Special Home
Definition
An institution for a child whom the Board has found, after inquiry, to have committed an offence, providing reformative services for the period fixed in the Board's order.
Related terms
- Aftercare Services
- Support such as accommodation, education, vocational training and mentoring extended to a young person after they leave a childcare institution, up to...
- Observation Home
- A residential institution for the temporary reception of a child alleged to be in conflict with law while an inquiry before the...
- Place of Safety
- A facility, separate from adult prisons, that holds a 16 to 18 year old alleged or found to have committed a heinous...
- Special Juvenile Police Unit
- A police unit, with at least one Child Welfare Police Officer per police station, designated to handle a child's first contact with...
- Child-Friendly Policing
- The standard the Child Welfare Police Officer is trained toward, avoiding uniform and lock-up procedures and using an approach suited to the...
- Fit Facility
- A registered facility that a Board or Committee certifies as fit to temporarily take responsibility for a child for a specific purpose,...
- Fit Institution
- A facility the Board or Committee certifies as fit to temporarily take responsibility for a specific child for a specific purpose, used...
Explained in these topics
- Observation Homes, Special Homes and Aftercare (Unit IX)An institution for a child the Board has found, after inquiry, to have committed an offence, providing reformative programming for a fixed period.
- Observation Homes, Special Homes and Aftercare Services