What are your rights while in care?
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What are your rights while in care?
You have the right to:
Be safe and healthy
- Live in a safe and stable place
- Be treated fairly and with respect
- Have a care arrangement that meets your needs
- Receive health care, including medical, dental and counselling
- Have privacy
- Have a safe place to keep your belongings
- Take part in activities you enjoy, including sport, music and art
Be yourself
- Stay connected to your family, community and culture
- For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, grow up connected to traditions and customs
- Choose and practice religions and/or languages
- Develop your sense of self, including your sexuality and gender identity
Be informed, have a voice, and be heard
- Be involved in decisions, including where you live, when you see your family, your health and schooling
- Receive information being kept about you
- Have your case plan and care arrangements regularly reviewed
- Have a say in who is given information about you
- Complain to Child Safety if your rights aren’t being met
Learn and earn
- Go to school
- Enrol in training and get help to find a job
- Be supported to transition from living in care to live as an independent adult
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Last updated 27 November 2023