1. Service Structure and Background to Adoption Practice
2. Referral of children to the permanent care team
3. Preparation of children
4. Counseling of parents considering adoption of their child
5. Dispensation of consent
6. Recruitment of applicants
7. Preparation and education of applicants
8. Assessment of applicants
9. Linking of children and applicants
10. The decision making process with relation to applicants
11. Appeals from applicants
12. Introduction of permanent family and child
13. Supervision of placements
14. Access arrangements
15. Placement disruption
16. Legalisation procedures
17. Foster care conversions / specific applications
18. Relative and step-parent applications for adoption
19. Financial assistance
20. Post legalisation support
21. Protocol for out of region work

1. Permanent Care Team Consultation [Word,20kb]
2. Information required for referral to the permanent Care Team[Word,20kb]
3. (a) Child referral to APCRE[Word,34kb] (b) Child Profile[Word,39kb]
4. Written agreement requiring referral to the Permanent Care team[Word,49kb]
5. Referral relinquishment counselling[Word,33kb]
6. Information obtained from birth parents[Word,112kb]
7. (a)HIV/ AIDS risk assessment[Word,20kb]
8. Neonatal report on child[Word,20kb]
9. Inquiry from Prospective Applicants[Word,20kb]
10. Covering letter for Appendix 11[Word,27kb]
11. Expression of interest in attendance at group sessions[Word,53kb]
12. (a) Application to be assessed to be permanent care givers and information required.[Word,23kb] (b) Application for approval as suitable to adopt a child and information required
13. (a) Commitment regarding spacing of children and infertility treatment [Word,16kb](b) Undertaking to advise permanent care of change of circumstances[Word,21kb]
14. Medical report request (cover letter)[Word,16kb]
15. Medical report request (infant)[Word,20kb]
16. Medical report request (special needs)[Word,20kb]
17. (a) Medical report questionnaire [Word,61kb](b) Results of testing for HIV antibodies[Word,15kb]
18. Policy on fertility, spacing of children and pregnancy[Word,17kb]
19. (a) Further information on fertility (Cover Letter) [Word,20kb](b) Medical Officer's Report[Word,20kb]
20. Personal reference check[Word,26kb]
21. Police check - (Original form can be obtained from your local Police Station).
22. Worker's checklist re applicants[Word,37kb]
23. Applicant assessment proforma [Word,20kb]
24. (a) Approved applicants referral to CRE [Word,20kb](b) Release of AAC report applicant permission form[Word,20kb]
25. Profile on applicants[Word,20kb]
26. Proforma for AAC decision[Word,20kb]
27. Approval letter[Word,20kb]
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29. Letter to families post placement (a) Special needs placement [Word,20kb]& (b) Healthy baby placement[Word,20kb]
30. (a) Notification of placement (host region) [Word,20kb](b) Notification of placement (region with case planning responsibilities)[Word,20kb]
31. Details required for legalisation (a) Court report application [Word,20kb]
32. Checklist for conversion of foster parents to approved adoptive applicants[Word,20kb]
33. Notification to region with case planning responsibility that an adoption order or guardianship has been granted thereby termination wardship[Word,20kb]
34. (a) Application form - sibling group placement grant[Word,20kb] (b) SC Unit monitoring form - sibling group placement grant[Word,20kb]
35. Statistical report of adoption in Victoria [Word,20kb]