South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts24—Procedures at family group conference
(1) The co-ordinator
of a family group conference must ensure that information as to the
child or young person's circumstances, and any grounds for suspecting the
child or young person may be at risk, is presented to the conference.
(2) The co-ordinator
of a family group conference must allow the child or young person's parents,
guardians and family members present at the conference, and the
child or young person if the co-ordinator thinks it appropriate to do so, an
opportunity to hold discussions in private for the purpose of formulating
recommendations as to the arrangements for the care of the child or young
person.
(3) If a person
referred to in section 23(1) is excluded from, or is unable to attend, a
family group conference, the co-ordinator of the conference must take
reasonable steps to ascertain the views of the person and present those views
to the conference.
(4) The following
provisions relate to the making of decisions in respect of a
family group conference:
(a)
decisions should, if possible, be made by consensus of the persons present at
the conference (and, in particular, by that of the child or young person and
their parents, guardians and family members);
(b) a
written record must be prepared of the decisions made at the conference;
(c) a
decision will only be valid for the purposes of this Act if the
child or young person, their parents and guardians and the Chief Executive
each accept the decision in accordance with any requirements set out in the
regulations;
(d) the
making of decisions must comply with any other requirements set out in the
regulations.
(5) The co-ordinator
of the family group conference—
(a) must
cause a copy of the written record of the decisions to be provided to each
person present at the conference (and may provide a copy of the written record
to any other person the co-ordinator thinks fit); and
(b) must
cause a copy of the written record of the decisions to be included as part of
the case plan for the child or young person to whom the conference relates.
(6) Subject to this
Act, the co-ordinator of a family group conference may determine the
procedures of the conference.