Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) A care plan for a child or young person is a written plan of the chief executive's proposals in relation to the care and protection of the child or young person.
(2) The care plan may include proposals for the following:
(a) allocation of parental responsibility in relation to the child or young person;
(b) the type of placement which will be sought or provided for the child or young person if he or she is to live away from home, including any interim placement arrangements;
(c) whether the chief executive believes restoration of the child or young person to his or her parents is a realistic possibility and, if the chief executive believes it is, a description of the changes at the home or by the parents that the chief executive believes would need to occur before the chief executive would consider it safe for the child or young person to return to his or her parents;
(d) contact between the child or young person and his or her parents (and anyone else as appropriate);
(e) the agency with whom arrangements are to be made concerning the provision of care and protection, supervision or other support for the child or young person;
(f) services to be provided in relation to the child or young person.
(3) Unless the court orders otherwise, the chief executive must serve a copy of a care plan provided for a proceeding on each other party to the proceeding.