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ACT Charter of Rights for Children and Young People in Out of Home Care
On 27 November 2009 Minister for Community Services Directorate, Joy Burch launched the ACT Charter of Rights for Children and Young People in Out of Home Care.
The Charter is for all children and young people who are unable to live with their parents and are living in short term or long term Out of Home Care. This includes foster care, kinship care, respite care, or other residential care facilities.
The Charter sets out what children and young people can expect from the people who are looking after them and work with them, when they are in care.
The Charter is the same for all ages (0-18) and the rights are:
- the right to be safe and looked after
- the right to be respected
- the right to be treated fairly
- the right to have fun, play and be healthy
- the right to be heard
- the right to privacy and have your own things
- the right to ask questions about what is happening to you
- the right to have contact with the people you care about and know about your family and cultural history
- the right to go to school
- the right to talk to people about things you don’t like or don’t understand
The Charter is based on the rights that all children and young people have and is consistent with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the ACT Human Rights Act 2004, and the Children and Young People Act 2008, all of which outline the basic human rights to which all children and young people are entitled.
ACT Charter of Rights for Children and Young People in Out of Home Care Documentation
Explanatory document [RTF 3.5MB]
Explanatory document [PDF 139KB]
0-6 years old [RTF 31KB]
0-6 years old [PDF 207KB]
7-12 years old [RTF 31KB]
7-12 years old [PDF 465KB]
13 - 18 years old [RTF 38KB]
13 - 18 years old [PDF 1.4MB]
Making Complaints and Fixing Problems [RTF 55KB]
Making Complaints and Fixing Problems [PDF 147KB]
