaining to CYF "Policies and Procedures"
specifically for but not limited to...

 

1. Allegations/Notifications/Risk Assessment protocol.

2. Client Care and Protection protocol.

3. Client "Return Home" plan protocol.

4. Client "Permanent Placement with Family" plan protocol.

5. Client "Home for Life" plan protocol.

6. Cultural considerations of clients/children protocol.

7. Employment/vetting/referee checks/induction/training of competent staff
protocol.

8. Child/s needs/wants and interests protocol.

9. Abuse of children in CYF care protocol.

10. Cultural appropriateness of services for ethnic minority Clients
protocol.

11. Complaints/grievances from Clients in CYF care protocols.

12. Complaints/grievances from parents that have children in CYF care
protocols.

13. Health and Safety of Clients in CYF care protocol.

14. Management structure and systems protocol.

15. Financial management structure and systems protocol.

16. Organisational "Policies and Procedures" monitoring protocol.

17. Appointment of "Director of the Service" protocol.

18. Client intake and assessment protocol.

19. Client planning protocol.

20. Client program protocol.

21. Client "Care Placement" protocol.

22. "Conclusion of Service" protocol.

23. Client record keeping protocol.

24. Service provision review and evaluation protocol.

25. Service planning protocol.

26. Client planning protocol.

27. Formal intervention plans protocol.

28. Philosophical base protocol.

29. Competency framework for practice excellence protocol.

30. Performance Appraisal protocol.

31. Staff integrity protocol.

32. Emergency Procedures incl. Fire and Earthquake, Missing Children
protocol.

33. Excursions and Transport protocol.

34. Client Access to telephone protocol.

35. Client accidents on Ministry premises protocol.

36. Incident report protocol.

37. Staff to Client ratio protocol.

38. Privacy policy protocol.

39. Parental rights to information pertaining to their child protocol.

40. Emergency procedures protocol.

 

As currently framed, your request for all information pertaining to all
CYF policies and procedures is likely to be refused under section 18(f) of
the OIA, as the information requested cannot be made available without
substantial collation and research. All information pertaining to policies
and procedures is a very broad request which encompasses much of the
information held by Oranga Tamariki. I note that you have identified 40
specific protocols of interest, but that you have also noted that your
request is not limited to those 40 protocols. Furthermore, ‘policies and
procedures’ can range from organisation-wide policies to site-specific
procedures designed to enact those policies.    

 

As per section 18B of the OIA, we would like to assist you to make your
request in a manner that would remove the reason for refusing your
request.

 

In the first instance, I suggest that you take a look at the policies that
Oranga Tamariki has already published online. These can be found at
[1]https://practice.orangatamariki.govt.nz/ under the Policy tab.

 

Further information about what we do and how we do it can be found on our
website [2]https://www.orangatamariki.govt.nz/.

 

Once you have reviewed the publicly available information, you may be
better placed to specify what further information you are interested in
receiving.

 

We look forward to receiving your refined request.

 

 

Kind regards

 

Ministerial Support

PO Box 546, Wellington 6140

* E: [3]OIA [email address]

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Dear Ms Schaumkel

Please find attached a response to your request of 4 June 2018.

Kind regards,

Ministerial Support
PO Box 546, Wellington 6140
P E: OIA [email address]

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