Page 1022 - Week 04 - Thursday, 3 May 2007

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(9) What qualifications does the current occupant of the position outlined in part (8) have;

(10) Which position currently provides administrative supervision of the program facilitator staff ;

(11) What was the budget allocation for rehabilitation services in ACT Corrective Services each year from 1994-95 to 2006-07.

Mr Corbell: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1) Data is only available from 1998.

(a) The following programs were available in Remand Centres for the periods specified:

• Basic numeracy and literacy skills, communication skills and drug addiction awareness (1998/1999–2001/2002); and

• Alcohol and Drug Coping Skills Program 2003–2006 (previously provided by ACT Health Services).

(b) The following community based programs were available for the periods specified:

• ‘Learning to Relate Without Violence and Abuse’, September 1998-March 2006 (contracted to Relationships Australia);

• Family Violence Cognitive Self Change Program November 2005 2006 (replaced “Learning to Relate without Violence and Abuse”);

• ‘Thinking for Change’ 2000–2005;

• Violent Offenders Program 2002–2004;

• Cognitive Self Change Program (CSCP) for men 2005–2006 (replaced ‘Thinking for Change’ Program and Violent Offenders Program);

• Cognitive Self Change Program (CSCP) for women 2005–2006 (replaced ‘Thinking for Change’ Program and Violent Offenders Program);

• Adult Sex Offender Program 2002–2006; and

• Respectful, Responsible Relationships Treatment Program June 2001-2006 (program for juveniles, formally Young Sex Offender Program).

(2) The following community-based programs will be offered in 2007:

• Respectful, Responsible Relationships Treatment Program - Juvenile Sex Offender Program;

• The Adult Sex Offender Program;

• Cognitive Self Change Women’s Program;

• Cognitive Self Change Men’s Program; and

• The Family Violence Cognitive Self Change Program.

The Remand Centre will continue to run the Alcohol and Drug Coping Skills Program in 2007.

(3) 2001-2002 was the first financial year where the Rehabilitation Programs Unit became a separate Unit from the Probation and Parole Unit within Community Corrections. Staffing records are only available from 2002 onwards.

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