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Reg. 156/18, respecting safety assessments and safety plans, effective July 1, 2023.\nThese requirements apply to foster care licensees (including Children’s Aid Societies), children’s residence licensees (other than a place of secure or open custody or detention licensed to provide out of home care), staff-model home licensees and placing agencies (including Children’s Aid Societies).\nThese requirements do not apply to licensees providing care for young persons ordered into detention or custody by a youth justice court.\n\u0013TOC \\o \\z \\u \\h\u0014\n\u0015Where a safety assessment has determined an individualized safety plan is required for a child, the plan should be trauma-informed and be specific to the child or youth. The licensee must ensure that the child is consulted when developing the safety plan and should strive to include the child’s voice in establishing what they feel would best meet their needs and they would respond to. The child or youth should play an integral role in the development of the safety plan and any reviews.\nIt is important to note that a safety plan is only required where the licensee has determined from the safety assessment that:\nThe child engages in behaviours that may pose a risk to themselves or others, or\nThe view of the person placing the child or who placed the child, or the placing agency is that a safety plan is required.\nNote: Although the term residential is a legal term under the CYFSA and its regulations, the ministry is using the term “out-of-home care” instead of “residential” care to acknowledge the traumatic history of the Residential School system in Canada\nTerms of Use/Disclaimer:\nLicensees may choose to use their own template or forms to demonstrate compliance with the safety assessment and safety planning requirements.\nAll licensees are required to ensure that any documentation pertaining to the safety assessment and safety planning requirements complies with all applicable requirements of the Act, its regulations and ministry directives. The template is a resource only and does not have the force and effect of the law. It does not replace the obligations set out in O. 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