Stocktake of Family Support Services in Queensland
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BUNDABERG / MARYBOROUGH Stocktake of Family Support Services in Queensland (Implementation of Recommendation 5.1 from the Queensland Government’s Response to the Queensland Child Protection Commission of Inquiry final report: Taking Responsibility: A Roadmap for Queensland Child Protection, December 2013) February 2014 Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services Map of Catchment Please refer to Appendix 1 for a full list of Statistical Areas (Level 2) within this catchment. 1 Bundaberg/Maryborough catchment area The Bundaberg/Maryborough catchment includes the Bundaberg Child Safety Service Centre and Maryborough Child Safety Service Centre. Bundaberg/Maryborough catchment profile On 30 June 2012, it was estimated there were 204,688 people residing within the Bundaberg/Maryborough catchment area. This represented approximately 4% of the estimated resident population of Queensland (4,565,529 people). The estimated number of children aged 0-17 years was 46,671 people (approximately 4% of the Queensland population of children aged 0-17 years). There were an estimated 9,280 children aged 0-3 years (approximately 3% of the equivalent Queensland population). The population of people who identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander in Bundaberg/Maryborough as at 30 June 2012 was 7,009 (3.6% of the total population in the catchment). In Queensland, the population of people who identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander was 155,824 (3.6% of the total population). There were 736 children aged 0-3 years (5% of Queensland) and 3,365 children aged 0-17 years (5% of Queensland) who identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. In Bundaberg/Maryborough, the median personal income was $21,314, well below the median in Queensland ($30,556), and unemployment was 8.7% at the September quarter 2013, above the Queensland unemployment rate of 5.9%. In Bundaberg/Maryborough, people are less likely than the general population to complete schooling in year 11 or 12, with a very high proportion of the population represented in SEIFA Quintile 1 (55.4%) and Quintile 2 (27.6%). Maryborough/Bundaberg Queensland At 30 June % of At 30 June 2012 2012 Qld Estimated resident population (ERP) 204,688 4,565,529 4% ERP 0-3 years (% of all 0-3 years) – 2011 9,280 (5%) 247,196 (5%) 4% 1,088,962 ERP 0-17 years (% of all 0-17 years) – 2011 46,671 (23%) 4% (24%) ERP Indigenous children 0-3 years (% of all Indigenous children 0-3 736 (5%) 16,189 (7%) 7.93% years) – 2011 ERP Indigenous children 0-17 years (% of all Indigenous children 0-17 3,365 (5%) 68,996 (6%) 5.38% years) – 2011 Population growth 2008-2013 1.4% 2.1% Population projection (annual growth rate 2011-2036) 1.3% 1.8% Indigenous population (% of total population) 7,009 (3.6%) 155,824 (3.6%) 4% People who speak a language other than English (% of ERP) 5273 (21.2%) 319,949 (36%) 2% 491,200 Couple family with children (% of families) 18788 (34.3%) 4% (42.8%) 2 184,547 One-parent family (% of catchment) 9231 (16.9%) 5% (16.1%) One family households (%) 70.6% 70.7% Number of early childhood education and care services 107 2,718 4% Number of schools 106 1,782 6% Median total personal income $ 21,314 $30,556 Unemployment (at September quarter 2013) 8.7% 5.9% Net difference to Qld average Highest level of schooling year 8 or below (%) 10.8% 6.6% 4.2% Highest level of schooling year 9 or 10 (%) 40.8% 29.4% 11.4% Highest level of schooling year 11 or 12 (%) 38.8% 55.3% -16.5% SEIFA Quintile 1 (most disadvantaged) 55.4% 20.0% 35.4% SEIFA Quintile 2 27.6% 20.0% 7.6% SEIFA Quintile 3 10.4% 20.0% -9.6% SEIFA Quintile 4 5.9% 20.0% -14.1% SEIFA Quintile 5 (least disadvantaged) 0.8% 20.0% -19.2% 3 Service provision for families – Bundaberg/Maryborough Catchment Total investment in the Bundaberg/Maryborough catchment is $26,161,918 for services funded by both the Queensland Government and the Australian Government. The service delivery breakdown in Bundaberg is outlined below. Summary of services for Bundaberg/Maryborough 1. Tertiary Family Support services State Government funded services: • Total investment (per annum): $1,148,905 • Total number of services: 3 • Average investment per service (per annum): $382,968 Funding Agency Organisation/ Legal Entity Service Name/ Provider Target Group/ Service users/ Service focus Suburb Funding 2012/13 actual (per annum) DCCSDS- - Child St Vincent de Paul Society Family Intervention Service - Support Services Bundaberg $440,230 Safety Queensland Bundaberg Central DCCSDS - Child ACT for Kids Fostering Families Support Services Maryborough $256,150 Safety Maryborough and Hervey Bay DCCSDS - Child St Vincent de Paul Society Family Intervention Service - Support Services Maryborough $452,525 Safety Queensland Wide Bay 4 2. Intensive Family Support services State Government funded services: • Total investment (per annum): $485,000 • Total number of services: 6 • Average investment per service (per annum): $80,833 Funding Agency Organisation/ Legal Service Name/ Provider Target Group/ Service users/ Service focus Suburb Funding 2012/13 Entity actual (per annum) DCCSDS - Community EDON Place EDON Place Domestic Violence Domestic Violence Bundaberg $25,424 Services Women's Domestic Prevention Service Violence Service Inc DCCSDS - Community EDON Place EDON Place Domestic Violence Domestic Violence Mackay $36,752 Services Women's Domestic Safety Upgrades Service Violence Service Inc DCCSDS - Community UnitingCare Lifeline Bundaberg - Domestic Domestic Violence Millbank $154,060 Services Community and Family Violence Counselling Support Service DCCSDS - Community UnitingCare Bundaberg Indigenous Family Domestic Violence Millbank $98,988 Services Community Care Service DCCSDS - Community Yoorana Women's Domestic and Family Violence Domestic Violence $77,116 Services Domestic Violence Prevention Service and Resource Service Inc DCCSDS - Community Yoorana Women's Bay Safety Mates Domestic Violence Bundaberg $92,660 Services Domestic Violence and Resource Service Inc 5 Australian Government funded services: • Total investment (per annum): $2,263,217 • Total number of services: 4 • Average investment per service (per annum): $565,804 Funding Agency Organisation/ Legal Service Name/ Provider Target Group/ Service users/ Service focus Suburb Funding 2012/13 Entity actual (per annum) Department of Health Bridges Aligned Bridges Mental Health Structured activity program to support people Bundaberg $205,833 Service Inc. Rehabilitation and Recovery with severe/persistent mental illness, their Service families and carers, who experience social isolation to live independently and participate in the community Department of Health Wide Bay Medicare Wide Bay Medicare Local ATAPS is a targeted program designed to Bundaberg $871,936.97 Local increase the capacity of Medicare Locals to give priority to hard to reach groups who continue to miss out on Medicare subsidized psychological services under Better Access. These include: people who are less able to pay fees; culturally and linguistically diverse communities; people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and people in rural and remote locations. The program has dedicated funding to provide innovative services to people who have self-harmed or attempted suicide or are at risk of suicide, Indigenous people, children and their families and women with perinatal depression. Department of Health Wide Bay Medicare Wide Bay Medicare Local PIR aims to support people with severe and Bundaberg $969,642 Local persistent mental illness with complex needs and their carers and families, by getting multiple sectors, services and supports they may come into contact with (and could benefit from) to work in a more collaborative, coordinated and integrated way 6 Commonwealth The Corporation of Centacare Frasercoast Structured activity program to support people Maryborough $215,805 Department of Health the Trustees of the with severe/persistent mental illness (& their Roman Catholic families and carers) who experience social Archdiocese isolation to live independently and participate in the community 3. Secondary/ Targeted Family Support services State Government funded services: • Total investment (per annum): $11,466,424 • Total number of services: 39 • Average investment per service (per annum): $347,467 Funding Agency Organisation/ Legal Service Name/ Provider Target Group/ Service users/ Service focus Suburb Funding Entity 2012/13 actual (per annum) Department of Regional Housing Ltd RHL Supported Accommodation Homelessness Bundaberg $198,696 Housing and Public Assistance Program Works Department of The Salvation Army The Salvation Army Bundaberg Homelessness Bundaberg West $421,718 Housing and Public (Qld) Property Trust Youth Refuge Works Department of EDON Place EDON Place Women's Domestic Domestic Violence Confidential $452,015 Housing and Public Women's Domestic Violence Service Works Violence Service Inc DCCSDS - Disability Disability Services Provides information, counselling, therapy, and Bundaberg Not available Services support with transitions to school, for children with a developmental delay aged up to 6 years and their families DCCSDS - Disability Disability Services Intensive support for families with children Bundaberg Not available Services aged 0 – 17 years DCCSDS - Disability Disability Services Flexible family support for families of children Bundaberg $1,707,927 Services and young people with disability aged 0 – 17 years 7 DCCSDS - Disability Disability Services Time limited funding to support