❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding unallocated community supervision cases in the Kimberley region, specifically Broome and Kununurra, and the measures in place to manage them. The response clarifies the term 'monitored cases' and provides data on the number of such cases.
AnsweredQoN 2543Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
I refer to the community justice service in the Kimberley region and I ask:
(a) how many unallocated cases for community supervision are there at present;
(b) how many of these cases are from the Broome office;
(c) how many cases are from the Kununurra office;
(d) are there any full-time equivalents currently unfilled in either of those offices; and
(i) if so, what is the position title for each, what is the reason for the vacanc(ies) and for how long have those postion(s) been vacant;
(e) what measures are presently being deployed for unallocated cases; and
(f) what steps are being taken to reduce the number of unallocated cases?
(a) how many unallocated cases for community supervision are there at present;
(b) how many of these cases are from the Broome office;
(c) how many cases are from the Kununurra office;
(d) are there any full-time equivalents currently unfilled in either of those offices; and
(i) if so, what is the position title for each, what is the reason for the vacanc(ies) and for how long have those postion(s) been vacant;
(e) what measures are presently being deployed for unallocated cases; and
(f) what steps are being taken to reduce the number of unallocated cases?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
20 April 2010
Responded by
Minister for Corrective Services
Response time
33 days
Department of Corrective Services
a) The Department does not have unallocated cases for community supervision, and assumes the question relates to 'monitored cases'.
Monitored cases are those that are not overseen by a single dedicated case manager and are therefore assigned a 'monitored' status. Offenders supervised under monitored status are overseen by a Duty Officer when attending for supervision and are monitored on an ongoing basis by the Supervisory Team (being comprised of the Team Manager and other Supervisors).
Offenders supervised under the monitored status are restricted to Medium or Low Supervision Level cases that are assessed as presenting a lesser potential of harm to community than those that are allocated to a dedicated officer. The system is a means of managing those individual cases that can not be immediately allocated to a single dedicated officer.
In respect of adult offenders, as at 18 March 2010, across the State there were 251 monitored cases from a total of 5272 total cases, meaning 4.76% overseen by this method. This compares to 876 monitored cases from a total of 5540 total cases, meaning 15.8% overseen by this method as at 30 April 2008 under Labor.
As at 18 March 2010, for the Kimberley region (includes Broome, Kununurra and Halls Creek) there were a total 140 monitored adult cases and 13 monitored youth cases.
b) Adults 40 Youth 11
c) Adults 50 Youth 2
d) No
i) Not applicable.
e) A Monitoring Officer follows up on order requirements and a monitored case management meeting is conducted, with the Manager, on a monthly basis. Any significant case management issues that arise are discussed at the weekly case management meeting. Telephone, mail and face-to-face contact are regular measures deployed to monitor cases.
f) All officers are working within capacity of the Workload Management Strategy. Broome 'low' cases are assigned to the Senior Case Support Officer with only Halls Creek and Kununurra currently having a monitored caseload with the Monitoring Officer. These cases are subject to at least monthly and if necessary, weekly reviews by the Manager where consideration is given to appropriately increasing or reducing the supervision level or allocation to a Case Manager.
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a) The Department does not have unallocated cases for community supervision, and assumes the question relates to 'monitored cases'.
Monitored cases are those that are not overseen by a single dedicated case manager and are therefore assigned a 'monitored' status. Offenders supervised under monitored status are overseen by a Duty Officer when attending for supervision and are monitored on an ongoing basis by the Supervisory Team (being comprised of the Team Manager and other Supervisors).
Offenders supervised under the monitored status are restricted to Medium or Low Supervision Level cases that are assessed as presenting a lesser potential of harm to community than those that are allocated to a dedicated officer. The system is a means of managing those individual cases that can not be immediately allocated to a single dedicated officer.
In respect of adult offenders, as at 18 March 2010, across the State there were 251 monitored cases from a total of 5272 total cases, meaning 4.76% overseen by this method. This compares to 876 monitored cases from a total of 5540 total cases, meaning 15.8% overseen by this method as at 30 April 2008 under Labor.
As at 18 March 2010, for the Kimberley region (includes Broome, Kununurra and Halls Creek) there were a total 140 monitored adult cases and 13 monitored youth cases.
b) Adults 40 Youth 11
c) Adults 50 Youth 2
d) No
i) Not applicable.
e) A Monitoring Officer follows up on order requirements and a monitored case management meeting is conducted, with the Manager, on a monthly basis. Any significant case management issues that arise are discussed at the weekly case management meeting. Telephone, mail and face-to-face contact are regular measures deployed to monitor cases.
f) All officers are working within capacity of the Workload Management Strategy. Broome 'low' cases are assigned to the Senior Case Support Officer with only Halls Creek and Kununurra currently having a monitored caseload with the Monitoring Officer. These cases are subject to at least monthly and if necessary, weekly reviews by the Manager where consideration is given to appropriately increasing or reducing the supervision level or allocation to a Case Manager.
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