❓ A parliamentary question regarding the number of children reported to the Department for Child Protection due to family or domestic violence and their participation in related programs. The answer acknowledges data limitations but highlights government initiatives and funding.
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DEPARTMENT FOR CHILD PROTECTION — DOMESTIC VIOLENCE — CHILDREN REPORTED
I refer to the nine per cent increase in incidents of domestic violence in Western Australia over the past two financial years. What was the total number of children reported to the Department for Child Protection during the past two financial years as a result of family or domestic violence; and what percentage of those children participated in either the Safe at Home or Domestic Violence Outreach program? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY
I refer to the nine per cent increase in incidents of domestic violence in Western Australia over the past two financial years. What was the total number of children reported to the Department for Child Protection during the past two financial years as a result of family or domestic violence; and what percentage of those children participated in either the Safe at Home or Domestic Violence Outreach program? Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY
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I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The department records reports of concern for children based on the nature of the report of concern, such as sexual, physical or psychological abuse, or neglect. Information about underlying issues, such as the presence of family and domestic violence, is collected as part of the child protection investigation. However, child protection reports are not reported on that basis. The Safe at Home and Domestic Violence Outreach programs commenced in July 2010, and client data from the non-government service providers is not yet available. As I have mentioned, those programs started in July 2010, which is seven months ago. Women do seem to be more confident now to report family and domestic violence. I have relocated the domestic violence unit back into Child Protection, to enable a holistic approach to family and domestic violence. A total of 17 child protection workers are now located in police stations in regional and city areas. The government now has a WA Strategic Plan for Family and Domestic Violence 2009–1013, which was launched in November 2009 and has 11 key strategies. The government has allocated $6.8 million over four years for the Safe at Home program. That program has 12 new full-time equivalents, and it is being delivered at the Pat Giles Centre, the Lucy Saw Centre, the South West Refuge, Share and Care Community Services, the City of Stirling, and Rural Community Services. The outreach program has five FTEs, and it is being delivered at Pat Thomas House, Chrysalis Support Services, Goldfields Women’s Refuge, Anglicare and the Pilbara Legal Service. Last week, the federal minister for Employment Protection and Childcare, Hon Kate Ellis, myself, and all other state ministers for child protection, announced the finalisation of the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Children 2010–2022. That plan has 20 priorities. In 2009–10, the Department for Child Protection allocated funding of $1.465 million to support 17 case management and coordination services. All of those 17 services are now operating under new contracts. DCP is providing multi-agency training on how to manage high-risk cases of family and domestic violence. DCP has also provided $342 909 for a 24-hour men’s domestic helpline; and breathing space is a three-month residential program run by Communicare, a non-government agency, which is having good results.
Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The department records reports of concern for children based on the nature of the report of concern, such as sexual, physical or psychological abuse, or neglect. Information about underlying issues, such as the presence of family and domestic violence, is collected as part of the child protection investigation. However, child protection reports are not reported on that basis. The Safe at Home and Domestic Violence Outreach programs commenced in July 2010, and client data from the non-government service providers is not yet available. As I have mentioned, those programs started in July 2010, which is seven months ago. Women do seem to be more confident now to report family and domestic violence. I have relocated the domestic violence unit back into Child Protection, to enable a holistic approach to family and domestic violence. A total of 17 child protection workers are now located in police stations in regional and city areas. The government now has a WA Strategic Plan for Family and Domestic Violence 2009–1013, which was launched in November 2009 and has 11 key strategies. The government has allocated $6.8 million over four years for the Safe at Home program. That program has 12 new full-time equivalents, and it is being delivered at the Pat Giles Centre, the Lucy Saw Centre, the South West Refuge, Share and Care Community Services, the City of Stirling, and Rural Community Services. The outreach program has five FTEs, and it is being delivered at Pat Thomas House, Chrysalis Support Services, Goldfields Women’s Refuge, Anglicare and the Pilbara Legal Service. Last week, the federal minister for Employment Protection and Childcare, Hon Kate Ellis, myself, and all other state ministers for child protection, announced the finalisation of the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Children 2010–2022. That plan has 20 priorities. In 2009–10, the Department for Child Protection allocated funding of $1.465 million to support 17 case management and coordination services. All of those 17 services are now operating under new contracts. DCP is providing multi-agency training on how to manage high-risk cases of family and domestic violence. DCP has also provided $342 909 for a 24-hour men’s domestic helpline; and breathing space is a three-month residential program run by Communicare, a non-government agency, which is having good results.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The department records reports of concern for children based on the nature of the report of concern, such as sexual, physical or psychological abuse, or neglect. Information about underlying issues, such as the presence of family and domestic violence, is collected as part of the child protection investigation. However, child protection reports are not reported on that basis. The Safe at Home and Domestic Violence Outreach programs commenced in July 2010, and client data from the non-government service providers is not yet available. As I have mentioned, those programs started in July 2010, which is seven months ago. Women do seem to be more confident now to report family and domestic violence. I have relocated the domestic violence unit back into Child Protection, to enable a holistic approach to family and domestic violence. A total of 17 child protection workers are now located in police stations in regional and city areas. The government now has a WA Strategic Plan for Family and Domestic Violence 2009–1013, which was launched in November 2009 and has 11 key strategies. The government has allocated $6.8 million over four years for the Safe at Home program. That program has 12 new full-time equivalents, and it is being delivered at the Pat Giles Centre, the Lucy Saw Centre, the South West Refuge, Share and Care Community Services, the City of Stirling, and Rural Community Services. The outreach program has five FTEs, and it is being delivered at Pat Thomas House, Chrysalis Support Services, Goldfields Women’s Refuge, Anglicare and the Pilbara Legal Service. Last week, the federal minister for Employment Protection and Childcare, Hon Kate Ellis, myself, and all other state ministers for child protection, announced the finalisation of the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Children 2010–2022. That plan has 20 priorities. In 2009–10, the Department for Child Protection allocated funding of $1.465 million to support 17 case management and coordination services. All of those 17 services are now operating under new contracts. DCP is providing multi-agency training on how to manage high-risk cases of family and domestic violence. DCP has also provided $342 909 for a 24-hour men’s domestic helpline; and breathing space is a three-month residential program run by Communicare, a non-government agency, which is having good results.
The department records reports of concern for children based on the nature of the report of concern, such as sexual, physical or psychological abuse, or neglect. Information about underlying issues, such as the presence of family and domestic violence, is collected as part of the child protection investigation. However, child protection reports are not reported on that basis. The Safe at Home and Domestic Violence Outreach programs commenced in July 2010, and client data from the non-government service providers is not yet available. As I have mentioned, those programs started in July 2010, which is seven months ago. Women do seem to be more confident now to report family and domestic violence. I have relocated the domestic violence unit back into Child Protection, to enable a holistic approach to family and domestic violence. A total of 17 child protection workers are now located in police stations in regional and city areas. The government now has a WA Strategic Plan for Family and Domestic Violence 2009–1013, which was launched in November 2009 and has 11 key strategies. The government has allocated $6.8 million over four years for the Safe at Home program. That program has 12 new full-time equivalents, and it is being delivered at the Pat Giles Centre, the Lucy Saw Centre, the South West Refuge, Share and Care Community Services, the City of Stirling, and Rural Community Services. The outreach program has five FTEs, and it is being delivered at Pat Thomas House, Chrysalis Support Services, Goldfields Women’s Refuge, Anglicare and the Pilbara Legal Service. Last week, the federal minister for Employment Protection and Childcare, Hon Kate Ellis, myself, and all other state ministers for child protection, announced the finalisation of the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Children 2010–2022. That plan has 20 priorities. In 2009–10, the Department for Child Protection allocated funding of $1.465 million to support 17 case management and coordination services. All of those 17 services are now operating under new contracts. DCP is providing multi-agency training on how to manage high-risk cases of family and domestic violence. DCP has also provided $342 909 for a 24-hour men’s domestic helpline; and breathing space is a three-month residential program run by Communicare, a non-government agency, which is having good results.
As I have mentioned, those programs started in July 2010, which is seven months ago. Women do seem to be more confident now to report family and domestic violence. I have relocated the domestic violence unit back into Child Protection, to enable a holistic approach to family and domestic violence. A total of 17 child protection workers are now located in police stations in regional and city areas. The government now has a WA Strategic Plan for Family and Domestic Violence 2009–1013, which was launched in November 2009 and has 11 key strategies. The government has allocated $6.8 million over four years for the Safe at Home program. That program has 12 new full-time equivalents, and it is being delivered at the Pat Giles Centre, the Lucy Saw Centre, the South West Refuge, Share and Care Community Services, the City of Stirling, and Rural Community Services. The outreach program has five FTEs, and it is being delivered at Pat Thomas House, Chrysalis Support Services, Goldfields Women’s Refuge, Anglicare and the Pilbara Legal Service. Last week, the federal minister for Employment Protection and Childcare, Hon Kate Ellis, myself, and all other state ministers for child protection, announced the finalisation of the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Children 2010–2022. That plan has 20 priorities. In 2009–10, the Department for Child Protection allocated funding of $1.465 million to support 17 case management and coordination services. All of those 17 services are now operating under new contracts. DCP is providing multi-agency training on how to manage high-risk cases of family and domestic violence. DCP has also provided $342 909 for a 24-hour men’s domestic helpline; and breathing space is a three-month residential program run by Communicare, a non-government agency, which is having good results.
Last week, the federal minister for Employment Protection and Childcare, Hon Kate Ellis, myself, and all other state ministers for child protection, announced the finalisation of the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Children 2010–2022. That plan has 20 priorities. In 2009–10, the Department for Child Protection allocated funding of $1.465 million to support 17 case management and coordination services. All of those 17 services are now operating under new contracts. DCP is providing multi-agency training on how to manage high-risk cases of family and domestic violence. DCP has also provided $342 909 for a 24-hour men’s domestic helpline; and breathing space is a three-month residential program run by Communicare, a non-government agency, which is having good results.
Hon ROBYN McSWEENEY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The department records reports of concern for children based on the nature of the report of concern, such as sexual, physical or psychological abuse, or neglect. Information about underlying issues, such as the presence of family and domestic violence, is collected as part of the child protection investigation. However, child protection reports are not reported on that basis. The Safe at Home and Domestic Violence Outreach programs commenced in July 2010, and client data from the non-government service providers is not yet available. As I have mentioned, those programs started in July 2010, which is seven months ago. Women do seem to be more confident now to report family and domestic violence. I have relocated the domestic violence unit back into Child Protection, to enable a holistic approach to family and domestic violence. A total of 17 child protection workers are now located in police stations in regional and city areas. The government now has a WA Strategic Plan for Family and Domestic Violence 2009–1013, which was launched in November 2009 and has 11 key strategies. The government has allocated $6.8 million over four years for the Safe at Home program. That program has 12 new full-time equivalents, and it is being delivered at the Pat Giles Centre, the Lucy Saw Centre, the South West Refuge, Share and Care Community Services, the City of Stirling, and Rural Community Services. The outreach program has five FTEs, and it is being delivered at Pat Thomas House, Chrysalis Support Services, Goldfields Women’s Refuge, Anglicare and the Pilbara Legal Service. Last week, the federal minister for Employment Protection and Childcare, Hon Kate Ellis, myself, and all other state ministers for child protection, announced the finalisation of the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Children 2010–2022. That plan has 20 priorities. In 2009–10, the Department for Child Protection allocated funding of $1.465 million to support 17 case management and coordination services. All of those 17 services are now operating under new contracts. DCP is providing multi-agency training on how to manage high-risk cases of family and domestic violence. DCP has also provided $342 909 for a 24-hour men’s domestic helpline; and breathing space is a three-month residential program run by Communicare, a non-government agency, which is having good results.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The department records reports of concern for children based on the nature of the report of concern, such as sexual, physical or psychological abuse, or neglect. Information about underlying issues, such as the presence of family and domestic violence, is collected as part of the child protection investigation. However, child protection reports are not reported on that basis. The Safe at Home and Domestic Violence Outreach programs commenced in July 2010, and client data from the non-government service providers is not yet available. As I have mentioned, those programs started in July 2010, which is seven months ago. Women do seem to be more confident now to report family and domestic violence. I have relocated the domestic violence unit back into Child Protection, to enable a holistic approach to family and domestic violence. A total of 17 child protection workers are now located in police stations in regional and city areas. The government now has a WA Strategic Plan for Family and Domestic Violence 2009–1013, which was launched in November 2009 and has 11 key strategies. The government has allocated $6.8 million over four years for the Safe at Home program. That program has 12 new full-time equivalents, and it is being delivered at the Pat Giles Centre, the Lucy Saw Centre, the South West Refuge, Share and Care Community Services, the City of Stirling, and Rural Community Services. The outreach program has five FTEs, and it is being delivered at Pat Thomas House, Chrysalis Support Services, Goldfields Women’s Refuge, Anglicare and the Pilbara Legal Service. Last week, the federal minister for Employment Protection and Childcare, Hon Kate Ellis, myself, and all other state ministers for child protection, announced the finalisation of the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Children 2010–2022. That plan has 20 priorities. In 2009–10, the Department for Child Protection allocated funding of $1.465 million to support 17 case management and coordination services. All of those 17 services are now operating under new contracts. DCP is providing multi-agency training on how to manage high-risk cases of family and domestic violence. DCP has also provided $342 909 for a 24-hour men’s domestic helpline; and breathing space is a three-month residential program run by Communicare, a non-government agency, which is having good results.
The department records reports of concern for children based on the nature of the report of concern, such as sexual, physical or psychological abuse, or neglect. Information about underlying issues, such as the presence of family and domestic violence, is collected as part of the child protection investigation. However, child protection reports are not reported on that basis. The Safe at Home and Domestic Violence Outreach programs commenced in July 2010, and client data from the non-government service providers is not yet available. As I have mentioned, those programs started in July 2010, which is seven months ago. Women do seem to be more confident now to report family and domestic violence. I have relocated the domestic violence unit back into Child Protection, to enable a holistic approach to family and domestic violence. A total of 17 child protection workers are now located in police stations in regional and city areas. The government now has a WA Strategic Plan for Family and Domestic Violence 2009–1013, which was launched in November 2009 and has 11 key strategies. The government has allocated $6.8 million over four years for the Safe at Home program. That program has 12 new full-time equivalents, and it is being delivered at the Pat Giles Centre, the Lucy Saw Centre, the South West Refuge, Share and Care Community Services, the City of Stirling, and Rural Community Services. The outreach program has five FTEs, and it is being delivered at Pat Thomas House, Chrysalis Support Services, Goldfields Women’s Refuge, Anglicare and the Pilbara Legal Service. Last week, the federal minister for Employment Protection and Childcare, Hon Kate Ellis, myself, and all other state ministers for child protection, announced the finalisation of the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Children 2010–2022. That plan has 20 priorities. In 2009–10, the Department for Child Protection allocated funding of $1.465 million to support 17 case management and coordination services. All of those 17 services are now operating under new contracts. DCP is providing multi-agency training on how to manage high-risk cases of family and domestic violence. DCP has also provided $342 909 for a 24-hour men’s domestic helpline; and breathing space is a three-month residential program run by Communicare, a non-government agency, which is having good results.
As I have mentioned, those programs started in July 2010, which is seven months ago. Women do seem to be more confident now to report family and domestic violence. I have relocated the domestic violence unit back into Child Protection, to enable a holistic approach to family and domestic violence. A total of 17 child protection workers are now located in police stations in regional and city areas. The government now has a WA Strategic Plan for Family and Domestic Violence 2009–1013, which was launched in November 2009 and has 11 key strategies. The government has allocated $6.8 million over four years for the Safe at Home program. That program has 12 new full-time equivalents, and it is being delivered at the Pat Giles Centre, the Lucy Saw Centre, the South West Refuge, Share and Care Community Services, the City of Stirling, and Rural Community Services. The outreach program has five FTEs, and it is being delivered at Pat Thomas House, Chrysalis Support Services, Goldfields Women’s Refuge, Anglicare and the Pilbara Legal Service. Last week, the federal minister for Employment Protection and Childcare, Hon Kate Ellis, myself, and all other state ministers for child protection, announced the finalisation of the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Children 2010–2022. That plan has 20 priorities. In 2009–10, the Department for Child Protection allocated funding of $1.465 million to support 17 case management and coordination services. All of those 17 services are now operating under new contracts. DCP is providing multi-agency training on how to manage high-risk cases of family and domestic violence. DCP has also provided $342 909 for a 24-hour men’s domestic helpline; and breathing space is a three-month residential program run by Communicare, a non-government agency, which is having good results.
Last week, the federal minister for Employment Protection and Childcare, Hon Kate Ellis, myself, and all other state ministers for child protection, announced the finalisation of the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Children 2010–2022. That plan has 20 priorities. In 2009–10, the Department for Child Protection allocated funding of $1.465 million to support 17 case management and coordination services. All of those 17 services are now operating under new contracts. DCP is providing multi-agency training on how to manage high-risk cases of family and domestic violence. DCP has also provided $342 909 for a 24-hour men’s domestic helpline; and breathing space is a three-month residential program run by Communicare, a non-government agency, which is having good results.
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