❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice addresses the implementation of recommendations and programs related to family violence and child abuse in Aboriginal communities, with a focus on the role of the Office of Aboriginal Health and collaborative efforts with other agencies.
AnsweredQoN 5375Legislative Council
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(1) What has been done to ensure that this recommendation has been implemented?
(2) What programs have been implemented to address family violence in Aboriginal Communities?
(3) What has been done to address child abuse in Aboriginal Communities?
(4) What year did the above take place?
(2) What programs have been implemented to address family violence in Aboriginal Communities?
(3) What has been done to address child abuse in Aboriginal Communities?
(4) What year did the above take place?
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Answered
27 September 2007
Responded by
Minister for Child Protection representing the Minister for Health
Response time
29 days
(1) The Office of Aboriginal Health (OAH) is an important party in WA Health's initiatives on this matter.
Examples include participation in the Interagency Child Protection Coordinating group; supporting the development of the Child and Adolescent Community Health Division of Child Adolescent Health Services 'Guidelines for responding to child abuse, neglect and the impact of family and domestic violence (2004)'; and the development of procedures associated the Building Solid Families program and the Aboriginal Healing Project.
(2) The lead agencies for policy and program development to address family violence are the Department for Communities and the Department of Child Protection.
Services funded by the OAH, particularly in the area of counselling, contribute to addressing this issue. The OAH funds counselling services (delivered by Aboriginal organisations) in metropolitan and regional locations which include Perth, Port Hedland, Broome, Wyndham, Geraldton and Albany.
(3) WA Health's Child and Adolescent Community Health Division developed and implemented the
Guidelines for responding to child abuse, neglect and the impact of family and domestic violence
(2004).
The guidelines address the over-representation of Aboriginal people in child protection statistics. Two 2-day train-the-trainer courses in the use of the
Guidelines
were provided statewide and this included Aboriginal people employed by the Department of Health. Forty people trained as trainers then provided training to health professionals in Area Health Services. There was a strong engagement with Aboriginal employees through this process. Additional training was provided in 2006 to Community Health Managers in the
Guidelines
WA Health continues to work collaboratively with the WA Police and the Department for Child Protection to implement protocols for the reporting and management of children with sexually transmitted infections.
Subsequent to the Gordon Inquiry, the following also occurred in WA Health:
· Additional FTE and physical expansion for the Child Protection Unit
· Additional FTE for the Sexual Assault Referral Centre.
WA Health also provides funds for an Office of Aboriginal Health officer to work as part the Gordon Secretariat (Department of Indigenous Affairs). The role of the Secretariat is to oversight the Government's Action Plan in response to the Gordon Inquiry.
(4) Training provided in 2004, 2005, and 2006; OAH officer at DIA since October 2005; working with other agencies occurs on an ongoing basis.
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Examples include participation in the Interagency Child Protection Coordinating group; supporting the development of the Child and Adolescent Community Health Division of Child Adolescent Health Services 'Guidelines for responding to child abuse, neglect and the impact of family and domestic violence (2004)'; and the development of procedures associated the Building Solid Families program and the Aboriginal Healing Project.
(2) The lead agencies for policy and program development to address family violence are the Department for Communities and the Department of Child Protection.
Services funded by the OAH, particularly in the area of counselling, contribute to addressing this issue. The OAH funds counselling services (delivered by Aboriginal organisations) in metropolitan and regional locations which include Perth, Port Hedland, Broome, Wyndham, Geraldton and Albany.
(3) WA Health's Child and Adolescent Community Health Division developed and implemented the
Guidelines for responding to child abuse, neglect and the impact of family and domestic violence
(2004).
The guidelines address the over-representation of Aboriginal people in child protection statistics. Two 2-day train-the-trainer courses in the use of the
Guidelines
were provided statewide and this included Aboriginal people employed by the Department of Health. Forty people trained as trainers then provided training to health professionals in Area Health Services. There was a strong engagement with Aboriginal employees through this process. Additional training was provided in 2006 to Community Health Managers in the
Guidelines
WA Health continues to work collaboratively with the WA Police and the Department for Child Protection to implement protocols for the reporting and management of children with sexually transmitted infections.
Subsequent to the Gordon Inquiry, the following also occurred in WA Health:
· Additional FTE and physical expansion for the Child Protection Unit
· Additional FTE for the Sexual Assault Referral Centre.
WA Health also provides funds for an Office of Aboriginal Health officer to work as part the Gordon Secretariat (Department of Indigenous Affairs). The role of the Secretariat is to oversight the Government's Action Plan in response to the Gordon Inquiry.
(4) Training provided in 2004, 2005, and 2006; OAH officer at DIA since October 2005; working with other agencies occurs on an ongoing basis.
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