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Care of children

How should you respond when contacted by a court appointed lawyer for a student?

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 to report suspected abuse, ill treatment or neglect?

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 Oranga Tamariki come to the school to interview or remove a child?

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