A Western Australian parliamentary question on notice regarding child protection, seeking data on safety and wellbeing assessments, children in care, and case management across various districts as of May 31, 2011. The response provides some data, but notes some is not retrospectively available.

AnsweredQoN 4362Legislative Council
Asked
30 June 2011
Portfolio
Child Protection

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(1) As at 31 May 2011, what was the number of new Safety and Wellbeing Assessments for a child recorded during that month, by district?
(2) As at 31 May 2011, what was the number of new Safety and Wellbeing Assessments with a harm assessment recorded during the month, by district?
(3) As at 31 May 2011, what was the number of children in care for more than 20 days with no planning recorded, by district?
(4) As at 31 May 2011, what was the number of Safety and Wellbeing Assessments open for more than 30 days but less than 90 days, by district?
(5) As at 31 May 2011, what was the number of Safety and Wellbeing Assessment with a harm assessment open for more than 90 days, by district?
(6) As at 31 May 2011, what were the number of open Safety and Wellbeing Assessments with a harm assessment, by district?
(7) As at 31 May 2011, what was the number of ‘monitored’ or ‘active holding’ cases not allocated to workers caseload, by district?

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Answered
31 August 2011
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection
Response time
62 days
(1) The number of new safety and wellbeing assessments for a child recorded during the month of May 2011 by district was:
Armadale - 30
Cannington - 38
Fremantle - 5
Joondalup - 11
Midland - 6
Mirrabooka - 30
Perth - 42
Rockingham - 10
Goldfields - 16
Great Southern - 8
Kimberley (East) - 15
Kimberley (West) - 8
Murchison - 21
Peel - 2
Pilbara - 26
South West - 33
Wheatbelt - 13
Crisis Care - 6.
(2) The number of new safety and wellbeing assessments with harm concerns recorded during the month of May 2011 by district was:
Armadale - 15
Cannington - 2
Fremantle - 9
Joondalup - 22
Midland - 12
Mirrabooka - 10
Perth - 9
Rockingham - 10
Goldfields - 14
Great Southern - 3
Kimberley (East) - 5
Kimberley (West) - 1
Murchison - 5
Peel - 5
Pilbara - 7
South West - 13
Wheatbelt - 9
Crisis Care - 4.
(3) The number of children in care for more than 20 days with no planning recorded as at 31 May 2011 by district is not available.
The number of children in care for more than 30 days with no planning recorded as at 31 May 2011 by district was:
Armadale - 1
Cannington - 0
Fremantle - 1
Joondalup - 12
Midland - 2
Mirrabooka - 0
Perth - 4
Rockingham - 1
Goldfields - 14
Great Southern - 1
Kimberley (East) - 0
Kimberley (West) - 1
Murchison - 1
Peel - 1
Pilbara - 0
South West - 1
Wheatbelt - 0
Crisis Care - 0.
(4) These data are not retrospectively available. As at 4 July 2011, the number of open safety and wellbeing assessments with harm concerns for more than 30 days but less than 90 days by district was:
Armadale - 40
Cannington - 23
Fremantle - 30
Joondalup - 20
Midland - 65
Mirrabooka - 42
Perth - 4
Rockingham - 26
Goldfields - 14
Great Southern - 9
Kimberley (East) - 13
Kimberley (West) - 0
Murchison - 30
Peel - 64
Pilbara - 8
South West - 2
Wheatbelt - 1.
(5) These data are not retrospectively available. As at 4 July 2011, the number of open safety and wellbeing assessments with harm concerns for more than 90 days by district was:
Armadale - 47
Cannington - 26
Fremantle - 51
Joondalup - 14
Midland - 21
Mirrabooka - 15
Perth - 10
Rockingham - 5
Goldfields - 31
Great Southern - 8
Kimberley (East) - 5
Kimberley (West) - 4
Murchison - 25
Peel - 66
Pilbara - 15
South West - 3
Wheatbelt - 10
Crisis Care - 1
Other - 13 (includes non-district units such as Fostering and Adoption Services, Therapeutic Intervention Services and Head Office).
(6) These data are not retrospectively available. As at 4 July 2011, the number of open safety and wellbeing assessments with harm concerns by district was:
Armadale -125
Cannington - 76
Fremantle - 108
Joondalup - 41
Midland - 115
Mirrabooka - 101
Perth - 31
Rockingham - 51
Goldfields - 53
Great Southern - 25
Kimberley (East) - 29
Kimberley (West) - 7
Murchison - 57
Peel - 155
Pilbara - 58
South West - 20
Wheatbelt - 17
Crisis Care - 1
Other - 13 (includes non-district units such as Fostering and Adoption Services, Therapeutic Intervention Services and Head Office).
(7) As at 31 May 2011, the number of monitored cases, by district was:
Armadale - 58
Cannington - 53
Fremantle - 50
Joondalup - 48
Midland - 36
Mirrabooka - 36
Perth - 13
Rockingham - 15
Goldfields - 67
Great Southern - 20
Kimberley (East) - 32
Kimberley (West) - 59
Murchison - 81
Peel - 63
Pilbara - 42
South West - 0
Wheatbelt - 32.
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