Page 5388 - Week 14 - Thursday, 19 November 2009
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The Department’s Statement of Purpose, found in the Service Delivery Platform is: We deliver high quality, coordinated human services to significant sectors of the ACT community through engaging and involving our clients, building community partnerships, contributing to good governance and performing as a best practice organisation.
The client base of the department’s services needs to be considered, given some comments earlier this week. We service people with disabilities, children with developmental delays; families, children and young people, including those who are at risk of neglect or abuse; culturally and linguistically diverse groups, migrants and refugees; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples; people in need of housing support and assistance—those at risk of or who are experiencing homelessness; people who receive concessions, rebates or community services; women and older people; and community groups and organisations. So that is a broad, complex, exciting group and sector to work with. Anyone who thinks that is a light load really does need to read the annual report.
Across the department there are 1,158 staff, of which 380 work in the Office for Children, Youth and Family Support, 350 work in Disability Act, 217 work in Housing and Community Services, and 104 work in Therapy ACT. I also thank them for the strong partnerships that they have created over the years with the community sector. Anyone who understands the work that we do would recognise the significant activity that we put through the community sector, which again provides front-line support and services across our community, often to the most vulnerable.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
The Assembly adjourned at 6.30 pm until Tuesday, 8 December 2009, at 10 am.
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