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

2008-09Actual2009-10Budget2009-10RevisedBudget2009-10ActualOutputOutputcost($’000) 594 612 612 763Performance MeasureQuantityForums, workshops andconsultations held2008-09Actual2009-10Estimate2009-10Actual2010-11Estimate48 80 93 80Complaints investigated 26 40 50 45Key AchievementsBy request of the Minister for Child Protection, the Children’s Commissioner conducted response by NTFC’s Centralised Intake Team (CIT). The second related to a systemicreview of the Intake Service. Both investigations raised a number of issues regardingwere made to NTFC regarding these issues which have been or are in the process ofbeing implemented. The Children’s Commissioner will continue to review and monitorthe implementation of these recommendations.The Children’s Commissioner, as part of monitoring the administration of the Act,conducted a care plan audit using a randomised 10% sample of the total children whoare under a type of supervisory arrangement and in the Chief Executive’s (CE) care.It is a statutory requirement for children entering the CE’s care to have in place a careplan. The care plan must establish the needs of the child and how those needs will beparties. The audit focused on determining whether a care plan had been established andif so, was it adequate given the circumstances of the child.The Child Deaths Review and Prevention Committee was established pursuant tosection 209 of the Care and Protection of Children Act. Some of the Committee’sfunctions include establishing and maintaining a Child Deaths Register, conducting orsponsoring research into child deaths, raising public awareness about the causes andnature of child deaths in the Northern Territory, and making recommendations aimed atreducing and preventing child deaths.its own annual report.108Department Health and Families