INDIGENOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL
SERVICES REPORT
95. Hon NICK GOIRAN to the Leader of the House representing
the Minister for Child Protection:
I refer to the Indigenous Psychological
Services report commissioned in August 2017 that outlined 14 guiding principles
for the government's consideration that focus on improving the cultural
competency and capability of the department's child protection
workforce and practices.
(1) What was the cost of the
report?
(2) When was the minister first
briefed after the department received the report in October 2019?
(3) Which of the 49 recommendations have been implemented?
(4) How many staff are yet to complete the online
learning program which is compulsory for all Communities' staff,
which covers Aboriginal origins, colonisation, policy impact on social
development and practice considerations?
(5) How many staff have completed
the Deadly Ways of Working training?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
(1) The report cost $418 700.
(2) The
Department of Communities received the first version of the report from
Indigenous Psychological Services on 17 May 2019 and provided a briefing to the
minister on 24 May 2019.
(3) The
Department of Communities has published the key actions it is undertaking to
improve its cultural competency and capability across the department, which are
informed by the recommendations in the Indigenous Psychological Services
report. Of the 18 key actions identified, one key action has been implemented—this is key action 16, which
relates to bodies of work exploring improvements to Communities'
data collection and analytics; 14 key
actions are in progress; and three key actions are pending implementation.
(4) Approximately 26 per cent of the total workforce
has yet to complete this training. New staff are recommended to complete
this course in their first six weeks of employment, so this figure includes
employees who have recently commenced and are still undertaking their required
training.
(5) A total of 152 staff have completed the training
since the pilot was launched in July 2021. In January 2022, this
training commenced rollout for all Department of Communities staff.