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Item |
Description |
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Child arrested - returned to parents care before court appearance
Child has been arrested on a Friday evening and placed in the local watch house for the weekend before being arraigned.
Once arraigned, the child is returned to their parents care before their court appearance.
Until the child has been remanded into the custody of a Youth Justice Centre, the child is still the legal responsibility of the parent. The parent retains eligibility for FTB. |
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2 |
Child arrested - sent to Youth Justice Centre before court appearance
Child has been arrested on a Friday evening and placed in the local watch house for the weekend before being arrested.
Once arraigned, the child is sent to a Youth Justice Centre while awaiting their court date.
As the child has been remanded into the custody of a Youth Justice Centre, the child becomes the legal responsibility of the Youth Justice Centre from the date they are remanded. |
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3 |
Child removed from care
Child has been removed from parent's care for 3 weeks by a state child protective service. Care of the child now sits with the relevant State Department.
This change is not considered a temporary absence as legal responsibility now belongs to the relevant state department; FTB for the child is to be cancelled from the date the child has been removed. |
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4 |
Child placed in to care by parent
FTB child out of care less than 4 weeks. Parent A calls to advise they have placed their child in to care with the Smith Family (an ACO) for 2 weeks while they are recuperating in hospital. As the care is only temporary and informal, Parent A is able to retain their FTB entitlement. |
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Initial carer |
New carer |
Forced removal (either by Child Services or Law Courts) or voluntary |
Example length of time |
Who receives FTB |
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Parent/carer's care |
Youth Justice Centre (detention centre/Prison) |
Forced - formal change in care.
This is a court ordered incarceration. |
1 or more days |
Youth Justice Centre - as they have legal responsibility transferred to them. Not an FTB child of the individual. |
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Parent/carer's care - child only arrested |
Youth Justice Centre or a local watch house |
Neither - no change in care |
2-3 days |
Parent - as they retain legal responsibility - the child has been arrested but not found guilty and sentenced. |
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Parent/carer's care |
ACO - Foster Care agency (for example, Barnardo's or The Smith Family) |
Forced - formal change in care |
1 or more days |
ACO - as they have legal responsibility transferred to them. Not an FTB child of the individual. |
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Parent/carer's care |
ACO - Foster Care agency (for example, Barnardo's or The Smith Family) |
Voluntary - informal change in care |
21 days |
Parent - as they retain legal responsibility, but are requesting a break/support. |
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ACO (a) to ACO (b) |
ACO (b) - Foster Care agency (for example, Barnardo's) |
Forced - formal change in care |
14 days |
ACO (b) - ACOs are only paid when the child is in their care. |
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Youth Justice Centre (a) to Youth Justice Centre (b) |
Youth Justice Centre (b) |
Forced - formal change in care |
17 days |
Youth Justice Centre (b) - ACOs are only paid when the child is in their care. |
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ACO |
Foster care |
Forced and/or Voluntary - formal change in care |
Unknown |
New Foster carer - as responsibility of the child has been delegated to the new carer - the ACO retain legal responsibility but payment moves to the foster carer. |
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