❓ Details funding and staffing for child development and mental health programs in WA from 2001-2006, across various government agencies and locations. It highlights specific programs and expenditure within the Health Department.
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(2) What funds were available for these programs for each year?
(3) What number of child psychologists were employed by the Health Department for each year?
(3) What number of child psychologists were employed by the Health Department for each year?
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14 August 2007
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
55 days
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Intervention programs for children with special developmental needs are provided by a number of Government agencies including the Department of Health (DOH) and the Disability Services Commission, along with non-government organisations. DOH provides a range of services across the continuum of care for children and adolescents including those provided through hospitals, Child and Adolescent Mental Health services and Community Health services.
Child and Adolescent Community Health Division
Community Health provides universal child health and school health programs as well as a Child Development Service. The Child Development Service provides assessment, early intervention and therapy services for children at risk of, or who have identified developmental delay. Child development interventions are provided by a range of health professionals including speech pathologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, clinical psychologists, social workers, audiologists, paediatricians and medical officers.
The Child Development Service operates out of 15 sites across the metropolitan area: six in the north; eight in the south; and the State Child Development Centre (SCDC), which currently forms part of Princess Margaret Hospital.
Funds for the Child Development Service are provided in the table below.
Financial year
Total ($)
2001/02
9,642,255
2002/03
10,069,293
2003/04
11,123,900
2004/05
12,536,043
2005/06
12,685,993
WA Country Health Service (WACHS) - Community and Population Health
Mental health promotion programs are run in all WACHS regions by community health staff targeting preschool, primary and secondary school children. Programs that target childhood intervention in response to the special development needs of children and adolescents include:
Triple P - a family orientated program aiming to help parents teach their children social and communication skills.
Resourceful Adolescent Program (RAP).
FRIENDS for youth program.
Promoting Adolescent Sexual Health (PASH).
These programs are core business for Population and Community Health teams and do not have a separate budget.
Princess Margaret Hospital
The Psychological Medicine Clinical Care Unit (CCU) at the Child and Adolescent Health Service consists of four programs that provide a range of multidisciplinary clinical services to children and adolescents with mental health disorders. These programs are:
The Paediatric and Consultation Liaison Program
Acute services
The Eating Disorders Program
The Family Pathways Program.
Note: An additional therapeutic service called Family and Early Intervention Program (FEIP) provided multidisciplinary services to young children 0-5 years with mental health problems. This service was closed in December 2003, following a significant decline in program use. Following the program closure, pre-school aged children and their families requiring intervention were offered access to treatment within the Family Pathways Program. Infants (0-3 years) who had been accessing FEIP were transferred to the Consultant-Liaison Service at PMH.
The following table shows expenditure for each of the financial years for the Psychological Medicine CCU.
Actuals
Financial year
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
Total ($)
Psychological Medicine CCU, PMH
4,490,749
4,679,364
4,706,208
5,372,139
6,037,318
25,285,778
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
CAMHS provide assessment, urgent response, counselling and intervention to children (0 to 18 years) and families that have an identified mental health issue. CAMHS are located in metropolitan and rural areas across Western Australia. The location and annual budgets for CAMHS across Western Australia over the last five years are:
Region
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
M
etropolitan - North
Clarkson
$577,000
$697,000
$760,000
$795,000
Mirrabooka
-
-
-
$94,000
$236,000
Hillarys
-
$63,000
$699,000
$708,000
$872,000
Warwick
-
$1,152,000
$1,071,000
$948,000
$958,000
Shenton
-
$1,015,000
$785,000
$737,000
$978,000
Swan
-
-
-
-
$627,000
Swan Youth Therapies
-
-
-
-
$245,000
Metropolitan - South
Armadale
$816,905
$746,876
$763,849
$622,276
$805,079
Bentley
$784,707
$996,208
$1,470,536
$1,626,993
$1,287,584
Fremantle
$831,297
$1,056,745
$1,191,647
$1,284,578
$1,272,972
Rockingham
$367,736
$420,679
$633,613
$684,138
$767,717
Peel
$468,585
$486,743
$545,261
$570,951
$573,082
WA Country Health Services
Great Southern
$345,432
$427,404
$438,120
$496,116
$506,628
Goldfields
$468,750
$459,375
$431,250
$421,875
$489,187
Kimberley
$301,302
$342,497
$322,474
$353,942
$520,527
Midwest
$385,143
$362,214
$357,040
$391,698
$428,954
Pilbara
$277,219
$315,097
$297,777
$334,479
$397,499
South West
$416,141
$484,956
$521,417
$385,929
$524,692
Wheatbelt
$290,000
$331,000
$353,000
$401,000
$501,000
The Department of Health also provides a number of specialised child and adolescent programs and inpatient services:
Region
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
Bentley Adolescent Unit
$2,431,905
$2,130,263
$2,089,319
$2,119,497
$2,400,238
Families at Work (Bentley)
$792,863
$892,007
$1,042,039
$966,056
$977,639
Transition Unit (Bentley)
$181,736
$155,717
$286,379
$424,781
$624,290
Youth Reach South
-
-
-
$4,974
$526,453
Y outhlink
-
-
-
$1,133,000
Multi-systemic Therapy (MST)
-
$240,587
$140,830
$228,471
$1,127,444
Mental Health Division
The Mental Health Division provides funding to a number of non-government organisations for the provision of services for children and adolescents.
Region
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
Curtin University
-
$86,013
$105,588
$80,447
$83,576
TVW Telethon Institute for Child Health
$210,940
$215,690
$218,113
$224,874
$242,784
Fremantle Regional Division of General Practice
$52,840
$54,000
$54,637
$56,331
$58,312
Wanslea Family Services
-
-
-
-
$90,000
Samaritans
$41,647
$42,590
$43,066
$44,401
$45,817
Perth Inner City Youth Service
-
-
-
-
$79,992
University of Western Australia
$260,876
-
-
$50,000
$207,034
WA Aids Council
$72,000
$73,440
$74,262
$76,564
$79,257
The Richmond Fellowship of WA
$200,000
-
-
-
-
Learning and Attentional Disorder Society of WA
-
$10,000
-
-
-
Note: Child and adolescent needs also the focus of other NGO contracts provided under WA Health, but are part of the NGOs contracts' line operations and/or are listed as sub-items within their contract.
WA Health employs psychologists, clinical psychologists and psychiatrists who work with children.
Psychologists undertake four years undergraduate study - they are not specifically trained as a 'child psychologist' but may be a registered psychologist who works mainly with children.
Clinical psychologists are those who have completed the four-year undergraduate course and then undertake a further two year postgraduate course and then work two supervised years. They are not specifically trained in 'child psychology' but may elect to work in the area and therefore gain specialist skills and knowledge in this field over a period of time - the Department of Health does not usually refer to them as 'child psychologists' or 'child clinical psychologists'.
Psychiatrists are medically trained and undertake a specialist course. They have a specialist course in child and adolescent psychiatry but are only registered with the Medical Board as a 'psychiatrist'.
The total number of clinical psychologists employed by WA Health is provided below, as the number of psychologists who work with children is not separately identified in its workforce data systems.
June 2001
June 2002
June 2003
June 2004
June 2005
June 2006
140
136
146
150
157
194
Note: Data is month-to-date FTE.
The total annual average number of psychiatrists (consultant psychiatrists and psychiatry registrars) employed by WA Health is provided below, as the number of psychiatrists who work with children is not separately identified in its workforce data systems.
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
195
200
195
201
220
233
Note: Data for the years 2001-2003 is from the National Mental Health Report 2005. The data for 2004 and 2005 will be published in the National Mental Health Report 2007 later this year. The 2006 figure is derived from the returns from Mental Health Services for the National Minimum Data Set Mental Health Establishments.
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Intervention programs for children with special developmental needs are provided by a number of Government agencies including the Department of Health (DOH) and the Disability Services Commission, along with non-government organisations. DOH provides a range of services across the continuum of care for children and adolescents including those provided through hospitals, Child and Adolescent Mental Health services and Community Health services.
Child and Adolescent Community Health Division
Community Health provides universal child health and school health programs as well as a Child Development Service. The Child Development Service provides assessment, early intervention and therapy services for children at risk of, or who have identified developmental delay. Child development interventions are provided by a range of health professionals including speech pathologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, clinical psychologists, social workers, audiologists, paediatricians and medical officers.
The Child Development Service operates out of 15 sites across the metropolitan area: six in the north; eight in the south; and the State Child Development Centre (SCDC), which currently forms part of Princess Margaret Hospital.
Funds for the Child Development Service are provided in the table below.
Financial year
Total ($)
2001/02
9,642,255
2002/03
10,069,293
2003/04
11,123,900
2004/05
12,536,043
2005/06
12,685,993
WA Country Health Service (WACHS) - Community and Population Health
Mental health promotion programs are run in all WACHS regions by community health staff targeting preschool, primary and secondary school children. Programs that target childhood intervention in response to the special development needs of children and adolescents include:
Triple P - a family orientated program aiming to help parents teach their children social and communication skills.
Resourceful Adolescent Program (RAP).
FRIENDS for youth program.
Promoting Adolescent Sexual Health (PASH).
These programs are core business for Population and Community Health teams and do not have a separate budget.
Princess Margaret Hospital
The Psychological Medicine Clinical Care Unit (CCU) at the Child and Adolescent Health Service consists of four programs that provide a range of multidisciplinary clinical services to children and adolescents with mental health disorders. These programs are:
The Paediatric and Consultation Liaison Program
Acute services
The Eating Disorders Program
The Family Pathways Program.
Note: An additional therapeutic service called Family and Early Intervention Program (FEIP) provided multidisciplinary services to young children 0-5 years with mental health problems. This service was closed in December 2003, following a significant decline in program use. Following the program closure, pre-school aged children and their families requiring intervention were offered access to treatment within the Family Pathways Program. Infants (0-3 years) who had been accessing FEIP were transferred to the Consultant-Liaison Service at PMH.
The following table shows expenditure for each of the financial years for the Psychological Medicine CCU.
Actuals
Financial year
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
Total ($)
Psychological Medicine CCU, PMH
4,490,749
4,679,364
4,706,208
5,372,139
6,037,318
25,285,778
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
CAMHS provide assessment, urgent response, counselling and intervention to children (0 to 18 years) and families that have an identified mental health issue. CAMHS are located in metropolitan and rural areas across Western Australia. The location and annual budgets for CAMHS across Western Australia over the last five years are:
Region
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
M
etropolitan - North
Clarkson
$577,000
$697,000
$760,000
$795,000
Mirrabooka
-
-
-
$94,000
$236,000
Hillarys
-
$63,000
$699,000
$708,000
$872,000
Warwick
-
$1,152,000
$1,071,000
$948,000
$958,000
Shenton
-
$1,015,000
$785,000
$737,000
$978,000
Swan
-
-
-
-
$627,000
Swan Youth Therapies
-
-
-
-
$245,000
Metropolitan - South
Armadale
$816,905
$746,876
$763,849
$622,276
$805,079
Bentley
$784,707
$996,208
$1,470,536
$1,626,993
$1,287,584
Fremantle
$831,297
$1,056,745
$1,191,647
$1,284,578
$1,272,972
Rockingham
$367,736
$420,679
$633,613
$684,138
$767,717
Peel
$468,585
$486,743
$545,261
$570,951
$573,082
WA Country Health Services
Great Southern
$345,432
$427,404
$438,120
$496,116
$506,628
Goldfields
$468,750
$459,375
$431,250
$421,875
$489,187
Kimberley
$301,302
$342,497
$322,474
$353,942
$520,527
Midwest
$385,143
$362,214
$357,040
$391,698
$428,954
Pilbara
$277,219
$315,097
$297,777
$334,479
$397,499
South West
$416,141
$484,956
$521,417
$385,929
$524,692
Wheatbelt
$290,000
$331,000
$353,000
$401,000
$501,000
The Department of Health also provides a number of specialised child and adolescent programs and inpatient services:
Region
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
Bentley Adolescent Unit
$2,431,905
$2,130,263
$2,089,319
$2,119,497
$2,400,238
Families at Work (Bentley)
$792,863
$892,007
$1,042,039
$966,056
$977,639
Transition Unit (Bentley)
$181,736
$155,717
$286,379
$424,781
$624,290
Youth Reach South
-
-
-
$4,974
$526,453
Y outhlink
-
-
-
$1,133,000
Multi-systemic Therapy (MST)
-
$240,587
$140,830
$228,471
$1,127,444
Mental Health Division
The Mental Health Division provides funding to a number of non-government organisations for the provision of services for children and adolescents.
Region
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
Curtin University
-
$86,013
$105,588
$80,447
$83,576
TVW Telethon Institute for Child Health
$210,940
$215,690
$218,113
$224,874
$242,784
Fremantle Regional Division of General Practice
$52,840
$54,000
$54,637
$56,331
$58,312
Wanslea Family Services
-
-
-
-
$90,000
Samaritans
$41,647
$42,590
$43,066
$44,401
$45,817
Perth Inner City Youth Service
-
-
-
-
$79,992
University of Western Australia
$260,876
-
-
$50,000
$207,034
WA Aids Council
$72,000
$73,440
$74,262
$76,564
$79,257
The Richmond Fellowship of WA
$200,000
-
-
-
-
Learning and Attentional Disorder Society of WA
-
$10,000
-
-
-
Note: Child and adolescent needs also the focus of other NGO contracts provided under WA Health, but are part of the NGOs contracts' line operations and/or are listed as sub-items within their contract.
WA Health employs psychologists, clinical psychologists and psychiatrists who work with children.
Psychologists undertake four years undergraduate study - they are not specifically trained as a 'child psychologist' but may be a registered psychologist who works mainly with children.
Clinical psychologists are those who have completed the four-year undergraduate course and then undertake a further two year postgraduate course and then work two supervised years. They are not specifically trained in 'child psychology' but may elect to work in the area and therefore gain specialist skills and knowledge in this field over a period of time - the Department of Health does not usually refer to them as 'child psychologists' or 'child clinical psychologists'.
Psychiatrists are medically trained and undertake a specialist course. They have a specialist course in child and adolescent psychiatry but are only registered with the Medical Board as a 'psychiatrist'.
The total number of clinical psychologists employed by WA Health is provided below, as the number of psychologists who work with children is not separately identified in its workforce data systems.
June 2001
June 2002
June 2003
June 2004
June 2005
June 2006
140
136
146
150
157
194
Note: Data is month-to-date FTE.
The total annual average number of psychiatrists (consultant psychiatrists and psychiatry registrars) employed by WA Health is provided below, as the number of psychiatrists who work with children is not separately identified in its workforce data systems.
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
195
200
195
201
220
233
Note: Data for the years 2001-2003 is from the National Mental Health Report 2005. The data for 2004 and 2005 will be published in the National Mental Health Report 2007 later this year. The 2006 figure is derived from the returns from Mental Health Services for the National Minimum Data Set Mental Health Establishments.
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