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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2002 Week 13 Hansard (21 November) . . Page.. 4022 ..

� Relationship of ADU review to: EBA, Department of Education and Community Services expectations, schools of the New Millennium project and concurrent reviews into education services for at-risk youth in the ACT (Eclipse, DCAP and behaviour management in primary and high schools).

b) Identify the range of existing sexual assault services for children and young people in the ACT and the level of demand for these services. This will include:

� an assessment of the needs of children and young people which takes account of gender, those from diverse backgrounds and those with a disability

� identifying existing data, future data needs and appropriate data collection methods

� Identify gaps in service delivery and areas of duplication.

� Identify appropriate models of service delivery, giving consideration to practice in other jurisdictions. To include exploring the appropriateness of generic sexual assault services for children and young people.

� Identify appropriate strategies for co-ordination and planning of services.

� Identify a policy framework for the purchasing of sexual assault services, which recognises realistic resource parameters.

c) The reviewer was asked to prepare a regulation impact statement (RIS) in accordance with the ACT Government's Guide to Regulation in the ACT (March 2000) which supported the development of a modern and integrated legislative framework for the regulation of occupational health and safety and of dangerous goods.

d) Conduct a telephone survey to determine whether parent/carers would like more information about school performance in literacy and numeracy and what type of information would be helpful.

e) Through consultation with the ACT Government and the ACT children's services sector, the review aimed to:

� analyse the operations of each ACT funded occasional care service and identify what is being purchased through the government funding;

� describe the unique characteristics of occasional care and produce an `agreed definition of occasional care';

� research and establish the current trends in demand for, and utilisation of, the services, including the profile of clients and their requirements;

� examine the implications of occasional care services accessing approved child care benefit places through the Commonwealth;

� research and recommend operation models and funding options for occasional care, including Commonwealth and ACT Government funding options;

� make recommendations about contestability in relation to these services; and

� assist the sector organisations to position themselves in the service purchasing environment.

f) Terms of Reference of the review were as follows:

� Review the efficiency and effectiveness of the Family Services Intake system, including the role of the intake worker and the Response Team Supervisor, and make recommendations.

� Review the current workloads in child protection in the context of current roles and responsibilities. Benchmark with child protection workloads in other Australian jurisdictions. Make provisional recommendations, given that roles and responsibilities will change by December 2000.

� Analyse the factors giving rise to staff turnover and make recommendations for measures that will enhance staff retention

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