scholarly journals Making commissioning work: The relational gap between intent and implementation in the transition to ‘commissioning’ community services in New South Wales

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Riboldi ◽  
Lisa Fennis ◽  
Elaine Fishwick ◽  
Susan Goodwin ◽  
Marc Stears
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Community Services ◽  
South Wales

Rescission or Variation of Children's Court Orders: A Study of Section 90 Applications in New South Wales

2012 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Hansen
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Parental Responsibility ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Court Orders ◽  
Children's Court ◽  
Children’S Court

This article reports on a study of Children's Court files relating to completed applications for variation of care orders (section 90 applications) in three specialised Children's Courts in New South Wales. All files that could be located for completed applications were reviewed and nonidentifying data was recorded. The study attempted to examine the type of applications, the characteristics of applicants and the outcomes of the applications. One hundred and seventeen applications were reviewed: almost half of these were made by the then Department of Community Services (DoCS), and about the same proportion of applications were made by parents. After the section 90 applications were determined there was an increase in care orders allocating parental responsibility to the Minister for Community Services with 73% of the children placed under the care of the minister to age 18.

Success Stories from an Indigenous Immersion Primary Teaching Experience in New South Wales Schools

2011 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 23-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Harrington ◽  
Inga Brasche
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
New England ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Aboriginal Education ◽  
Indigenous Students ◽  
Success Stories ◽  
South Wales

A federal report released by the Department of Families and Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA, 2009), entitled Closing the Gap on Indigenous Disadvantage: The Challenge for Australia, highlighted the inequality that exists between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students based on a restricted access to resources, issues of isolation, staff and student retention, and cultural differences and challenges. In New South Wales (NSW), the Department of Education and Training (DET) and the Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG) in 2003/2004 undertook their own review of Aboriginal education in NSW Government schools that revealed significant concerns about the outcomes being achieved by Aboriginal students in NSW DET schools, confirming the more recent FaHCSIA (2009) findings. In 2006 the NSW DET implemented the Enhanced Teacher Training Scholarship Program (ETTSP) to empower 20 final-year education students to successfully engage with Indigenous students in schools and their wider community during their internship period. Using themes, this article explores the experiences of 10 University of New England scholarship holders at the end of their final year of teacher training and immersion/internship experience in 2010. The article puts forward useful recommendations for both teacher universities and students intending to teach in schools with high Indigenous student populations.

Programs for high needs children and young people: Group homes are not enough

2008 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Ainsworth ◽  
Patricia Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Young People ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Group Homes ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Residential Programs ◽  
South Wales ◽  
High Staff Turnover

Recently the Department of Community Services in New South Wales and the Department for Child Safety in Queensland have both released information about funding and the award of contracts for group homes and other residential services. In addition, in the 2008 discussion about out-of-home care at the Wood Commission of Inquiry into the Child Protection Services in New South Wales, group homes were discussed in terms of them being less demanding environments than foster care. The view presented was that group homes are appropriate for some young people who are either unsuitable for foster care or who want a less intimate setting than that provided by foster care. This article argues that group homes or residential programs, against the New South Wales and Queensland descriptions, fail to respond to the need for quality residential programs for children and youth. This is partly due to the low level of training for staff in group homes and high staff turnover.

scholarly journals Foster carers in New South Wales: Profile and projections based on ABS Census data

2005 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 17-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Siminski ◽  
Jenny Chalmers ◽  
Marilyn McHugh
Keyword(s):  
Census Data ◽  
New South ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Labour Force Participation ◽  
Relative Magnitude ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Female Labour ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Australian Bureau Of Statistics

Administrative data on foster carers in New South Wales (NSW) are sadly lacking. Based on research commissioned by the NSW Department of Community Services, this paper uses the Australian Bureau of Statistics Census of Population and Housing and other data to provide up-to-date information on the characteristics of foster carers and the demographic trends that are influencing their numbers. Census data indicate that foster carer families are most likely to contain women aged 35–54 years, not in the labour force. Couples account for two-thirds of all foster carers, with the majority of those couples also caring for birth children. While single parents account for less than one-fifth of all foster carers, they are more likely to foster than couples, either with or without birth children. Higher rates of fostering were found in relatively disadvantaged areas. Projected increases in female labour force participation are expected to contribute to a decline (or to slower growth) in the number of foster carers over the next decade. However, projected increases in sole parent families and couples without children are expected to have the opposite effect. The relative magnitude of these effects was not ascertained.

Support Provided by LGBTI Police Liaison Services: An Analysis of a Survey of LGBTIQ People in Australia

2021 ◽  
pp. 109861112110380
Author(s):  
Angela Dwyer ◽  
Christine E. W. Bond ◽  
Matthew Ball ◽  
Murray Lee ◽  
Thomas Crofts
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Specialized Training ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Practice Development

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) police liaison programs were established around Australia from the late 1980s onwards to ameliorate discriminatory relationships between LGBTIQ people and police. With specialized training to better understand LGBTIQ issues, police liaison officers can provide support to LGBTIQ people as victims, offenders, or witnesses. Interestingly, very few LGBTIQ people seek support from these officers, even though many know they exist. This paper reports the results of a survey of a sample of LGBTIQ community members across two Australian states (Queensland and New South Wales) that explored why LGBTIQ people seek support from LGBTI police liaison officers. An online questionnaire asked LGBTIQ people about their perceptions of, and experiences with, police generally, and LGBTI police liaison officers specifically. Similar to past research, our analysis primarily found high levels of awareness of liaison officers, but very few participants accessed them. Further, and concerningly, the participants were generally reluctant to seek them out for support. Key implications of our findings for policy and practice development in police and LGBTIQ community services are discussed.

Personal Services Assistance after the Sydney Floods of August 1986

1987 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 22-25
Author(s):  
Allison Rowlands
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Relief ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Community Services ◽  
The State ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Personal Services ◽  
Post Disaster

In New South Wales, the State Disaster Welfare Plan provides the structure for disaster relief and the co-ordination of both government and non-government bodies. The plan provides for a Personal Services and Welfare Information subcommittee in each regional or local area, responsible for assistance to individuals, groups and communities. This can be of a personal (e.g. counselling, referral) and information (e.g. dissemination, publicity, meetings) nature. Separate subcommittees are responsible for accommodation, clothing, catering and registration in the immediate post-disaster phase.The New South Wales Government also provides assistance to families who have suffered material losses in bushfires or floods, though a Relief Scheme, administered by the Department of Youth and Community Services and the Bushfire/Flood Relief Committee. The department is divided into ten regions throughout the state.

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