❓ A parliamentary question regarding the SafeCare program, a Department for Child Protection funded initiative addressing child sexual abuse within families, focusing on offender removal and reunification processes.
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SAFECARE PROGRAM
(1) What is the program SafeCare, and why is it funded by the Department for Child Protection? (2) Are men who abuse children in their care removed from the home while they are undergoing the SafeCare program? (3) Are the abusers allowed to remain in the home with the child they abused when they go into the SafeCare program? (4) If yes, at what stage of the program are the men allowed to return home and live with the child, or children, they abused? (5) If yes, why would a department that is called the Department for Child Protection allow this to happen? Hon SUE ELLERY
(1) What is the program SafeCare, and why is it funded by the Department for Child Protection? (2) Are men who abuse children in their care removed from the home while they are undergoing the SafeCare program? (3) Are the abusers allowed to remain in the home with the child they abused when they go into the SafeCare program? (4) If yes, at what stage of the program are the men allowed to return home and live with the child, or children, they abused? (5) If yes, why would a department that is called the Department for Child Protection allow this to happen? Hon SUE ELLERY
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) SafeCare is funded by the Department for Child Protection to provide counselling and treatment services to address child sexual abuse within families. SafeCare works with all family members, including victims, supportive non-offending family members, and adult and adolescent offenders or those who may be at risk of offending. SafeCare also works with offenders who are awaiting trial. As a result of participation in the SafeCare program, some offenders acknowledge the harm they have caused and plead guilty. In doing so, they choose to avoid perpetuating further harm by requiring a child to testify. Such outcomes are in the interests of children, and of securing justice. Referrals to SafeCare under department-funded programs are made only by the Department for Child Protection. The department notifies police of matters where there has been a criminal offence, including child sexual abuse. SafeCare reports to the department any breaches of safe practices by program participants. (2)-(4) Adult offenders, or those adults at risk of offending, who are in the SafeCare families program are not permitted to live at their family home for a period of at least one year. If, after that time, the family concerned seeks to be reunited, and the participants have satisfactorily completed therapy, a graduated reunification plan is put in place. Family reunification planning includes program participants, children, and the supportive non-offending parent. Before reunification, all must successfully complete training in child safe practices. (5) Responding to child sexual abuse within families is complex, involving work with those who may be at risk of offending and those who are awaiting trial. Child victims sometimes need a safe environment within which they can be assured by offenders that the experiences of the child are not the result of their behaviours. For this to occur, offenders need to acknowledge the harm they have caused. Nine services funded under the child sexual abuse treatment services program, including those provided by SafeCare, have been the subject of a recent evaluation conducted by Rosemary Cant, Darrell Henry and Anne Butorac. SafeCare and other services were found to implement high standards of child safety.
(2) Are men who abuse children in their care removed from the home while they are undergoing the SafeCare program? (3) Are the abusers allowed to remain in the home with the child they abused when they go into the SafeCare program? (4) If yes, at what stage of the program are the men allowed to return home and live with the child, or children, they abused? (5) If yes, why would a department that is called the Department for Child Protection allow this to happen? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) SafeCare is funded by the Department for Child Protection to provide counselling and treatment services to address child sexual abuse within families. SafeCare works with all family members, including victims, supportive non-offending family members, and adult and adolescent offenders or those who may be at risk of offending. SafeCare also works with offenders who are awaiting trial. As a result of participation in the SafeCare program, some offenders acknowledge the harm they have caused and plead guilty. In doing so, they choose to avoid perpetuating further harm by requiring a child to testify. Such outcomes are in the interests of children, and of securing justice. Referrals to SafeCare under department-funded programs are made only by the Department for Child Protection. The department notifies police of matters where there has been a criminal offence, including child sexual abuse. SafeCare reports to the department any breaches of safe practices by program participants. (2)-(4) Adult offenders, or those adults at risk of offending, who are in the SafeCare families program are not permitted to live at their family home for a period of at least one year. If, after that time, the family concerned seeks to be reunited, and the participants have satisfactorily completed therapy, a graduated reunification plan is put in place. Family reunification planning includes program participants, children, and the supportive non-offending parent. Before reunification, all must successfully complete training in child safe practices. (5) Responding to child sexual abuse within families is complex, involving work with those who may be at risk of offending and those who are awaiting trial. Child victims sometimes need a safe environment within which they can be assured by offenders that the experiences of the child are not the result of their behaviours. For this to occur, offenders need to acknowledge the harm they have caused. Nine services funded under the child sexual abuse treatment services program, including those provided by SafeCare, have been the subject of a recent evaluation conducted by Rosemary Cant, Darrell Henry and Anne Butorac. SafeCare and other services were found to implement high standards of child safety.
(3) Are the abusers allowed to remain in the home with the child they abused when they go into the SafeCare program? (4) If yes, at what stage of the program are the men allowed to return home and live with the child, or children, they abused? (5) If yes, why would a department that is called the Department for Child Protection allow this to happen? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) SafeCare is funded by the Department for Child Protection to provide counselling and treatment services to address child sexual abuse within families. SafeCare works with all family members, including victims, supportive non-offending family members, and adult and adolescent offenders or those who may be at risk of offending. SafeCare also works with offenders who are awaiting trial. As a result of participation in the SafeCare program, some offenders acknowledge the harm they have caused and plead guilty. In doing so, they choose to avoid perpetuating further harm by requiring a child to testify. Such outcomes are in the interests of children, and of securing justice. Referrals to SafeCare under department-funded programs are made only by the Department for Child Protection. The department notifies police of matters where there has been a criminal offence, including child sexual abuse. SafeCare reports to the department any breaches of safe practices by program participants. (2)-(4) Adult offenders, or those adults at risk of offending, who are in the SafeCare families program are not permitted to live at their family home for a period of at least one year. If, after that time, the family concerned seeks to be reunited, and the participants have satisfactorily completed therapy, a graduated reunification plan is put in place. Family reunification planning includes program participants, children, and the supportive non-offending parent. Before reunification, all must successfully complete training in child safe practices. (5) Responding to child sexual abuse within families is complex, involving work with those who may be at risk of offending and those who are awaiting trial. Child victims sometimes need a safe environment within which they can be assured by offenders that the experiences of the child are not the result of their behaviours. For this to occur, offenders need to acknowledge the harm they have caused. Nine services funded under the child sexual abuse treatment services program, including those provided by SafeCare, have been the subject of a recent evaluation conducted by Rosemary Cant, Darrell Henry and Anne Butorac. SafeCare and other services were found to implement high standards of child safety.
(4) If yes, at what stage of the program are the men allowed to return home and live with the child, or children, they abused? (5) If yes, why would a department that is called the Department for Child Protection allow this to happen? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) SafeCare is funded by the Department for Child Protection to provide counselling and treatment services to address child sexual abuse within families. SafeCare works with all family members, including victims, supportive non-offending family members, and adult and adolescent offenders or those who may be at risk of offending. SafeCare also works with offenders who are awaiting trial. As a result of participation in the SafeCare program, some offenders acknowledge the harm they have caused and plead guilty. In doing so, they choose to avoid perpetuating further harm by requiring a child to testify. Such outcomes are in the interests of children, and of securing justice. Referrals to SafeCare under department-funded programs are made only by the Department for Child Protection. The department notifies police of matters where there has been a criminal offence, including child sexual abuse. SafeCare reports to the department any breaches of safe practices by program participants. (2)-(4) Adult offenders, or those adults at risk of offending, who are in the SafeCare families program are not permitted to live at their family home for a period of at least one year. If, after that time, the family concerned seeks to be reunited, and the participants have satisfactorily completed therapy, a graduated reunification plan is put in place. Family reunification planning includes program participants, children, and the supportive non-offending parent. Before reunification, all must successfully complete training in child safe practices. (5) Responding to child sexual abuse within families is complex, involving work with those who may be at risk of offending and those who are awaiting trial. Child victims sometimes need a safe environment within which they can be assured by offenders that the experiences of the child are not the result of their behaviours. For this to occur, offenders need to acknowledge the harm they have caused. Nine services funded under the child sexual abuse treatment services program, including those provided by SafeCare, have been the subject of a recent evaluation conducted by Rosemary Cant, Darrell Henry and Anne Butorac. SafeCare and other services were found to implement high standards of child safety.
(5) If yes, why would a department that is called the Department for Child Protection allow this to happen? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) SafeCare is funded by the Department for Child Protection to provide counselling and treatment services to address child sexual abuse within families. SafeCare works with all family members, including victims, supportive non-offending family members, and adult and adolescent offenders or those who may be at risk of offending. SafeCare also works with offenders who are awaiting trial. As a result of participation in the SafeCare program, some offenders acknowledge the harm they have caused and plead guilty. In doing so, they choose to avoid perpetuating further harm by requiring a child to testify. Such outcomes are in the interests of children, and of securing justice. Referrals to SafeCare under department-funded programs are made only by the Department for Child Protection. The department notifies police of matters where there has been a criminal offence, including child sexual abuse. SafeCare reports to the department any breaches of safe practices by program participants. (2)-(4) Adult offenders, or those adults at risk of offending, who are in the SafeCare families program are not permitted to live at their family home for a period of at least one year. If, after that time, the family concerned seeks to be reunited, and the participants have satisfactorily completed therapy, a graduated reunification plan is put in place. Family reunification planning includes program participants, children, and the supportive non-offending parent. Before reunification, all must successfully complete training in child safe practices. (5) Responding to child sexual abuse within families is complex, involving work with those who may be at risk of offending and those who are awaiting trial. Child victims sometimes need a safe environment within which they can be assured by offenders that the experiences of the child are not the result of their behaviours. For this to occur, offenders need to acknowledge the harm they have caused. Nine services funded under the child sexual abuse treatment services program, including those provided by SafeCare, have been the subject of a recent evaluation conducted by Rosemary Cant, Darrell Henry and Anne Butorac. SafeCare and other services were found to implement high standards of child safety.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) SafeCare is funded by the Department for Child Protection to provide counselling and treatment services to address child sexual abuse within families. SafeCare works with all family members, including victims, supportive non-offending family members, and adult and adolescent offenders or those who may be at risk of offending. SafeCare also works with offenders who are awaiting trial. As a result of participation in the SafeCare program, some offenders acknowledge the harm they have caused and plead guilty. In doing so, they choose to avoid perpetuating further harm by requiring a child to testify. Such outcomes are in the interests of children, and of securing justice. Referrals to SafeCare under department-funded programs are made only by the Department for Child Protection. The department notifies police of matters where there has been a criminal offence, including child sexual abuse. SafeCare reports to the department any breaches of safe practices by program participants. (2)-(4) Adult offenders, or those adults at risk of offending, who are in the SafeCare families program are not permitted to live at their family home for a period of at least one year. If, after that time, the family concerned seeks to be reunited, and the participants have satisfactorily completed therapy, a graduated reunification plan is put in place. Family reunification planning includes program participants, children, and the supportive non-offending parent. Before reunification, all must successfully complete training in child safe practices. (5) Responding to child sexual abuse within families is complex, involving work with those who may be at risk of offending and those who are awaiting trial. Child victims sometimes need a safe environment within which they can be assured by offenders that the experiences of the child are not the result of their behaviours. For this to occur, offenders need to acknowledge the harm they have caused. Nine services funded under the child sexual abuse treatment services program, including those provided by SafeCare, have been the subject of a recent evaluation conducted by Rosemary Cant, Darrell Henry and Anne Butorac. SafeCare and other services were found to implement high standards of child safety.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) SafeCare is funded by the Department for Child Protection to provide counselling and treatment services to address child sexual abuse within families. SafeCare works with all family members, including victims, supportive non-offending family members, and adult and adolescent offenders or those who may be at risk of offending. SafeCare also works with offenders who are awaiting trial. As a result of participation in the SafeCare program, some offenders acknowledge the harm they have caused and plead guilty. In doing so, they choose to avoid perpetuating further harm by requiring a child to testify. Such outcomes are in the interests of children, and of securing justice. Referrals to SafeCare under department-funded programs are made only by the Department for Child Protection. The department notifies police of matters where there has been a criminal offence, including child sexual abuse. SafeCare reports to the department any breaches of safe practices by program participants. (2)-(4) Adult offenders, or those adults at risk of offending, who are in the SafeCare families program are not permitted to live at their family home for a period of at least one year. If, after that time, the family concerned seeks to be reunited, and the participants have satisfactorily completed therapy, a graduated reunification plan is put in place. Family reunification planning includes program participants, children, and the supportive non-offending parent. Before reunification, all must successfully complete training in child safe practices. (5) Responding to child sexual abuse within families is complex, involving work with those who may be at risk of offending and those who are awaiting trial. Child victims sometimes need a safe environment within which they can be assured by offenders that the experiences of the child are not the result of their behaviours. For this to occur, offenders need to acknowledge the harm they have caused. Nine services funded under the child sexual abuse treatment services program, including those provided by SafeCare, have been the subject of a recent evaluation conducted by Rosemary Cant, Darrell Henry and Anne Butorac. SafeCare and other services were found to implement high standards of child safety.
(1) SafeCare is funded by the Department for Child Protection to provide counselling and treatment services to address child sexual abuse within families. SafeCare works with all family members, including victims, supportive non-offending family members, and adult and adolescent offenders or those who may be at risk of offending. SafeCare also works with offenders who are awaiting trial. As a result of participation in the SafeCare program, some offenders acknowledge the harm they have caused and plead guilty. In doing so, they choose to avoid perpetuating further harm by requiring a child to testify. Such outcomes are in the interests of children, and of securing justice. Referrals to SafeCare under department-funded programs are made only by the Department for Child Protection. The department notifies police of matters where there has been a criminal offence, including child sexual abuse. SafeCare reports to the department any breaches of safe practices by program participants. (2)-(4) Adult offenders, or those adults at risk of offending, who are in the SafeCare families program are not permitted to live at their family home for a period of at least one year. If, after that time, the family concerned seeks to be reunited, and the participants have satisfactorily completed therapy, a graduated reunification plan is put in place. Family reunification planning includes program participants, children, and the supportive non-offending parent. Before reunification, all must successfully complete training in child safe practices. (5) Responding to child sexual abuse within families is complex, involving work with those who may be at risk of offending and those who are awaiting trial. Child victims sometimes need a safe environment within which they can be assured by offenders that the experiences of the child are not the result of their behaviours. For this to occur, offenders need to acknowledge the harm they have caused. Nine services funded under the child sexual abuse treatment services program, including those provided by SafeCare, have been the subject of a recent evaluation conducted by Rosemary Cant, Darrell Henry and Anne Butorac. SafeCare and other services were found to implement high standards of child safety.
(2)-(4) Adult offenders, or those adults at risk of offending, who are in the SafeCare families program are not permitted to live at their family home for a period of at least one year. If, after that time, the family concerned seeks to be reunited, and the participants have satisfactorily completed therapy, a graduated reunification plan is put in place. Family reunification planning includes program participants, children, and the supportive non-offending parent. Before reunification, all must successfully complete training in child safe practices. (5) Responding to child sexual abuse within families is complex, involving work with those who may be at risk of offending and those who are awaiting trial. Child victims sometimes need a safe environment within which they can be assured by offenders that the experiences of the child are not the result of their behaviours. For this to occur, offenders need to acknowledge the harm they have caused. Nine services funded under the child sexual abuse treatment services program, including those provided by SafeCare, have been the subject of a recent evaluation conducted by Rosemary Cant, Darrell Henry and Anne Butorac. SafeCare and other services were found to implement high standards of child safety.
(5) Responding to child sexual abuse within families is complex, involving work with those who may be at risk of offending and those who are awaiting trial. Child victims sometimes need a safe environment within which they can be assured by offenders that the experiences of the child are not the result of their behaviours. For this to occur, offenders need to acknowledge the harm they have caused. Nine services funded under the child sexual abuse treatment services program, including those provided by SafeCare, have been the subject of a recent evaluation conducted by Rosemary Cant, Darrell Henry and Anne Butorac. SafeCare and other services were found to implement high standards of child safety.
(2) Are men who abuse children in their care removed from the home while they are undergoing the SafeCare program? (3) Are the abusers allowed to remain in the home with the child they abused when they go into the SafeCare program? (4) If yes, at what stage of the program are the men allowed to return home and live with the child, or children, they abused? (5) If yes, why would a department that is called the Department for Child Protection allow this to happen? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) SafeCare is funded by the Department for Child Protection to provide counselling and treatment services to address child sexual abuse within families. SafeCare works with all family members, including victims, supportive non-offending family members, and adult and adolescent offenders or those who may be at risk of offending. SafeCare also works with offenders who are awaiting trial. As a result of participation in the SafeCare program, some offenders acknowledge the harm they have caused and plead guilty. In doing so, they choose to avoid perpetuating further harm by requiring a child to testify. Such outcomes are in the interests of children, and of securing justice. Referrals to SafeCare under department-funded programs are made only by the Department for Child Protection. The department notifies police of matters where there has been a criminal offence, including child sexual abuse. SafeCare reports to the department any breaches of safe practices by program participants. (2)-(4) Adult offenders, or those adults at risk of offending, who are in the SafeCare families program are not permitted to live at their family home for a period of at least one year. If, after that time, the family concerned seeks to be reunited, and the participants have satisfactorily completed therapy, a graduated reunification plan is put in place. Family reunification planning includes program participants, children, and the supportive non-offending parent. Before reunification, all must successfully complete training in child safe practices. (5) Responding to child sexual abuse within families is complex, involving work with those who may be at risk of offending and those who are awaiting trial. Child victims sometimes need a safe environment within which they can be assured by offenders that the experiences of the child are not the result of their behaviours. For this to occur, offenders need to acknowledge the harm they have caused. Nine services funded under the child sexual abuse treatment services program, including those provided by SafeCare, have been the subject of a recent evaluation conducted by Rosemary Cant, Darrell Henry and Anne Butorac. SafeCare and other services were found to implement high standards of child safety.
(3) Are the abusers allowed to remain in the home with the child they abused when they go into the SafeCare program? (4) If yes, at what stage of the program are the men allowed to return home and live with the child, or children, they abused? (5) If yes, why would a department that is called the Department for Child Protection allow this to happen? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) SafeCare is funded by the Department for Child Protection to provide counselling and treatment services to address child sexual abuse within families. SafeCare works with all family members, including victims, supportive non-offending family members, and adult and adolescent offenders or those who may be at risk of offending. SafeCare also works with offenders who are awaiting trial. As a result of participation in the SafeCare program, some offenders acknowledge the harm they have caused and plead guilty. In doing so, they choose to avoid perpetuating further harm by requiring a child to testify. Such outcomes are in the interests of children, and of securing justice. Referrals to SafeCare under department-funded programs are made only by the Department for Child Protection. The department notifies police of matters where there has been a criminal offence, including child sexual abuse. SafeCare reports to the department any breaches of safe practices by program participants. (2)-(4) Adult offenders, or those adults at risk of offending, who are in the SafeCare families program are not permitted to live at their family home for a period of at least one year. If, after that time, the family concerned seeks to be reunited, and the participants have satisfactorily completed therapy, a graduated reunification plan is put in place. Family reunification planning includes program participants, children, and the supportive non-offending parent. Before reunification, all must successfully complete training in child safe practices. (5) Responding to child sexual abuse within families is complex, involving work with those who may be at risk of offending and those who are awaiting trial. Child victims sometimes need a safe environment within which they can be assured by offenders that the experiences of the child are not the result of their behaviours. For this to occur, offenders need to acknowledge the harm they have caused. Nine services funded under the child sexual abuse treatment services program, including those provided by SafeCare, have been the subject of a recent evaluation conducted by Rosemary Cant, Darrell Henry and Anne Butorac. SafeCare and other services were found to implement high standards of child safety.
(4) If yes, at what stage of the program are the men allowed to return home and live with the child, or children, they abused? (5) If yes, why would a department that is called the Department for Child Protection allow this to happen? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) SafeCare is funded by the Department for Child Protection to provide counselling and treatment services to address child sexual abuse within families. SafeCare works with all family members, including victims, supportive non-offending family members, and adult and adolescent offenders or those who may be at risk of offending. SafeCare also works with offenders who are awaiting trial. As a result of participation in the SafeCare program, some offenders acknowledge the harm they have caused and plead guilty. In doing so, they choose to avoid perpetuating further harm by requiring a child to testify. Such outcomes are in the interests of children, and of securing justice. Referrals to SafeCare under department-funded programs are made only by the Department for Child Protection. The department notifies police of matters where there has been a criminal offence, including child sexual abuse. SafeCare reports to the department any breaches of safe practices by program participants. (2)-(4) Adult offenders, or those adults at risk of offending, who are in the SafeCare families program are not permitted to live at their family home for a period of at least one year. If, after that time, the family concerned seeks to be reunited, and the participants have satisfactorily completed therapy, a graduated reunification plan is put in place. Family reunification planning includes program participants, children, and the supportive non-offending parent. Before reunification, all must successfully complete training in child safe practices. (5) Responding to child sexual abuse within families is complex, involving work with those who may be at risk of offending and those who are awaiting trial. Child victims sometimes need a safe environment within which they can be assured by offenders that the experiences of the child are not the result of their behaviours. For this to occur, offenders need to acknowledge the harm they have caused. Nine services funded under the child sexual abuse treatment services program, including those provided by SafeCare, have been the subject of a recent evaluation conducted by Rosemary Cant, Darrell Henry and Anne Butorac. SafeCare and other services were found to implement high standards of child safety.
(5) If yes, why would a department that is called the Department for Child Protection allow this to happen? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) SafeCare is funded by the Department for Child Protection to provide counselling and treatment services to address child sexual abuse within families. SafeCare works with all family members, including victims, supportive non-offending family members, and adult and adolescent offenders or those who may be at risk of offending. SafeCare also works with offenders who are awaiting trial. As a result of participation in the SafeCare program, some offenders acknowledge the harm they have caused and plead guilty. In doing so, they choose to avoid perpetuating further harm by requiring a child to testify. Such outcomes are in the interests of children, and of securing justice. Referrals to SafeCare under department-funded programs are made only by the Department for Child Protection. The department notifies police of matters where there has been a criminal offence, including child sexual abuse. SafeCare reports to the department any breaches of safe practices by program participants. (2)-(4) Adult offenders, or those adults at risk of offending, who are in the SafeCare families program are not permitted to live at their family home for a period of at least one year. If, after that time, the family concerned seeks to be reunited, and the participants have satisfactorily completed therapy, a graduated reunification plan is put in place. Family reunification planning includes program participants, children, and the supportive non-offending parent. Before reunification, all must successfully complete training in child safe practices. (5) Responding to child sexual abuse within families is complex, involving work with those who may be at risk of offending and those who are awaiting trial. Child victims sometimes need a safe environment within which they can be assured by offenders that the experiences of the child are not the result of their behaviours. For this to occur, offenders need to acknowledge the harm they have caused. Nine services funded under the child sexual abuse treatment services program, including those provided by SafeCare, have been the subject of a recent evaluation conducted by Rosemary Cant, Darrell Henry and Anne Butorac. SafeCare and other services were found to implement high standards of child safety.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) SafeCare is funded by the Department for Child Protection to provide counselling and treatment services to address child sexual abuse within families. SafeCare works with all family members, including victims, supportive non-offending family members, and adult and adolescent offenders or those who may be at risk of offending. SafeCare also works with offenders who are awaiting trial. As a result of participation in the SafeCare program, some offenders acknowledge the harm they have caused and plead guilty. In doing so, they choose to avoid perpetuating further harm by requiring a child to testify. Such outcomes are in the interests of children, and of securing justice. Referrals to SafeCare under department-funded programs are made only by the Department for Child Protection. The department notifies police of matters where there has been a criminal offence, including child sexual abuse. SafeCare reports to the department any breaches of safe practices by program participants. (2)-(4) Adult offenders, or those adults at risk of offending, who are in the SafeCare families program are not permitted to live at their family home for a period of at least one year. If, after that time, the family concerned seeks to be reunited, and the participants have satisfactorily completed therapy, a graduated reunification plan is put in place. Family reunification planning includes program participants, children, and the supportive non-offending parent. Before reunification, all must successfully complete training in child safe practices. (5) Responding to child sexual abuse within families is complex, involving work with those who may be at risk of offending and those who are awaiting trial. Child victims sometimes need a safe environment within which they can be assured by offenders that the experiences of the child are not the result of their behaviours. For this to occur, offenders need to acknowledge the harm they have caused. Nine services funded under the child sexual abuse treatment services program, including those provided by SafeCare, have been the subject of a recent evaluation conducted by Rosemary Cant, Darrell Henry and Anne Butorac. SafeCare and other services were found to implement high standards of child safety.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) SafeCare is funded by the Department for Child Protection to provide counselling and treatment services to address child sexual abuse within families. SafeCare works with all family members, including victims, supportive non-offending family members, and adult and adolescent offenders or those who may be at risk of offending. SafeCare also works with offenders who are awaiting trial. As a result of participation in the SafeCare program, some offenders acknowledge the harm they have caused and plead guilty. In doing so, they choose to avoid perpetuating further harm by requiring a child to testify. Such outcomes are in the interests of children, and of securing justice. Referrals to SafeCare under department-funded programs are made only by the Department for Child Protection. The department notifies police of matters where there has been a criminal offence, including child sexual abuse. SafeCare reports to the department any breaches of safe practices by program participants. (2)-(4) Adult offenders, or those adults at risk of offending, who are in the SafeCare families program are not permitted to live at their family home for a period of at least one year. If, after that time, the family concerned seeks to be reunited, and the participants have satisfactorily completed therapy, a graduated reunification plan is put in place. Family reunification planning includes program participants, children, and the supportive non-offending parent. Before reunification, all must successfully complete training in child safe practices. (5) Responding to child sexual abuse within families is complex, involving work with those who may be at risk of offending and those who are awaiting trial. Child victims sometimes need a safe environment within which they can be assured by offenders that the experiences of the child are not the result of their behaviours. For this to occur, offenders need to acknowledge the harm they have caused. Nine services funded under the child sexual abuse treatment services program, including those provided by SafeCare, have been the subject of a recent evaluation conducted by Rosemary Cant, Darrell Henry and Anne Butorac. SafeCare and other services were found to implement high standards of child safety.
(1) SafeCare is funded by the Department for Child Protection to provide counselling and treatment services to address child sexual abuse within families. SafeCare works with all family members, including victims, supportive non-offending family members, and adult and adolescent offenders or those who may be at risk of offending. SafeCare also works with offenders who are awaiting trial. As a result of participation in the SafeCare program, some offenders acknowledge the harm they have caused and plead guilty. In doing so, they choose to avoid perpetuating further harm by requiring a child to testify. Such outcomes are in the interests of children, and of securing justice. Referrals to SafeCare under department-funded programs are made only by the Department for Child Protection. The department notifies police of matters where there has been a criminal offence, including child sexual abuse. SafeCare reports to the department any breaches of safe practices by program participants. (2)-(4) Adult offenders, or those adults at risk of offending, who are in the SafeCare families program are not permitted to live at their family home for a period of at least one year. If, after that time, the family concerned seeks to be reunited, and the participants have satisfactorily completed therapy, a graduated reunification plan is put in place. Family reunification planning includes program participants, children, and the supportive non-offending parent. Before reunification, all must successfully complete training in child safe practices. (5) Responding to child sexual abuse within families is complex, involving work with those who may be at risk of offending and those who are awaiting trial. Child victims sometimes need a safe environment within which they can be assured by offenders that the experiences of the child are not the result of their behaviours. For this to occur, offenders need to acknowledge the harm they have caused. Nine services funded under the child sexual abuse treatment services program, including those provided by SafeCare, have been the subject of a recent evaluation conducted by Rosemary Cant, Darrell Henry and Anne Butorac. SafeCare and other services were found to implement high standards of child safety.
(2)-(4) Adult offenders, or those adults at risk of offending, who are in the SafeCare families program are not permitted to live at their family home for a period of at least one year. If, after that time, the family concerned seeks to be reunited, and the participants have satisfactorily completed therapy, a graduated reunification plan is put in place. Family reunification planning includes program participants, children, and the supportive non-offending parent. Before reunification, all must successfully complete training in child safe practices. (5) Responding to child sexual abuse within families is complex, involving work with those who may be at risk of offending and those who are awaiting trial. Child victims sometimes need a safe environment within which they can be assured by offenders that the experiences of the child are not the result of their behaviours. For this to occur, offenders need to acknowledge the harm they have caused. Nine services funded under the child sexual abuse treatment services program, including those provided by SafeCare, have been the subject of a recent evaluation conducted by Rosemary Cant, Darrell Henry and Anne Butorac. SafeCare and other services were found to implement high standards of child safety.
(5) Responding to child sexual abuse within families is complex, involving work with those who may be at risk of offending and those who are awaiting trial. Child victims sometimes need a safe environment within which they can be assured by offenders that the experiences of the child are not the result of their behaviours. For this to occur, offenders need to acknowledge the harm they have caused. Nine services funded under the child sexual abuse treatment services program, including those provided by SafeCare, have been the subject of a recent evaluation conducted by Rosemary Cant, Darrell Henry and Anne Butorac. SafeCare and other services were found to implement high standards of child safety.
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