❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding Department of Communities staff in the Gascoyne region, Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander and Maori staff in senior positions, and de-escalation training for frontline staff.
AnsweredQoN 687Legislative Assembly
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(1) In reference to staff in the Department of Communities, who are based in the Gascoyne Region: (a) How many Department of Communities staff live and work in Carnarvon; and (b) What are there position levels and do any hold senior departmental positions? (2) In reference to staff in the Department of Communities: (a) How many staff who hold senior departmental positions are of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander ancestry: (i) Of these, how many are regionally based and what are their roles; and (b) How many staff who hold senior departmental positions are of Maori ancestry: (i) Of these, how many are regionally based and what are their roles? (3) In reference to training of frontline staff in the Department of Communtities: (a) Are staff formally trained in de-escalation tactics: (i) If yes, please table the procedures and lessons provided and detail if this is in person or online only; (b) How many Full-Time Equivalent staff (FTE) are currently trained in de-escalation tactics; (c) How many staff (headcount actual) are currently trained in de-escalation tactics; and (d) For (b) and (c) please detail how many of those staff are currently based in the following regions: (i) MidWest; (ii) Gascoyne; and (iii) Pilbara?
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Answered
15 March 2023
Responded by
Minister for Housing; Lands; Homelessness; Local Government
Response time
7 days
The Department of Communities (Communities) advise that as at 1 February 2023:
(1) 21 employees work in Carnarvon, ranging from Level 2 to Specified Calling 3.
(2)
(a) The Department of Communities is unable to disclose this information as it is supplied by employees in confidence and cannot be released in a manner that could make those employees working in regional towns identifiable.
(b) Communities does not record this information.
(3)
(a) Four training courses are provided in Therapeutic Crisis Intervention, Responding to Aggression, Understand and Diffuse Aggression and MAYBO Training - Positive Approaches to Behaviour and Managing Conflict. Training is delivered in person and online.
(b) 586.2 Full-Time Equivalent employees have completed one or more of the courses .
(c) 673 employees have attended the courses .
(d)
(i)-(ii) For the Mid-West Gascoyne Region, 88.
(iii) 47.
(1) 21 employees work in Carnarvon, ranging from Level 2 to Specified Calling 3.
(2)
(a) The Department of Communities is unable to disclose this information as it is supplied by employees in confidence and cannot be released in a manner that could make those employees working in regional towns identifiable.
(b) Communities does not record this information.
(3)
(a) Four training courses are provided in Therapeutic Crisis Intervention, Responding to Aggression, Understand and Diffuse Aggression and MAYBO Training - Positive Approaches to Behaviour and Managing Conflict. Training is delivered in person and online.
(b) 586.2 Full-Time Equivalent employees have completed one or more of the courses .
(c) 673 employees have attended the courses .
(d)
(i)-(ii) For the Mid-West Gascoyne Region, 88.
(iii) 47.
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