Ms. Freeman questions the funding for multicultural community liaison and administration workers at the Koondoola Primary School Integrated Service Centre. The Minister confirms continued funding through a Department of Health contract.

AnsweredQoN 8037Legislative Assembly
Asked
22 May 2012
Portfolio
Health

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I note that the Integrated Service Centre at Koondoola Primary School has four staff to deliver the valuable service and, in relation to this, I ask:
(a) in addition to the employment of the senior social worker and the community child health nurse as outlined in answer to Question on Notice No. 7394, who is going to fund the multicultural community liaison worker at the centre;
(b) how much funding is going to be made available for the community liaison worker at the centre;
(c) in addition to the employment of the senior social worker and the community child health nurse as outlined in answer to Question on Notice No. 7394, who is going to fund the administration worker at the centre;
(d) how much funding is going to be made available for the admininstration worker at the centre;
(e) will funding continue to be provided to the Edmund Rice Centre to deliver the vital service provided by the community liaison worker and the administration worker;
(f) if no funding is going to be made available from the Health Department, will the funding be made available through another department;
(g) if funding is going to be made available through another department, how much will this be; and
(h) if funding is not going to be made available, is the expectation that the service will operate without a community liaison worker and an administration worker?

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Answered
12 June 2012
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
21 days
(a) The Department of Health will provide funding through a 4 year non-government contract for the continued provision of multicultural community liaison staff and administration staff at the Integrated Service Centres at Koondoola and Parkwood Primary Schools.
(b-d) Funding will be for a whole-of- service, inclusive of the multicultural community liaison staff and administration staff.
(e) The Edmund Rice Centre will continue to provide services as the new service contract is developed and awarded.
(f-h) Not applicable.
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