Glossary
- Monitored agencies
- Oranga Tamariki, Open Home Foundation, Barnardos and Kōkiri Marae Keriana Olsen Trust (Kōkiri) - the four agencies in that have custody of and .
- All About Me plan
- The primary plan that Oranga Tamariki uses to support tamariki and rangatahi needs and objectives. It supports any overarching Family Group Conference (FGC) or court plan.
- Care or custody
- In relation to tamariki and rangatahi, being subject to an order for custody or sole guardianship or to a care agreement, in favour of the chief executive of Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for Children, an social service, a cultural social service, or the director of a child and family support service.
- Caregivers
- People who care for tamariki and rangatahi in custody of Oranga Tamariki, Open Home Foundation or Barnardos. Caregivers can be or nonwhānau. They provide a range of care options including respite, short-term, or permanent care. Caregivers are sometimes referred to as foster parents or carers.
- CGIS
- Oranga Tamariki caregiver information system.
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)/Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (ICAMHS)
- CAMHS and ICAMHS provide specialist mental health services for tamariki, rangatahi and their whānau.
- Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) assessment
- An internationally recognised assessment and planning tool that supports decision making, used by Open Home Foundation.
- Community organisations
- When we talk about community organisations, we are referring to iwi and Māori organisations, care partners and organisations providing services to the community.
- Complaints process
- An opportunity for service recipients to raise concerns about services related to tamariki and rangatahi in care or custody of the agencies. See also grievance procedure.
- CYRAS
- Oranga Tamariki administrative database.
- Family Home
- Oranga Tamariki describe family home care as two caregivers who care for up to six tamariki and/or rangatahi in a community-based home provided by Oranga Tamariki.
- Foster parent
- Open Home Foundation’s term for a caregiver or carer.
- Gateway assessment
- An inter-agency process between health and education services and Oranga Tamariki to identify the health and education needs of tamariki in care, and how they will be supported.
- Grievance procedure
- An opportunity for tamariki and rangatahi to raise concerns about services related to their care in a secure residence.
- Group home/Supervised Group Home
- Group homes are based in the community and run by Oranga Tamariki kaimahi or partners. The homes provide intensive support for tamariki and rangatahi and can range from being a general care home to a specialist home, for example, for those with disability, on remand or with harmful sexual behaviour.
Care in a supervised group home is considered when needs can’t be met in other community settings, or as a step down from a residence. - Sub-tribe
- IDI
- The Integrated Data Infrastructure is a large research database, maintained by Statistics New Zealand. It holds de-identified data about people and households in Aotearoa. Results from IDI analysis are not official statistics. They have been created for research purposes from the IDI, which is carefully managed by Stats NZ. For more information about the IDI visit https://www. stats.govt.nz/integrated-data/
- Iwi
- Tribe
- Kaimahi
- Staff
- Kairaranga ā-whānau
- A specialist role at Oranga Tamariki that is designed to help weave connections between tamariki and rangatahi, and their whānau, and support tamariki and rangatahi Māori affiliation with their iwi.
- Kaitiaki
- Caretaker, caregiver, guardian. Kōkiri Marae term for caregiver or carer
- Kaiwhakamana
- Advocacy worker
- Kanohi ki te kanohi
- Face-to-face
- Kaupapa Māori
- An approach underpinned by Māori values.
- Kōhanga reo
- An early childhood education and care centre where all education and instruction are delivered in te reo Māori.
- Conversation or discussion.
- KPI
- Key performance indicator
- Legal guardian
- An adult who is responsible for making decisions about important decisions in a child’s life, for example religion and education.
- Mokopuna - Children and Young People’s Commission
- Formerly the Office of the Children’s Commissioner. An independent Crown entity that advocates on issues that affect children and young people; and raising awareness of and advancing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
- Mana Motuhake
- Autonomy and independence.
- Motu
- Country
- Oranga Tamariki (National Care Standards and Related Matters) Regulations 2018. Came into effect on 1 July 2019. The NCS Regulations set out the standard of care tamariki and rangatahi can expect to receive when they are in the care of one of the agencies.
- OECD
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Aotearoa is one of 38 member countries.
- OSCAR
- Open Home Foundation’s administrative database and case management system.
- Outcomes Framework
- A tool we use to measure how well agencies are supporting the wellbeing and life outcomes of tamariki and rangatahi in care.
- Pākehā
- A New Zealander of European descent.
- Permanency
- Full-time care for tamariki and rangatahi when returning to their family/ whānau is no longer an option and an alternative permanent home is needed.
- Rangatahi
- Defined by the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 as a young person or young people 14 years of age or older.
- Rangatahi Māori
- Young people 14 years of age or older of Māori descent.
- Residence/Secure residence
- A locked facility which can be either for care and protection or youth justice and which must adhere to the Oranga Tamariki (Residential Care) Regulations 1996. Residences are established by the Chief Executive of Oranga Tamariki (with the approval of the Minister for Children) under section 364 of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989.
- Shared-care partners
- Organisations that provide care for tamariki in custody of one of the three agencies under the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989. There are approximately 50 shared-care partners. Can be called shared care providers.
- SKS screens
- Substance and Choices, Kessler and Suicide Screens. Screening tools used to evaluate whether tamariki and rangatahi are dealing with substance abuse, psychologically distressed or are at risk of death by suicide.
- SoCiC Team
- Oranga Tamariki Safety of Children in Care Team.
- Tamaiti
- Oranga Tamariki uses tamaiti to refer to a singular child.
- Tamariki
- Defined by the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 as children aged under 14 years of age.
- Tamariki Māori
- Children under 14 years of age of Māori descent.
- Taonga
- Treasures
- The Māori world.
- Te Tohu o te Ora
- Oranga Tamariki survey of Tamariki and rangatahi.
- Towards Wellbeing
- A risk assessment and monitoring service that provides advice to social workers who work with tamariki and rangatahi who may be suicidal.
- Tuituia assessment
- An assessment used by Oranga Tamariki to capture information about the needs of tamariki and rangatahi. Tuituia focuses on holistic wellbeing of tamariki and rangatahi; capacity of their caregivers to nurture their wellbeing; and whānau, social, cultural, and environmental influences on them and their caregivers.
- Tūrangawaewae
- Place of belonging, location of identity through kinship and whakapapa (see whakapapa below).
- VOYCE Whakarongo Mai (VOYCE)
- An independent NGO that helps to advocate for children with care experience. VOYCE stands for Voice of the Young and Care Experienced.
- Wānanga
- To meet and discuss.
- Whakapapa
- Genealogy that connects a person to their identity and tūrangawaewae (see tūrangawaewae above).
- Whakawhanaungatanga
- Process of establishing relationships.
- Whānau
- People who are biologically linked or share whakapapa. For our monitoring purposes, whānau includes parents, whānau members living with tamariki at the point they have come into care (this does not include whānau caregivers) or whānau who are close to, and/or involved with tamariki on a day-to-day basis (this does not include whānau caregivers) and who have been involved in decision making about their care.
- Whenua
- Land, country.
- Whiti
- The performance reporting tool Oranga Tamariki use.