after an investigation and removal from the family home by Child Protection.Out-of-home care channelsĬhildren and young people come into out-of-home care through 2 main channels: lead tenant: an out-of-home care placement option providing medium-term accommodation and support to young people aged 16 to 17 yearsįor more information, visit: kinship, foster and other care on the DHHS site.
residential care: a young person is placed into a home staffed by carers. permanent care: refers to situations when a child or young person is placed with approved permanent care parents by Adoption and Permanent Care Teams, or when an existing foster care or kinship care placement is converted to permanent care by the granting of a permanent care order. kinship care: a child or young person is taken into care by a relative or family friend allowing them to remain within the family or local network. foster care: a child or young person is taken into care by a foster carer who has been trained and approved to look after children and young people. Out-of-home care does not include children or young people who have transitioned to family reunification or adoption. A completed declaration is required to allow the school the student attends, or where they are seeking enrolment, to work with an informal carer. When a student is living in an informal out-of-home care arrangement, the, carer should be asked to complete an Informal Carer Statutory Declaration form (staff login required). The declaration is a written statement that sets out the care arrangements for the child or young person. 
DHHS usually does not have oversight of these arrangements.
Informal out-of-home care refers to an arrangement in which a child or young person is living with someone other than their parent or legal guardian, without an out-of-home care legal order in place. Out-of-home care also includes informal out-of-home care arrangements. In Victoria, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has oversight of these arrangements. Statutory out-of-home care includes foster care, kinship care, permanent care, residential care and lead tenant arrangements. Out-of-home care most commonly refers to statutory out-of-home care, where a child or young person cannot live in their family home and a legal order is in place to support the arrangement. Out-of-home care is a temporary, medium or long-term living arrangement for children and young people who cannot live in their family home. The Partnering Agreement details the obligations in relation to students in Statutory out-of-home care. Under the Partnering Agreement, schools must meet certain obligations to students in out-of-home care. These obligations aim to support the educational achievement of every child and young person in statutory out-of-home care.
Schools are required to meet defined obligations under the Partnering Agreement for all students in statutory out-of-home care. 
Out-of-home care includes both statutory and informal out-of-home care. Children and young people who cannot live in their family home may access out-of-home care as a temporary, medium or long-term living arrangement. This policy provides an overview of out-of-home care and to outline schools’ obligations under the Out-of-Home-Care Education Commitment: a Partnering Agreement 2018 (the Partnering Agreement) Summary
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