On 24 January 2010, the NSW Government introduced legislation to better safeguard the interests of children and young people in voluntary out-of-home care, many of whom have disabilities.

The legislation is designed to improve the consistency and quality of intake, assessment, case planning and inter-agency coordination for children and young people using voluntary out-of-home care and their families.

A child or young person under the age of 18 is in voluntary out of home care when:

• their parent has made an arrangement with an organisation to provide or arrange care for them;
• they stay at a place other than their usual home overnight for one or more nights; and
• they are cared for by someone other than a parent or relative.

There are a number of relating policies that Interaction must review periodically in order to receive successful ongoing compliance. Many hours of hard work have been put into reviewing all of these policies. Interaction is pleased to announce that we have once again secured full compliance from the NSW Government – Office of the Children’s Guardian.

Should you have any enquiries in relation to how we can assist with VOOHC accommodation, please contact us. Alternatively you can complete our online Accommodation Expression Of Interest Form, and one of our friendly accommodation staff will call to confirm receipt of your information, and discuss your requirements further.