A Western Australian parliamentary question on notice regarding child protection services, specifically focusing on safety and wellbeing assessments, children in care, and caseload management across different districts as of August 31, 2011. The response provides detailed numerical data for each question.

AnsweredQoN 4929Legislative Council
Asked
2 November 2011
Portfolio
Child Protection

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

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Answered
30 November 2011
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection
Response time
28 days
(1) The number of new safety and wellbeing assessments for a child recorded during the month of August 2011 by district was:
Armadale - 81
Cannington - 82
Fremantle - 44
Joondalup - 72
Midland - 56
Mirrabooka - 97
Perth - 20
Rockingham - 50
East Kimberley - 26
Goldfields - 38
Great Southern - 10
Murchison - 107
Peel - 60
Pilbara - 34
South West - 47
West Kimberley - 16
Wheatbelt - 22
Crisis Care - 86.
(2) The number of new safety and wellbeing assessments with harm concerns recorded during the month of August 2011 by district was:
Armadale - 48
Cannington - 46
Fremantle - 36
Joondalup - 60
Midland - 53
Mirrabooka -93
Perth - 18
Rockingham - 39
East Kimberley - 18
Goldfields - 27
Great Southern - 9
Murchison - 81
Peel - 57
Pilbara - 23
South West - 42
West Kimberley - 12
Wheatbelt - 12
Crisis Care - 83.
(3) The number of children in care for more than 30 days with no planning recorded as at 31 August 2011 by district was:
Armadale - 3
Cannington - 0
Fremantle - 0
Joondalup - 3
Midland - 0
Mirrabooka - 1
Perth - 0
Rockingham - 0
East Kimberley - 0
Goldfields - 0
Great Southern - 0
Murchison - 1
Peel - 3
Pilbara - 0
South West - 1
West Kimberley - 0
Wheatbelt - 0
Other - 8 (includes non-district work units such as Fostering and Adoption Services).
(4) As at 31 August 2011, the number of safety and wellbeing assessments with harm concerns for more than 30 days but less than 90 days by district was:
Armadale - 62
Cannington - 72
Fremantle - 68
Joondalup - 28
Midland - 62
Mirrabooka - 61
Perth - 31
Rockingham - 38
East Kimberley - 14
Goldfields - 58
Great Southern - 10
Murchison - 47
Peel - 54
Pilbara - 17
South West - 5
West Kimberley - 17
Wheatbelt - 12
Crisis Care - 6.
(5) As at 31 August 2011, the number of safety and wellbeing assessments with harm concerns open for more than 90 days by district was:
Armadale - 40
Cannington - 32
Fremantle - 39
Joondalup - 8
Midland - 45
Mirrabooka - 20
Perth - 7
Rockingham - 20
East Kimberley - 12
Goldfields - 30
Great Southern - 7
Murchison - 24
Peel - 84
Pilbara - 13
South West - 7
West Kimberley - 9
Wheatbelt - 9
Crisis Care - 3
Other - 10.
(6) As at 31 August 2011, the number of open safety and wellbeing assessments with harm concerns by district was:
Armadale - 160
Cannington - 154
Fremantle - 141
Joondalup - 86
Midland - 144
Mirrabooka - 178
Perth - 48
Rockingham - 97
East Kimberley - 45
Goldfields - 113
Great Southern - 25
Murchison - 146
Peel - 188
Pilbara - 46
South West - 43
West Kimberley - 36
Wheatbelt - 33
Crisis Care - 33
Other - 10.
(7) As at 31 August 2011, what was the number of 'monitored' or 'active holding' cases not allocated to workers caseload, by district?
Armadale - 79
Cannington - 64
Fremantle - 28
Joondalup - 22
Midland - 66
Mirrabooka - 29
Perth - 15
Rockingham - 31
East Kimberley - 42
Goldfields - 129
Great Southern - 20
Murchison - 77
Peel - 67
Pilbara - 38
South West - 5
West Kimberley - 35
Wheatbelt - 44.
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