FOSTER CARE REFRESH
PROJECT
730. Hon NICK GOIRAN to the parliamentary secretary representing the
Minister for Child Protection:
I refer to the Foster care
refresh project and the actionable items listed in its report, one of which
is to pilot and evaluate the use of a specific duty officer to respond to
carers in a timely manner in two districts, one metropolitan and one regional.
(1) Noting that
the report says on page 12 ''Carers were concerned about the timeliness
of responses from Communities, particularly in terms of decision making and
impact on the child due to the delays'', how will the pilot address this
issue?
(2) When is this pilot scheduled to
commence?
(3) What will be the model or
process for this pilot?
(4) How will the success of the
pilot be measured?
Hon
SAMANTHA ROWE replied:
I thank the member for some notice
of the question. I provide the following answer on behalf of the Minister for
Child Protection.
(1) The pilot
will make a worker available to carers to contact during business hours. This
worker will liaise with case managers and others to address carers'
needs promptly.
(2)–(3) Pilot
models are currently being developed in each of the two trial districts and
they will be finalised within the next four weeks.
(4) Measures of
success are currently being identified and considered for inclusion within an
evaluation framework for the proposed pilot models.