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The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the work role. This includes knowledge of:
legal and ethical considerations for child protection order process, and how these are applied in organisations and individual practice:children in the workplace and child focused practice, including issues for children in dealing with the legal systemcodes of conduct discriminationduty of care human rights mandatory reporting practitioner/client boundaries privacy, confidentiality and disclosurepolicy frameworks records management rights and responsibilities of workers, employers and clientsspecific legislative frameworks that apply to application for orders, including:roles and responsibilities of key bodies within the child protection system including their powers, orders and processeslegal options available to children and familieschild protectionwitness legislationbail conditions to protect childrenrole of the independent child lawyer in the Family Court jurisdictionscriminal injuries compensationorders under domestic violence legislationwork role boundaries – responsibilities and limitationswork health and safetyfactors and complexities that contribute to decision making about child protectiontypes of orders that apply in different situations and rationale for their usethe role of collaboration in child protection work, its importance, and the implications of lack of collaborationmethods of critical analysis, and how these are applied in the context of making decisions about child protection orderscourt and legal processes, including the requirement for:setting date and time for court mentionlodging and serving court paperworkcompleting affidavit of servicecompleting court paperwork in accordance with legislation and court timeframesrequirements for affidavit material to contain evidence and clear assessment of why the child is in need of protectionexamination, cross-examination, re-examinationtechniques for developing a clear and substantiated rationale for decisions made in written materialscontext for, and features of forward plans, including re-unification, permanency planning:when they are appropriate/not appropriatechallenges for and how to respondhow they can be formulated and progressedlegal processes required.