This phase is about the action Child Protection takes after they have confirmed that a child has been abused or neglected. A local Aboriginal Child Specialist Advice and Support Service (ACSASS) team must be consulted to help planning this action.
The action or 'Protective Intervention' Child Protection may take could be referring the family to services for support, assigning a case manager or they may recommend the case be referred to the courts for an order (see next section).
There are 3 possible outcomes in the protective intervention phase:
- Child protection intervention is no longer required and the case is closed
- There is evidence to support a 'protection order' being put in place
- A protection application does not result in a protection order and the case is closed.