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Care of children

How should you respond when contacted by a court appointed lawyer for a student (counsel/lawyer for the child)?

What is a family group conference and what part can schools play?

How can guardianship or family issues affect a school?

What are schools’ responsibilities concerning reporting of suspected abuse, ill treatment or neglect to CYF or the Police?

What are the school’s responsibilities regarding protection orders?

What should the school do when a parent who does not have day to day care requests information and items relating to the child?

Can social workers from Child, Youth and Family (CYF) come to the school to interview or remove a child?

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