❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses the Lake Jasper Project, focusing on staff training, caseworker visits, education programs, and concerns from Aboriginal elders. The Minister clarifies the project's status as a non-government service and provides details on staffing, visits, and education.
AnsweredQoN 770Legislative Council
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LAKE JASPER PROJECT
I refer to the Lake Jasper Project, and the residential hostel for Aboriginal youth. (1) Will the minister confirm that untrained staff are employed to run the hostel? (2) How often do the children’s caseworkers visit the residential hostel to check on the welfare of the children? (3) When was the last time a caseworker visited the hostel? (4) What type of education program is being delivered to the children? (5) Has the minister received any correspondence from Aboriginal elders stating their concerns about how Lake Jasper is being run? Hon KATE DOUST
I refer to the Lake Jasper Project, and the residential hostel for Aboriginal youth. (1) Will the minister confirm that untrained staff are employed to run the hostel? (2) How often do the children’s caseworkers visit the residential hostel to check on the welfare of the children? (3) When was the last time a caseworker visited the hostel? (4) What type of education program is being delivered to the children? (5) Has the minister received any correspondence from Aboriginal elders stating their concerns about how Lake Jasper is being run? Hon KATE DOUST
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The Minister for Community Development has provided the following response - Lake Jasper is not a departmental hostel; it is a non-government youth service that is funded by DCD. I am advised - (1) There are no untrained staff. (2) Lake Jasper is not a Department for Community Development hostel; it is a non-government youth service. Presently only one child is placed at Lake Jasper. The young person’s case manager for the metropolitan area has weekly phone contact with the staff of the service and with the young person once every two or three weeks if the young person is not in school at the time of the call. A co-worker from the Busselton office visits the young person once a week. The case manager, who is a senior officer of Aboriginal services, and an education officer travel from Perth to Lake Jasper to visit the young person for almost a full day once or twice per term. (3) The young person’s caseworker last visited the young person on 1 September 2006 and the co-worker’s last visit was in September 2006. (4) The young person attends school each day in a classroom at Lake Jasper. A qualified teacher delivers an education program provided by the Department of Education and Training’s Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. (5) No.
(1) Will the minister confirm that untrained staff are employed to run the hostel? (2) How often do the children’s caseworkers visit the residential hostel to check on the welfare of the children? (3) When was the last time a caseworker visited the hostel? (4) What type of education program is being delivered to the children? (5) Has the minister received any correspondence from Aboriginal elders stating their concerns about how Lake Jasper is being run? Hon KATE DOUST replied: The Minister for Community Development has provided the following response - Lake Jasper is not a departmental hostel; it is a non-government youth service that is funded by DCD. I am advised - (1) There are no untrained staff. (2) Lake Jasper is not a Department for Community Development hostel; it is a non-government youth service. Presently only one child is placed at Lake Jasper. The young person’s case manager for the metropolitan area has weekly phone contact with the staff of the service and with the young person once every two or three weeks if the young person is not in school at the time of the call. A co-worker from the Busselton office visits the young person once a week. The case manager, who is a senior officer of Aboriginal services, and an education officer travel from Perth to Lake Jasper to visit the young person for almost a full day once or twice per term. (3) The young person’s caseworker last visited the young person on 1 September 2006 and the co-worker’s last visit was in September 2006. (4) The young person attends school each day in a classroom at Lake Jasper. A qualified teacher delivers an education program provided by the Department of Education and Training’s Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. (5) No.
(2) How often do the children’s caseworkers visit the residential hostel to check on the welfare of the children? (3) When was the last time a caseworker visited the hostel? (4) What type of education program is being delivered to the children? (5) Has the minister received any correspondence from Aboriginal elders stating their concerns about how Lake Jasper is being run? Hon KATE DOUST replied: The Minister for Community Development has provided the following response - Lake Jasper is not a departmental hostel; it is a non-government youth service that is funded by DCD. I am advised - (1) There are no untrained staff. (2) Lake Jasper is not a Department for Community Development hostel; it is a non-government youth service. Presently only one child is placed at Lake Jasper. The young person’s case manager for the metropolitan area has weekly phone contact with the staff of the service and with the young person once every two or three weeks if the young person is not in school at the time of the call. A co-worker from the Busselton office visits the young person once a week. The case manager, who is a senior officer of Aboriginal services, and an education officer travel from Perth to Lake Jasper to visit the young person for almost a full day once or twice per term. (3) The young person’s caseworker last visited the young person on 1 September 2006 and the co-worker’s last visit was in September 2006. (4) The young person attends school each day in a classroom at Lake Jasper. A qualified teacher delivers an education program provided by the Department of Education and Training’s Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. (5) No.
(3) When was the last time a caseworker visited the hostel? (4) What type of education program is being delivered to the children? (5) Has the minister received any correspondence from Aboriginal elders stating their concerns about how Lake Jasper is being run? Hon KATE DOUST replied: The Minister for Community Development has provided the following response - Lake Jasper is not a departmental hostel; it is a non-government youth service that is funded by DCD. I am advised - (1) There are no untrained staff. (2) Lake Jasper is not a Department for Community Development hostel; it is a non-government youth service. Presently only one child is placed at Lake Jasper. The young person’s case manager for the metropolitan area has weekly phone contact with the staff of the service and with the young person once every two or three weeks if the young person is not in school at the time of the call. A co-worker from the Busselton office visits the young person once a week. The case manager, who is a senior officer of Aboriginal services, and an education officer travel from Perth to Lake Jasper to visit the young person for almost a full day once or twice per term. (3) The young person’s caseworker last visited the young person on 1 September 2006 and the co-worker’s last visit was in September 2006. (4) The young person attends school each day in a classroom at Lake Jasper. A qualified teacher delivers an education program provided by the Department of Education and Training’s Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. (5) No.
(4) What type of education program is being delivered to the children? (5) Has the minister received any correspondence from Aboriginal elders stating their concerns about how Lake Jasper is being run? Hon KATE DOUST replied: The Minister for Community Development has provided the following response - Lake Jasper is not a departmental hostel; it is a non-government youth service that is funded by DCD. I am advised - (1) There are no untrained staff. (2) Lake Jasper is not a Department for Community Development hostel; it is a non-government youth service. Presently only one child is placed at Lake Jasper. The young person’s case manager for the metropolitan area has weekly phone contact with the staff of the service and with the young person once every two or three weeks if the young person is not in school at the time of the call. A co-worker from the Busselton office visits the young person once a week. The case manager, who is a senior officer of Aboriginal services, and an education officer travel from Perth to Lake Jasper to visit the young person for almost a full day once or twice per term. (3) The young person’s caseworker last visited the young person on 1 September 2006 and the co-worker’s last visit was in September 2006. (4) The young person attends school each day in a classroom at Lake Jasper. A qualified teacher delivers an education program provided by the Department of Education and Training’s Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. (5) No.
(5) Has the minister received any correspondence from Aboriginal elders stating their concerns about how Lake Jasper is being run? Hon KATE DOUST replied: The Minister for Community Development has provided the following response - Lake Jasper is not a departmental hostel; it is a non-government youth service that is funded by DCD. I am advised - (1) There are no untrained staff. (2) Lake Jasper is not a Department for Community Development hostel; it is a non-government youth service. Presently only one child is placed at Lake Jasper. The young person’s case manager for the metropolitan area has weekly phone contact with the staff of the service and with the young person once every two or three weeks if the young person is not in school at the time of the call. A co-worker from the Busselton office visits the young person once a week. The case manager, who is a senior officer of Aboriginal services, and an education officer travel from Perth to Lake Jasper to visit the young person for almost a full day once or twice per term. (3) The young person’s caseworker last visited the young person on 1 September 2006 and the co-worker’s last visit was in September 2006. (4) The young person attends school each day in a classroom at Lake Jasper. A qualified teacher delivers an education program provided by the Department of Education and Training’s Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. (5) No.
Hon KATE DOUST replied: The Minister for Community Development has provided the following response - Lake Jasper is not a departmental hostel; it is a non-government youth service that is funded by DCD. I am advised - (1) There are no untrained staff. (2) Lake Jasper is not a Department for Community Development hostel; it is a non-government youth service. Presently only one child is placed at Lake Jasper. The young person’s case manager for the metropolitan area has weekly phone contact with the staff of the service and with the young person once every two or three weeks if the young person is not in school at the time of the call. A co-worker from the Busselton office visits the young person once a week. The case manager, who is a senior officer of Aboriginal services, and an education officer travel from Perth to Lake Jasper to visit the young person for almost a full day once or twice per term. (3) The young person’s caseworker last visited the young person on 1 September 2006 and the co-worker’s last visit was in September 2006. (4) The young person attends school each day in a classroom at Lake Jasper. A qualified teacher delivers an education program provided by the Department of Education and Training’s Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. (5) No.
The Minister for Community Development has provided the following response - Lake Jasper is not a departmental hostel; it is a non-government youth service that is funded by DCD. I am advised - (1) There are no untrained staff. (2) Lake Jasper is not a Department for Community Development hostel; it is a non-government youth service. Presently only one child is placed at Lake Jasper. The young person’s case manager for the metropolitan area has weekly phone contact with the staff of the service and with the young person once every two or three weeks if the young person is not in school at the time of the call. A co-worker from the Busselton office visits the young person once a week. The case manager, who is a senior officer of Aboriginal services, and an education officer travel from Perth to Lake Jasper to visit the young person for almost a full day once or twice per term. (3) The young person’s caseworker last visited the young person on 1 September 2006 and the co-worker’s last visit was in September 2006. (4) The young person attends school each day in a classroom at Lake Jasper. A qualified teacher delivers an education program provided by the Department of Education and Training’s Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. (5) No.
Lake Jasper is not a departmental hostel; it is a non-government youth service that is funded by DCD. I am advised - (1) There are no untrained staff. (2) Lake Jasper is not a Department for Community Development hostel; it is a non-government youth service. Presently only one child is placed at Lake Jasper. The young person’s case manager for the metropolitan area has weekly phone contact with the staff of the service and with the young person once every two or three weeks if the young person is not in school at the time of the call. A co-worker from the Busselton office visits the young person once a week. The case manager, who is a senior officer of Aboriginal services, and an education officer travel from Perth to Lake Jasper to visit the young person for almost a full day once or twice per term. (3) The young person’s caseworker last visited the young person on 1 September 2006 and the co-worker’s last visit was in September 2006. (4) The young person attends school each day in a classroom at Lake Jasper. A qualified teacher delivers an education program provided by the Department of Education and Training’s Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. (5) No.
(1) There are no untrained staff. (2) Lake Jasper is not a Department for Community Development hostel; it is a non-government youth service. Presently only one child is placed at Lake Jasper. The young person’s case manager for the metropolitan area has weekly phone contact with the staff of the service and with the young person once every two or three weeks if the young person is not in school at the time of the call. A co-worker from the Busselton office visits the young person once a week. The case manager, who is a senior officer of Aboriginal services, and an education officer travel from Perth to Lake Jasper to visit the young person for almost a full day once or twice per term. (3) The young person’s caseworker last visited the young person on 1 September 2006 and the co-worker’s last visit was in September 2006. (4) The young person attends school each day in a classroom at Lake Jasper. A qualified teacher delivers an education program provided by the Department of Education and Training’s Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. (5) No.
(2) Lake Jasper is not a Department for Community Development hostel; it is a non-government youth service. Presently only one child is placed at Lake Jasper. The young person’s case manager for the metropolitan area has weekly phone contact with the staff of the service and with the young person once every two or three weeks if the young person is not in school at the time of the call. A co-worker from the Busselton office visits the young person once a week. The case manager, who is a senior officer of Aboriginal services, and an education officer travel from Perth to Lake Jasper to visit the young person for almost a full day once or twice per term. (3) The young person’s caseworker last visited the young person on 1 September 2006 and the co-worker’s last visit was in September 2006. (4) The young person attends school each day in a classroom at Lake Jasper. A qualified teacher delivers an education program provided by the Department of Education and Training’s Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. (5) No.
(3) The young person’s caseworker last visited the young person on 1 September 2006 and the co-worker’s last visit was in September 2006. (4) The young person attends school each day in a classroom at Lake Jasper. A qualified teacher delivers an education program provided by the Department of Education and Training’s Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. (5) No.
(4) The young person attends school each day in a classroom at Lake Jasper. A qualified teacher delivers an education program provided by the Department of Education and Training’s Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. (5) No.
(5) No.
(1) Will the minister confirm that untrained staff are employed to run the hostel? (2) How often do the children’s caseworkers visit the residential hostel to check on the welfare of the children? (3) When was the last time a caseworker visited the hostel? (4) What type of education program is being delivered to the children? (5) Has the minister received any correspondence from Aboriginal elders stating their concerns about how Lake Jasper is being run? Hon KATE DOUST replied: The Minister for Community Development has provided the following response - Lake Jasper is not a departmental hostel; it is a non-government youth service that is funded by DCD. I am advised - (1) There are no untrained staff. (2) Lake Jasper is not a Department for Community Development hostel; it is a non-government youth service. Presently only one child is placed at Lake Jasper. The young person’s case manager for the metropolitan area has weekly phone contact with the staff of the service and with the young person once every two or three weeks if the young person is not in school at the time of the call. A co-worker from the Busselton office visits the young person once a week. The case manager, who is a senior officer of Aboriginal services, and an education officer travel from Perth to Lake Jasper to visit the young person for almost a full day once or twice per term. (3) The young person’s caseworker last visited the young person on 1 September 2006 and the co-worker’s last visit was in September 2006. (4) The young person attends school each day in a classroom at Lake Jasper. A qualified teacher delivers an education program provided by the Department of Education and Training’s Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. (5) No.
(2) How often do the children’s caseworkers visit the residential hostel to check on the welfare of the children? (3) When was the last time a caseworker visited the hostel? (4) What type of education program is being delivered to the children? (5) Has the minister received any correspondence from Aboriginal elders stating their concerns about how Lake Jasper is being run? Hon KATE DOUST replied: The Minister for Community Development has provided the following response - Lake Jasper is not a departmental hostel; it is a non-government youth service that is funded by DCD. I am advised - (1) There are no untrained staff. (2) Lake Jasper is not a Department for Community Development hostel; it is a non-government youth service. Presently only one child is placed at Lake Jasper. The young person’s case manager for the metropolitan area has weekly phone contact with the staff of the service and with the young person once every two or three weeks if the young person is not in school at the time of the call. A co-worker from the Busselton office visits the young person once a week. The case manager, who is a senior officer of Aboriginal services, and an education officer travel from Perth to Lake Jasper to visit the young person for almost a full day once or twice per term. (3) The young person’s caseworker last visited the young person on 1 September 2006 and the co-worker’s last visit was in September 2006. (4) The young person attends school each day in a classroom at Lake Jasper. A qualified teacher delivers an education program provided by the Department of Education and Training’s Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. (5) No.
(3) When was the last time a caseworker visited the hostel? (4) What type of education program is being delivered to the children? (5) Has the minister received any correspondence from Aboriginal elders stating their concerns about how Lake Jasper is being run? Hon KATE DOUST replied: The Minister for Community Development has provided the following response - Lake Jasper is not a departmental hostel; it is a non-government youth service that is funded by DCD. I am advised - (1) There are no untrained staff. (2) Lake Jasper is not a Department for Community Development hostel; it is a non-government youth service. Presently only one child is placed at Lake Jasper. The young person’s case manager for the metropolitan area has weekly phone contact with the staff of the service and with the young person once every two or three weeks if the young person is not in school at the time of the call. A co-worker from the Busselton office visits the young person once a week. The case manager, who is a senior officer of Aboriginal services, and an education officer travel from Perth to Lake Jasper to visit the young person for almost a full day once or twice per term. (3) The young person’s caseworker last visited the young person on 1 September 2006 and the co-worker’s last visit was in September 2006. (4) The young person attends school each day in a classroom at Lake Jasper. A qualified teacher delivers an education program provided by the Department of Education and Training’s Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. (5) No.
(4) What type of education program is being delivered to the children? (5) Has the minister received any correspondence from Aboriginal elders stating their concerns about how Lake Jasper is being run? Hon KATE DOUST replied: The Minister for Community Development has provided the following response - Lake Jasper is not a departmental hostel; it is a non-government youth service that is funded by DCD. I am advised - (1) There are no untrained staff. (2) Lake Jasper is not a Department for Community Development hostel; it is a non-government youth service. Presently only one child is placed at Lake Jasper. The young person’s case manager for the metropolitan area has weekly phone contact with the staff of the service and with the young person once every two or three weeks if the young person is not in school at the time of the call. A co-worker from the Busselton office visits the young person once a week. The case manager, who is a senior officer of Aboriginal services, and an education officer travel from Perth to Lake Jasper to visit the young person for almost a full day once or twice per term. (3) The young person’s caseworker last visited the young person on 1 September 2006 and the co-worker’s last visit was in September 2006. (4) The young person attends school each day in a classroom at Lake Jasper. A qualified teacher delivers an education program provided by the Department of Education and Training’s Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. (5) No.
(5) Has the minister received any correspondence from Aboriginal elders stating their concerns about how Lake Jasper is being run? Hon KATE DOUST replied: The Minister for Community Development has provided the following response - Lake Jasper is not a departmental hostel; it is a non-government youth service that is funded by DCD. I am advised - (1) There are no untrained staff. (2) Lake Jasper is not a Department for Community Development hostel; it is a non-government youth service. Presently only one child is placed at Lake Jasper. The young person’s case manager for the metropolitan area has weekly phone contact with the staff of the service and with the young person once every two or three weeks if the young person is not in school at the time of the call. A co-worker from the Busselton office visits the young person once a week. The case manager, who is a senior officer of Aboriginal services, and an education officer travel from Perth to Lake Jasper to visit the young person for almost a full day once or twice per term. (3) The young person’s caseworker last visited the young person on 1 September 2006 and the co-worker’s last visit was in September 2006. (4) The young person attends school each day in a classroom at Lake Jasper. A qualified teacher delivers an education program provided by the Department of Education and Training’s Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. (5) No.
Hon KATE DOUST replied: The Minister for Community Development has provided the following response - Lake Jasper is not a departmental hostel; it is a non-government youth service that is funded by DCD. I am advised - (1) There are no untrained staff. (2) Lake Jasper is not a Department for Community Development hostel; it is a non-government youth service. Presently only one child is placed at Lake Jasper. The young person’s case manager for the metropolitan area has weekly phone contact with the staff of the service and with the young person once every two or three weeks if the young person is not in school at the time of the call. A co-worker from the Busselton office visits the young person once a week. The case manager, who is a senior officer of Aboriginal services, and an education officer travel from Perth to Lake Jasper to visit the young person for almost a full day once or twice per term. (3) The young person’s caseworker last visited the young person on 1 September 2006 and the co-worker’s last visit was in September 2006. (4) The young person attends school each day in a classroom at Lake Jasper. A qualified teacher delivers an education program provided by the Department of Education and Training’s Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. (5) No.
The Minister for Community Development has provided the following response - Lake Jasper is not a departmental hostel; it is a non-government youth service that is funded by DCD. I am advised - (1) There are no untrained staff. (2) Lake Jasper is not a Department for Community Development hostel; it is a non-government youth service. Presently only one child is placed at Lake Jasper. The young person’s case manager for the metropolitan area has weekly phone contact with the staff of the service and with the young person once every two or three weeks if the young person is not in school at the time of the call. A co-worker from the Busselton office visits the young person once a week. The case manager, who is a senior officer of Aboriginal services, and an education officer travel from Perth to Lake Jasper to visit the young person for almost a full day once or twice per term. (3) The young person’s caseworker last visited the young person on 1 September 2006 and the co-worker’s last visit was in September 2006. (4) The young person attends school each day in a classroom at Lake Jasper. A qualified teacher delivers an education program provided by the Department of Education and Training’s Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. (5) No.
Lake Jasper is not a departmental hostel; it is a non-government youth service that is funded by DCD. I am advised - (1) There are no untrained staff. (2) Lake Jasper is not a Department for Community Development hostel; it is a non-government youth service. Presently only one child is placed at Lake Jasper. The young person’s case manager for the metropolitan area has weekly phone contact with the staff of the service and with the young person once every two or three weeks if the young person is not in school at the time of the call. A co-worker from the Busselton office visits the young person once a week. The case manager, who is a senior officer of Aboriginal services, and an education officer travel from Perth to Lake Jasper to visit the young person for almost a full day once or twice per term. (3) The young person’s caseworker last visited the young person on 1 September 2006 and the co-worker’s last visit was in September 2006. (4) The young person attends school each day in a classroom at Lake Jasper. A qualified teacher delivers an education program provided by the Department of Education and Training’s Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. (5) No.
(1) There are no untrained staff. (2) Lake Jasper is not a Department for Community Development hostel; it is a non-government youth service. Presently only one child is placed at Lake Jasper. The young person’s case manager for the metropolitan area has weekly phone contact with the staff of the service and with the young person once every two or three weeks if the young person is not in school at the time of the call. A co-worker from the Busselton office visits the young person once a week. The case manager, who is a senior officer of Aboriginal services, and an education officer travel from Perth to Lake Jasper to visit the young person for almost a full day once or twice per term. (3) The young person’s caseworker last visited the young person on 1 September 2006 and the co-worker’s last visit was in September 2006. (4) The young person attends school each day in a classroom at Lake Jasper. A qualified teacher delivers an education program provided by the Department of Education and Training’s Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. (5) No.
(2) Lake Jasper is not a Department for Community Development hostel; it is a non-government youth service. Presently only one child is placed at Lake Jasper. The young person’s case manager for the metropolitan area has weekly phone contact with the staff of the service and with the young person once every two or three weeks if the young person is not in school at the time of the call. A co-worker from the Busselton office visits the young person once a week. The case manager, who is a senior officer of Aboriginal services, and an education officer travel from Perth to Lake Jasper to visit the young person for almost a full day once or twice per term. (3) The young person’s caseworker last visited the young person on 1 September 2006 and the co-worker’s last visit was in September 2006. (4) The young person attends school each day in a classroom at Lake Jasper. A qualified teacher delivers an education program provided by the Department of Education and Training’s Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. (5) No.
(3) The young person’s caseworker last visited the young person on 1 September 2006 and the co-worker’s last visit was in September 2006. (4) The young person attends school each day in a classroom at Lake Jasper. A qualified teacher delivers an education program provided by the Department of Education and Training’s Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. (5) No.
(4) The young person attends school each day in a classroom at Lake Jasper. A qualified teacher delivers an education program provided by the Department of Education and Training’s Schools of Isolated and Distance Education. (5) No.
(5) No.
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