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b. Of the 13 residential care properties three houses have doubled staff, however, again this can fluctuate depending on the number of children or young people in the residential property at any given time and their individual needs.
In addition to the staff model referred to above a range of therapeutic and other support staff attend and support young people in residential and CAP programs. This includes the Australian Childhood Foundation, ACT Together and CYPS case managers, disability support workers, and other agencies that are providing individual support to young people in accordance with their care plans. A flexible staffing model exists to enable an increase or decrease of staff depending on the presenting needs of young people at any given time.
3. The number of staff necessary to support children and young people is determined based on the number of children and young people in the residential care property and their specific needs. The Australian Childhood Foundation provides advice on the therapeutic support needs of each child or young person in residential care, including staffing needs. For example, in a house where young people are attending school, the number of staff may be increased in the evening to support the evening routine.
4. The cohort of children and young people in residential care is not static. As such staffing levels have either remained the same or fluctuated to ensure all children and young people are receiving the best support possible as determined by their individualised care team and input from the Australian Childhood Foundation.
Children and young people––kinship carers
(Question No 2969)
Mrs Kikkert asked the Minister for Children, Youth and Families, upon notice, on 3 April 2020:
(1) How many kinship carers are there currently in the ACT.
(2) How many of these kinship carers have requested professional counselling services to assist them in their care responsibilities and how many of these (a) have completed the counselling service and (b) are currently receiving professional counselling services.
(3) How many of these kinship carers have had professional counselling services recommended to them without having asked and how many of these (a) have completed the counselling service and (b) are currently receiving professional counselling services.
(4) On what grounds or in what cases is professional counselling recommended to kinship carers.
(5) On what grounds or in what cases is professional counselling provided when requested by a kinship carer.
(6) What percentage of professional counsellors who work with the ACT’s kinship carers are local, and what percentage came from interstate.
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