Voluntary Placements Handbook
Voluntary placements are those with no court order requiring the child or young person to live in a placement provided by a community service and where the parents (or in some cases the child or young person) may end the placement when they want to.
These include:
- Placements with no orders.
- Placements with orders which do not require the child or young person to be in the placement such as adoption, permanent care, Family Court custody or guardianship.
- Interim protection orders with no condition requiring a child to live in a particular place.
- Supervision orders which can no longer require a child to live in a particular place.
- Interim accommodation order-undertaking to appear (See C&YP Act S73(3 )- these orders allow the child to return to parents or elsewhere on undertaking of a parent or child for the child to appear at a hearing).
- All community based youth corrections orders including parole from'a Youth Residential Centre or Youth Training Centre.
- Orders for custody to a third party and supervised custody.
- Bail for a child or young person charged with an offence but which does not require them to live in a particular place.
Custodial placements are those where there is a legal mandate requiring the child or young person to live in a placement provided by a community service under:
- Interim accommodation orders requiring placement in a community service or secure welfare service.
- Guardianship to Secretary Orders.
- Custody to Secretary orders.
- Interim protection orders which have conditions requiring a child to live in a particular place.
- Bail for a child or young person charged with an offence but where they are required to live in a particular place.
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