DHF Annual Report 2009 - NT Health Digital Library - Northern ...

Performance MeasureQuantity2008-09Actual2009-10Estimate2009-10Actual2010-11EstimateNotifications of child harm 1 6 190 6 400 6 585 6 800Proportion of notifications receivingan initial child danger assessment 2 100% 100% 100% 100%Child protection notifications that arefurther investigated 3 2 370 3 200 3 140 3 800Child protection notifications dealtwith by other means 4 3 820 3 200 3 681 3 400Clients accessing intensive familypreservation services 5 114 80 106 80TimelinessInvestigations of reportscommenced 2 :- Category 1: within 1 day ofassessment 83% 100% 83% 100%- Category 2: within 3 days ofassessment 48% 80% 51% 80%- Category 3: within 5 days ofassessment 23% 70% 26% 70%1 In the Northern Territory, any person who suspects that a child is being, or has been, abused has alegal responsibility to report that concern. This measure is the total number of all notifications.2 All notifications are assessed to ensure that the report is valid before determining if aninvestigation is required and a determination of which category of response is required.3 The number of notifications that proceed to investigation.4 This indicator provides an account of reports dealt with by means other than investigation. Themethodology of reporting “dealt with by other means” has been amended to align with nationalcounting rules.5 Intensive family preservation services aim to prevent entries into the Child Protection and Out ofHome Care system.Key AchievementsClosing the Gap and additional Northern Territory Government funding was used to expandthe Child Abuse Taskforce, which has seen an increase in child protection positions in theTop End Taskforce team to nine and in Central Australia to four as at 30 June 2010.The Targeted Family Support Service being trialled by Central Australian AboriginalCongress in Alice Springs was evaluated and has since been expanded to include nonIndigenous families in Alice Springs. The model has also been expanded to Darwin with Wurlinjang being contracted to commence service delivery in early 2010-11.102Department Health and Families