Standards and Guidelines for services funded by the Children Youth & Families Division, DHS. For copies of these documents click on the titles below and download the file.

Generic Information

Victorian Acts and Statutory Rules are available from the Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documents website (http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au
Counting Rules for Youth Services and Youth Justice Output Group Performance Measures [PDF 108kb] - updated January 2007
Service agreement information kit for agencies 2003-2006 [PDF 483kb]
Children Youth & Families Policy and Funding Plan 2006-09 (including updates)
New legislation - refer Legislation page

Community Based Services (including Pathways Housing Initiative and Koori Services)

Adolescent Mediation and Adolescent Support

Adolescent Support Program Document, April 2001*
Baseline Standards for Out of Home Care, December 1995
Children and Young Person's Act 1989
Departmental Instruction Relating to Community Services, September 1991
Families First Model Statement - version 2.1 (revised), 1995
Families First Program - Aftercare Module, 1994
Families First Service Specifications (revised) 1995
Flexipack Guidelines, November 1995
High Risk Adolescent Quality Improvement Initiative - Service Specifications, December 1997*
Mental Health Act 1986
Protecting Children, Volumes 1 to 3, May 1994
Protection and Placement Output - Definitions for Performance Measures, 2002
Protocol between Protective Services and Families First 1993
Voluntary Placements Handbook, July 1993

Custodial Services

United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty, 1985*
Australasian Juvenile Justice Administrators Standards for Juvenile Custodial Facilities, March 1999*
Standards to Guide the Delivery of Services in Juvenile Justice Custodial Centres, 2004
Juvenile Justice Centre Operations Manual 2004-05*
Juvenile Justice Temporary Leave Program Standards (revised) 2006*
Juvenile Justice Guidelines for Implementing Sporting, Recreation and Outdoor Activities (Revised January 2004)
Juvenile Justice Case Practice Manual*

Koori Services

Australasian Juvenile Justice Administrators Standards for Juvenile Custodial Facilities, March 1999*
Framework for the Delivery of Juvenile Justice health Services, December 2001*
Improving Human services for Victorian Kooris*
Juvenile Justice Centres Operations Manual, 2003*
Juvenile Justice Guidelines for Implementing Sporting, Recreation and Outdoor Activities (Revised January 2004)
Juvenile Justice Temporary Leave Program Standards*
Tender Specifications T733, Adolescent Forensic Health Services, DHS, April 1997*
Victorian Juvenile Justice Case Practice Standards Manual, 2001 (Children Youth & Families - intranet only)
Victorian Aboriginal Justice Agreement, 2004

Pathways Housing Initiative

Australasian Juvenile Justice Administrators Standards for Juvenile Custodial Facilities, March 1999*
Framework for the Delivery of Juvenile Justice health Services, December 2001*
Improving Human services for Victorian Kooris*
Juvenile Justice Centres Operations Manual, 2003*
Juvenile Justice Guidelines for Implementing Sporting, Recreation and Outdoor Activities (Revised January 2004)
Juvenile Justice Temporary Leave Program Standards*
Tender Specifications T733, Adolescent Forensic Health Services, DHS, April 1997*
Victorian Juvenile Justice Case Practice Standards Manual, 2001 (Office for Children - intranet only)
Victorian Aboriginal Justice Agreement, 2004

Child Protection Refugee Minors Service

Children and Young Persons Act 1989
Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Act 1946
Protecting Children Volumes 1 to 3 (Part 1 and Part 2) May 1994

Youth Justice and Youth Services Development

Counting Rules for Juvenile Justice Output Group Performance Measures (refer Generic information above)

Youth Justice Statutory Community Services

Adult Court Advice and Support Service Practice Guidelines 2006
CAHABPS Operations Manual 2006
Juvenile Justice Guidelines for Implementing Sporting, Recreation and Outdoor Activities (Revised January 2004)
Victorian Juvenile Justice Case Practice Standards Manual, 2002 (Children Youth & Families - intranet only)

Youth Justice Support Services

Australasian Juvenile Justice Administrators Standards for Juvenile Custodial Facilities, March 1999*
Framework for the Delivery of Juvenile Justice health Services, December 2001*
Improving Human services for Victorian Kooris*
Juvenile Justice Guidelines for Implementing Sporting, Recreation and Outdoor Activities (Revised January 2004)
Juvenile Justice Temporary Leave Program Standards*
Standards to guide the delivery of services in juvenile justice custodial centres*
Victorian Juvenile Justice Case Practice Standards Manual, 2002 (Children Youth & Families - intranet only)
Victorian Aboriginal Justice Agreement, 2004

Secondary School Nursing

(TBA)Victorian Secondary School Nursing Program Guidelines 2006 (version available 2002)
Secondary School Nursing Program Standards 2006
Secondary School Nursing Professional Practice Standards 2006

Youth Services

School Focussed Youth Service Tender Kit - Information Pack and Tender Specifications, April 1998
Youth Services Program Submission Guidelines 2003



*Contact the program area for access to this document.