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PARITY VOLUME 25 • ISSUE 9 DECEMBER 2012 Print Post approved PP328866/0060 ISSN 1032-6170 • ABN 20 005 475 007 Responding to Homelessness inWestern Australia PARITY · Volume 25, Issue 9 · December 2012 25, Volume · PARITY Council to Homeless Persons Jenny Smith: Chief Executive Contents Officer Foreword 3 The Safe at Home Program: 45 Sarah Toohey: Manager Policy Hon. Robyn McSweeney MLC Minister for Child Protection; Community Keeping Women and Children Safely Housed and Services; Seniors and Volunteering; Women’s Interests; Youth By Stacey Collins, Manager, Non-Goverment Funding — Homelessness, Communications Editorial 4 Department for Child Protection WA Jenny Smith, CEO, Council to Homeless Persons Ruah Safe at Home Program: 46 Unit Glossary 4 Staying Housed and Safe Ian Gough: Manager Introduction 5 By Clare Brady, Senior Manager, Ruah Community Services By Robyn Martin, School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, Curtin Domestic Violence Service System Project: 48 Consumer University, Chantal Roberts, Executive Officer, Shelter WA and Paul Flatau, ‘Working together for better Integration’ Programs Director of the AHURI Research Centre, University of Western Australia and By Stacey Collins, Manager, Non-Goverment Funding — Homelessness, Director of the UWA Business School Centre for Social Impact Department for Child Protection WA Lynette Deakes: Office Manager Cover: Rusty Peters and 6 The NEST: A Safe Place to Start 49 Noel Murray: Publications the Warmun Arts Centre By Emma Nelson, Youth Futures, WA Coordinator Alana Hunt, Assistant Manager and Curator, Warmun Art Centre Stepping Through the Door: 51 First Steps Towards a Fully Integrated Lisa Kuspira: Communications Chapter 1: The Policy Framework Homelessness Response in Western Australia A Brief History of the Western Australian 7 By Karoline Jamieson, Operations Manager Family Services, and Policy Officer Communicare Inc. Angela Homelessness Service System Pre-1985 to 2012 Safe at Home: 53 Kyriakopoulos: HAS Coordinator By Genevieve Errey, Acting Director, Affordable and Social Housing Working to Prevent Homelessness System, Department of Housing WA and Helen Miskell Manager, By Anne Moore, Executive Officer, The Lucy Saw Centre Association Inc, Cassandra Non-Government Funding — Homelessness The Centre for the Prevention and Intervention of Domestic and Family Violence Bawden: Peer Education The Western Australian 12 and Support State and Regional Homelessness Plans B: Housing Program Team By Sandra Flanagan, Senior Project Officer, The Changing Face of Homelessness 55 Department for Child Protection WA in Perth, Western Australia Leader Commonwealth Government 13 By Michael Beard, Community Housing Coalition of WA Akke Halme: Bookkeeper Homelessness Programs in Western Australia The Anglicare Western Australia Tenancy 58 By the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Support Program: Early Identification Address: 2 Stanley Street Indigenous Affairs Intervention and Tenancy Preservation Collingwood Where do I Fit In: The NPAH So Far 15 By Liz Kerry, Anglicare WA Melbourne VIC By Nikki Bollard, Project Manager, NPAH Implementation, Disruptive Behaviour 60 Department of Housing WA Management Strategy 3066 The Impact of State Government Initiatives 17 By Scott Campbell, Manager, Housing Policy, Department of Housing WA Phone: (03) 8415 6200 on Homelessness in Western Australia Housing Co-operatives: 62 By Andrew Hogan, Chief Executive Officer, St Bartholomew’s House Inc. An Affordable Option Fax: (03) 9419 7445 Chapter 2: Program Service By Gary Robins, Co-ordinator, Federation of Housing Collectives WA E-mail: [email protected] Precarious Housing for 63 and Practice Responses Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Promotion of The Street to Home Program 19 and Aboriginal Households By Stacey Collins, Manager, Non-Goverment Funding — Homelessness, By Dr. Shae Garwood, Shelter WA Conferences, Events Department for Child Protection WA Helping Clients to get a Private Rental: 65 2 ‘A Good Life’ 20 The Challenges and Pitfalls and Publications By Nina Crosland, Manager, Homeless and Transitional Support By Steve Thrussell and Tania Hennah, MercyCare Organisations are invited to have their Service,St Bartholomew’s House Affordable Housing for Life: 67 Perth Registry Week 2012: 22 A New Beginning for Vulnerable Youth promotional fliers included in the in Our Community Parity Challenges, Collaboration and Looking monthly mailout of . Forward By Frank Strever, Manager of Affordable Housing, MercyCare Rates: $90 National distribution, By Ros Mulley, Executive Manager, Ruah Community Services From Renting to Homelessness: 68 $70 Statewide distribution only. Community Supported Residential Units: 24 Challenges in the Western Australian Working in Partnership Rental Market and the Risk of Homelessness By Linda Borrison, Manager, Mental Health Support Services, By Stephanie Bachman, Shelter WA Write for Parity! St Bartholomew’s House C: Responding to Indigenous Parity Contributions to are welcome. A Partnership to Assist People 25 Homelessness Each issue of Parity has a central with Alcohol and Drug Issues Secure Independent Accommodation Perth Metropolitan Homeless Response 70 focus or theme. However, By Dace Tomsons, Manager, Client Services and Development (South) Workshop: Developing a Coordinated prospective contributors should not Drug and Alcohol Office, Department of Health WA Approach Among Local Governments, Parity The Journey to Lime Street: 26 Law Enforcement, Government Agencies feel restricted by this as seeks and Service Providers Creating Partnerships that Work By Dr. Shae Garwood, Shelter WA to discuss the whole range of issues By Lynne Evans, Former CEO, St Bartholomew’s House and connected with homelessness and Nina Crosland, Manager, Homeless and Transitional Support Service, Responding to Homelessness 72 the provision of housing and services St Bartholomew’s House Kimberley Style Police and Registry Week Perth, WA 2012 28 By Michael King, Manager, Centacare Kimberley to people who are homeless. By Senior Sergeant Dave Hooper, Perth Police Station, WA Indigenous Visitors Accommodation 73 Where necessary, contributions will By Maxine Chi, Principal Policy Officer, Making Ends Meet 29 Department of Housing WA be edited. Where possible this will be By Priscilla Wheatcroft, Coordinator, Private Housing Services, Anglicare Western Australia Aboriginal Women 75 done in consultation with the What Does the Future Hold? 30 Released from Prison to Homelessness By Peta Nordberg, Acting Operations Manager, Mission Australia, By Kathy Mokaraka and Sally Scott, Women’s Support Service, contributor. Ruah Community Services Western Australia CHP Website Registry Week Volunteer Perspective 32 My Tenancy My Home: A Collaborative 77 Compiled by Ros Mulley, Executive Manager, Ruah Community Services Approach to Managing Tenancies in Western www.chp.org.au Australia’s Remote Aboriginal Communities The Mobile Clinical Outreach Team: 33 By Monique Berkhout, Manager, Aboriginal Housing Policy, Parity Website Assertive Mental Health Outreach on the Department of Housing WA Street D: Responding Young People www.chp.org.au/parity By Russell Oliver, Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Mobile Clinical Outreach Team, Street to Home Program Experiencing Homelessness Contributions can be sent by email to Collaboration for Positive Health Outcomes 35 Reflections on the Response to Youth 79 [email protected] or sent on disk in By Julie Fereday, Learning Portfolio Manager Health, Housing and Homelessness in Western a Microsoft Word or rtf format to: Central Institute of Technology, Mt Lawley Campus Australia Council to Homeless Persons, At Vincentcare No Situation is Hopeless 36 By Chantal Roberts, Executive Officer, Shelter WA By Lucinda Ardagh, Manager, Public Relations and Fundraising, Assisting Homeless and 81 2 Stanley St, Collingwood VIC 3066 St Vincent de Paul Society (WA) Inc. at Risk Young People in Broome If neither of these two options is Homelessness Hub: Integrating Services 37 By Sarah Sihlen and Danielle Roberts, Burdekin Youth in Action, Broome possible, contributions can be faxed at UnitingCare West’s Inner City Centre Experiences of Homelessness 82 By Jodie Smyth, Manager Accommodation and Support Services, for Young Care Leavers on (03) 9419 7445 or mailed to the UnitingCare West By Katherine Browne and Amber Hall, WA CREATE Foundation above address. The Uniting Care West Homeless 39 The Foyer Deal: 84 Response During the Commonwealth Conditionality as Part of the Foyer Model Cover art Heads of Government Meeting By Jethro Sercombe, Manager, Foyer Project, Anglicare WA By Sue Ash, CEO, Uniting Care West Artist: Rusty Peters Early Intervention to Homelessness: 86 Tom Fisher House: Can Architecture 41 Reconnect, an Innovative Approach Title: Barran be Responsive to Homeless Service Delivery? By Steve Thrussell and MercyCare Reconnect Staff Dimensions: 140cm x 100cm By Stephen Hicks, Architect, CODA Architecture and Urban Design E: The Law natural ochre and pigment Chapter 3: Key Themes Thinking About the Problem 88 on belgian linen in the Response to Homelessness Rather than the Procedure: © Copyright the artist, Effectiveness of Court Fines and in Western Australia Infringements to Reduce Offending Responding to Homelessness in Western Australia Western Responding to Homelessness in courtesy Warmun Art Centre A: Responding to Domestic Conduct of the Homeless See page 6 for more details. By Ann-Margaret Walsh, Principal Solicitor and Family Violence and Kate Novelli,