Carers are a vital part of a child or young person’s care team and will make many of the day-to-day decisions required to support a child or young person’s needs. Some more complicated or high-risk decisions for a child or young person will need to be made by the Department for Child Protection.
Who can say OK? outlines who can make a decision for a child or young person in family-based care.
Who can say OK? does not provide information about financial decision making. For information about who is responsible for different financial decisions refer to Carer Reference One - Carer support payments – Who pays for what? (PDF, 887.0 KB)
The different types of decisions included in Who can say OK? are arranged into general topics of decision making:
- Education (page 10)
- Health (medical, dental, wellbeing) (page 14)
- Disability (NDIS) (page 25)
- Identity and connection with family (page 27)
- Legal matters (page 32)
- Children or young people that are missing or absent from placement (page 35)
- Mobile phones and the internet (page 36)
- Preparation for adulthood (page 39)
- Child care, sleepovers, babysitting and respite care (page 42)
- Travel, recreation and sport (page 45)