Foster care trends in a Western Australian non-government family welfare agency 1991-1999

2002 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-41
Author(s):  
Frank Ainsworth ◽  
Sue Ash ◽  
Adele Summers
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Significant Variation ◽  
Family Welfare ◽  
Electronic Database ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Family Services ◽  
Episode Of Care ◽  
Western Australian Department ◽  
Western Australian ◽  
Australian Department

Wanslea Family Services (WFS), a non-government family welfare agency in Perth, has provided foster care placements for the Western Australian Department of Family and Children's Services for many years. Data about these children and their families is held in a comprehensive electronic database that covers the period 1991-1999. This 9-year data set is unique in Western Australia and may be unique nationally.An analysis of this data indicates no significant variation across the nine year period for age at admission of children to foster care. In contrast, a statistically significant cubic trend was found for length of episode of care indicating that the duration of foster care placements significantly varied across the nine year period. Analyses of gender for both age at admission and length of foster care showed significant differences but only for particular years. In 1995 females were significantly younger than males while in 1998 males were significantly younger than females. Only in 1998 was length of episode of care significant when it was shorter for males than females. Possible explanations for these results are discussed.

Helping Parents — A preventive approach

1979 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-21
Author(s):  
E. J. Mildern
Keyword(s):  
Child Abuse ◽  
Child Care ◽  
Physical Abuse ◽  
School Children ◽  
Support Service ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Child Abuse Prevention ◽  
Western Australian Department ◽  
Western Australian ◽  
Australian Department

The Parents' Help Centre is a child abuse prevention unit which began operation in Perth on 9.1.1976. The Centre is administered by the Western Australian Department for Community Welfare and is jointly funded by the Office of Child Care and Department for Community Welfare.The Centre aims at preventing the physical abuse of pre-school children by offering a non-professional family-type support service in a warm accepting atmosphere to parents who are having difficulty in controlling their behaviour towards their (pre-school) children. The Centre is available to parents 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

scholarly journals Preparing Teachers for Rural Appointments

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Graeme Lock
Keyword(s):  
Student Teachers ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Rural And Remote ◽  
Travel Costs ◽  
Western Australian Department ◽  
Western Australian ◽  
And Training ◽  
Australian Department ◽  
Experience Difficulty

Education authorities continue to experience difficulty in recruiting and retaining teachers in rural and remote schools. In Western Australia (WA), a state noted for its vastness and number of schools located in rural and remote settings, a scheme developed by the Western Australian Department of Education and Training (DET) and the WA Chamber of Minerals and Energy aims to address this challenge by offering financial support to student teachers who wish to undertake their final practicum in a remote or rural education district in which they hope to work after graduation. The Student Teacher Rural Experience Program (STREP) assists with return travel costs and a weekly stipend for the duration of the practicum. The DET specifies the particular districts to which the STREP will apply and applicants need to satisfy a number of selection criteria. In 2005 a survey involving 2004 and 2005 STREP participants was undertaken to ascertain their opinions about how effective the program was in preparing them to teach in rural locations. This article discusses the quantitative data and participant comments on issues not adequately covered by STREP and how the program might be improved.  

The Parent Education & Assistance Project: A programme for single mothers & their children

1979 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-23
Author(s):  
Carey Drake-Brockman ◽  
Elizabeth Constable
Keyword(s):  
Single Mothers ◽  
Parent Education ◽  
Single Parent ◽  
Substitute Care ◽  
Single Parent Families ◽  
Western Australian Department ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
Western Australian ◽  
Australian Department ◽  
Assistance Project

The Parent Education and Assistance Project (PEAP) is a pilot programme aiming to develop and evaluate a range of services for single parent families with pre-school children within Fremantle, Western Australia.The Project is funded by the Office of Child Care, Department of Social Security under their “Alternatives to Residential Care for Children” programme, and is sponsored by the Western Australian Department for Community Welfare. The overriding goal of the Project is to support and strengthen vulnerable parent-child relationships with the aim of preventing the necessity for substitute care of the children.

Research priorities for the northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus) in the Pilbara region of Western Australia

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viki A. Cramer ◽  
Judy Dunlop ◽  
Rob Davis ◽  
Ryan Ellis ◽  
Belinda Barnett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Effort ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Fire Regimes ◽  
Grazing Pressure ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Monitoring Methods ◽  
Western Australian Department ◽  
Western Australian ◽  
Australian Department

The Pilbara population of the northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus) has been seldom studied, and the impacts of threats such as altered fire regimes, total grazing pressure, predation and mining and infrastructure development are not well understood. While the Pilbara was once thought likely to provide refuge for northern quolls from the poisonous cane toad (Rhinella marina), recent modelling suggests that cane toads will invade the region. The environmental approvals process for mining development in the Pilbara has generated considerable offset funds that are to be directed towards research on the northern quoll. In an effort to identify future research priorities for this species in the Pilbara through a collaborative process, the Western Australian Department of Parks and Wildlife hosted a workshop attended by scientists, environmental consultants, mining proponents and state and federal regulators. Participants at the workshop identified five key areas for future research effort: (1) develop appropriate and standardised survey and monitoring methods; (2) define areas of critical habitat and better understand how disturbance affects habitat quality; (3) improve our understanding of population dynamics; (4) better understand the key threats to the northern quoll and the interactions between these threats in the Pilbara; and (5) determine whether the northern quoll will colonise restored areas or artificial habitat. We provide the expected timelines and current allocation of resources to these research priorities over the next 10 years. We reflect on the lessons learnt from the workshop process and consider ways to improve the outcomes of such collaborative exercises.

A Comparison of Water Additives for Mopping-up After Forest Fires

1996 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Rawet ◽  
R Smith ◽  
G Kravainis
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fires ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
The Other ◽  
Wetting Agent ◽  
Total Water ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Flaming Combustion ◽  
Western Australian Department ◽  
Western Australian ◽  
Australian Department

A trial was carried out to compare the effectiveness of six extinguishants currently used in forest fire mopping up operations by the Western Australian Department of Conservation and Land Management. The extinguishants; water alone, water with retardant, foam, retardant plus foam, wetting agent and retardant plus wetting agent were compared by applying them to burning heaps of dry pine logs. There were twelve replicates of each extinguishant treatment, with one of each type being applied each day over twelve days. Foam, used alone or with retardant, was most effective in extinguishing flaming combustion, both in terms of the time taken and the amount of water used, but was least effective in preventing the re-ignition of hot, smouldering logs. Retardant plus foam required significantly less total water than the other extinguishants because of the effect of the retardant in delaying re-ignition. In terms of total water used the most expensive treatment was straight water, requiring 17% more than retardant plus foam but only about 7% more than the other four treatments. The poor performance of the foam treatments in preventing re-ignitions, may have been due to the method of application. The observed advantage of foam in terms of knockdown capability needs further validation.

scholarly journals Fit for purpose - developing a software platform to support the modern challenges of data linkage in Western Australia

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Walter Eitelhuber ◽  
James Thackray ◽  
Steve Hodges ◽  
Janine Alan
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Data Linkage ◽  
Data Delivery ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
The Family ◽  
Western Australian Department ◽  
Fit For Purpose ◽  
Family Connections ◽  
Western Australian ◽  
Australian Department

The Western Australia Data Linkage System (WADLS) is maintained and operated by the WA Data Linkage Branch (DLB) at the Western Australian Department of Health. DLB has pioneered a number of data linkage innovations, including the facilitation of genealogical research via the Family Connections system and streamlined data delivery via the Custodian Administered Research Extract Server. DLB’s latest innovation is a new data linkage system called “DLS3”, which improves DLB’s capability and capacity to handle the increasing volume and complexity of its routine operations. DLS3 was built entirely in-house and customised to meet the specific challenges that DLB has encountered throughout over twenty years of experience with a wide variety of linkages. This article describes the development and rollout of DLS3, including its design, architecture, benefits and limitations.

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT DECISION-MAKING CRITERIA INVOLVED IN THE REGULATION OF DRILLING FLUIDS OFFSHORE

1999 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 600 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.L. Cobby ◽  
R.J. Craddock
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Drilling Fluid ◽  
Standard Test ◽  
Drilling Fluids ◽  
Well Location ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Western Australian Department ◽  
Environmental Events ◽  
Western Australian ◽  
Australian Department

Traditional regulatory regimes have focussed upon the regulation of classes of drilling fluids based on their chemical category. The Western Australian Department of Minerals and Energy (WADME) has developed an alternative approach to the regulation of drilling fluids offshore.This alternate approach is based on an objective case- by-case assessment of each drilling proposal. The WADME assesses the likelihood and consequence (environmental risk) of potential environmental events associated with the total drilling proposal in determining the acceptability of that proposal.This approach uses a framework of assessment criteria to assist in decision making. These criteria include the environmental sensitivity of the well location; the oceanographic conditions and the potential for cuttings accumulation; the type and quantity of the proposed drilling fluid and cuttings; the method of cuttings disposal; the environmental performance of the drilling fluid under standard test protocols and the technical justification for the proposed use of the drilling fluids.This framework offers a more holistic assessment of the potential environmental impacts of a drilling proposal. This paper considers each criterion in this assessment and introduces cuttings pile removal as a topic for discussion.

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