❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding Child and Parent Centres, specifically focusing on program offerings, participation, advertising, and off-site delivery, with a focus on the Carey Park Primary School centre and high-needs communities in Bunbury. The answer provides data and information, but also acknowledges limitations in data collection.
AnsweredQoN 3715Legislative Council
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I refer to Child and Parent Centres, and I ask: (a) for each Child and Parent Centre, how many programs have been offered to date in 2015, and how many parents and children participated in each program; (b) what are the high needs communities identified in Bunbury; (c) what advertising has been undertaken in 2015 to date of programs delivered by the Child and Parent Centre located at Carey Park Primary School; (d) which programs detailed in (c) attracted high enough demand that additional activities had to be scheduled into the timetable; and (e) which programs detailed in (c) were delivered off site and in each instance what alternate venue was used?
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Answered
2 December 2015
Responded by
Minister for Education
Response time
42 days
a. Refer to tabled paper. The paper provides a list of programs and services provided by each centre according to program type. This information is for the period 1 January 2015 to
30 June 2015, because currently data is provided to the Department of Education every six months.
b. The high-needs communities identified are: Withers (Maidens Park); Carey Park; and Glen Iris. In addition, families from East and South Bunbury, College Grove, Davenport and Usher also attend the Child and Parent Centre - Carey Park. The attached map shows the service boundary for the Child and Parent Centre - Carey Park.
c. The Child and Parent Centre - Carey Park undertakes significant advertising for all of its scheduled programs and services. This includes:
· advertising placed in the Carey Park Primary School and surrounding school newsletters;
· promotional flyers sent out into the community;
· posts sent out to email databases;
· the use of social media - Investing in our Youth, the non-government organisation that runs this Child and Parent Centre, has its own Facebook and web page;
· advertising of the Centre to the community through attendance at community events; and
· direct one-on-one contact with families.
In 2016 the advertising of programs and services will be enhanced through the introduction of a Child and Parent Centre mobile app.
d. The Department of Education is not provided with information on program oversubscription/waitlists. However, Investing in our Youth has advised the Department that several of the scheduled programs, in particular playgroups, are in high demand.
e. The Child and Parent Centre model of delivery is a 'hub and spoke' model, whereby it is expected that some programs and services are delivered off-site. No detail is recorded on the individual names of off-site venues. The table below provides an overview of the numbers of programs delivered off-site through the Child and Parent Centre - Carey Park.
Child and Parent Centre - Carey Park off-site programs
Program Type
Number Programs Delivered
Programs
Off-Site
Parenting & Family
10
3
Health Promotion
2
1
Child Health
4
2
Maternal Health
1
0
Early Learning
5
1
Child Support
1
0
Training & Professional Development
0
0
Other services
2
1
30 June 2015, because currently data is provided to the Department of Education every six months.
b. The high-needs communities identified are: Withers (Maidens Park); Carey Park; and Glen Iris. In addition, families from East and South Bunbury, College Grove, Davenport and Usher also attend the Child and Parent Centre - Carey Park. The attached map shows the service boundary for the Child and Parent Centre - Carey Park.
c. The Child and Parent Centre - Carey Park undertakes significant advertising for all of its scheduled programs and services. This includes:
· advertising placed in the Carey Park Primary School and surrounding school newsletters;
· promotional flyers sent out into the community;
· posts sent out to email databases;
· the use of social media - Investing in our Youth, the non-government organisation that runs this Child and Parent Centre, has its own Facebook and web page;
· advertising of the Centre to the community through attendance at community events; and
· direct one-on-one contact with families.
In 2016 the advertising of programs and services will be enhanced through the introduction of a Child and Parent Centre mobile app.
d. The Department of Education is not provided with information on program oversubscription/waitlists. However, Investing in our Youth has advised the Department that several of the scheduled programs, in particular playgroups, are in high demand.
e. The Child and Parent Centre model of delivery is a 'hub and spoke' model, whereby it is expected that some programs and services are delivered off-site. No detail is recorded on the individual names of off-site venues. The table below provides an overview of the numbers of programs delivered off-site through the Child and Parent Centre - Carey Park.
Child and Parent Centre - Carey Park off-site programs
Program Type
Number Programs Delivered
Programs
Off-Site
Parenting & Family
10
3
Health Promotion
2
1
Child Health
4
2
Maternal Health
1
0
Early Learning
5
1
Child Support
1
0
Training & Professional Development
0
0
Other services
2
1
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