The current monitoring activity focuses on the Charter right 'to stay healthy and well and go to a doctor, dentist or other health professional when I need to.'
In each monitoring activity, Commission staff meet with children and young people from four different service providers in residential care; two in rural Victoria and two in metropolitan Victoria. At each location, Commission staff speak individually to children and young people who agree to participate, and ask for their views about a particular Charter right and their experiences of how those rights have been realised.
At the conclusion of the four activities, a draft report will be prepared and a short consultation process will occur with the DFFH and relevant care providers. A final report of the monitoring activity is provided to the Minister for Child Protection and the Secretary (DFFH) highlighting the experiences of a cross-section of children in residential care. The inspection's thematic findings will also be included in the Commission's Annual Report.