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Out-of-Home Care Guidelines

For every student in statutory out-of-home care, and for the first year of a student entering permanent care, schools must:

  • appoint a learning mentor
  • assign a student support group
  • develop an individual education plan
  • complete an Educational Needs Analysis (ENA)
  • nominate a designated teacher

These guidelines aim to:

  1. provide guidance to schools on how to support the education of children and young people in out-of-home care and how to meet their obligations under the Out-of-Home Care Education Commitment: a Partnering Agreement (Chapters 1 to 5)
  2. support schools to develop an ENA for every child and young person who has been living in statutory out-of-home-care for at least 3 months (Chapters 6 to 7)

These guidelines contain the following chapters:

  1. Appointing a learning mentor
  2. Assign a Student Support Group to the student
  3. Developing an Individual Education Plan
  4. Make a referral for an Educational Needs Analysis
  5. Nominating a designated teacher
  6. Introduction to Educational Needs Analysis Guidance
  7. Educational Needs Analysis Process
Table of contents for the Out-of-Home Care Guidelines

Reviewed 11 June 2020

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