What's the Answer? - Create

ProcedureThe focus group questions were emailed to the CREATE staff member in each state who coordinatedthe YAG session. The questions were presented to the various YAG meetings in a focus group format,with CREATE staff documenting the responses. The raw data were then forwarded to CREATE’s Policyand Advocacy Officer (PAO) for collation and categorisation of issues (see Appendix B).In addition to the YAG group sessions, the PAO conducted detailed one-to-one interviews with ayoung person (five in total) representing each of the following special interest groups: Culturally andLinguistically Diverse (CALD); Disability; Indigenous; Mental Health; Youth Justice. An interview sheetwas developed to collect the demographic data and responses of the interviewee to five (5)questions relating to planning for the process of transitioning, specific/specialist needs related totransitioning, barriers faced and suggestions for governments to overcome those barriers (seeAppendix C). The responses of each interviewee were recorded as individual case studies (seeAppendix D).Stage 2: NYAC ForumParticipantsTen NYAC delegates (six male and four female) participated in the one-day forum in Brisbane; threewere from Queensland, two from the Australian Capital Territory, with one delegate from each ofNew South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and the Northern Territory. Western Australiawas not represented. The participants were aged between 18 and 25 years (mean age 21 years). Themajority (n=8) gave their cultural background as “Australian”, the others being Indonesian andMaori/Samoan.InstrumentsA series of prompt questions (see Appendix E ) was developed by CREATE’s PAO, to address the keyissues and priorities drawn from the literature and identified by the young people in the Stage 1consultation. These also were aligned with the key priorities and strategic directions outlined inAppendices D and E in the Discussion Paper developed by FaHCSIA (2010:21-24) for the NFIWGTransitioning to Independence Sub-Working Group.ProcedureThe NYAC delegates received the key questions as pre-forum discussion documents, and wereencouraged to consider their responses individually, or with support from a CREATE staff member intheir state. The NYAC discussion forum was facilitated by CREATE’s PAO using the base questions toelicit informed comment.The discussion forum was divided into three sections: Preparation Phase, Transition Phase, and AfterCare Phase. Each section began with establishing a context by asking participants what the importantconsiderations were for that particular phase.The facilitator then stated how that phase had been defined by Maunders, Liddell, Liddell and Green(1999) and sought feedback from the participants as to whether they thought this was an accuratedepiction. The group’s discussion then explored issues relevant to each phase. During the session,the PAO documented the responses and later collated the raw data (see Appendix F).12