❓ Hon. Sally Talbot questions the Minister for Child Protection regarding deferred enhancements to the ASSIST client management system due to budget cuts, focusing on costs, scope, and impact on workload and caseload reporting accuracy. The Minister provides concise answers, indicating the enhancement will proceed in the next financial year.
AnsweredQoN 158Legislative Council
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DEPARTMENT FOR CHILD PROTECTION AND FAMILY SUPPORT —
ASSIST CLIENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
158. Hon SALLY TALBOT to the Minister for Child Protection:
I refer to the minister's decision to defer planned
enhancements to ASSIST, the Department for Child Protection and Family Support's
client management system, as part of the $1.217 million reduction in
expenditure this year.
(1) What is the cost of the planned enhancements?
(2) What aspects of ASSIST will be enhanced?
(3) Will the enhancements affect the workload management
system?
(4) Is the minister confident that current reporting of
caseload allocation is accurate?
ASSIST CLIENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
158. Hon SALLY TALBOT to the Minister for Child Protection:
I refer to the minister's decision to defer planned
enhancements to ASSIST, the Department for Child Protection and Family Support's
client management system, as part of the $1.217 million reduction in
expenditure this year.
(1) What is the cost of the planned enhancements?
(2) What aspects of ASSIST will be enhanced?
(3) Will the enhancements affect the workload management
system?
(4) Is the minister confident that current reporting of
caseload allocation is accurate?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this
question.
(1) The cost is $300 000.
(2) The
enhancement is automation of the existing manual process of exchanging domestic
violence information between the WA Police information management system and
the department's client management system. This enhancement will now be
progressed in 2013–14.
(3) No.
(4) Yes.
question.
(1) The cost is $300 000.
(2) The
enhancement is automation of the existing manual process of exchanging domestic
violence information between the WA Police information management system and
the department's client management system. This enhancement will now be
progressed in 2013–14.
(3) No.
(4) Yes.
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