Community Protection Panel

346 Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (3 August 2017). What level of success is the Community Protection Panel approach having upon Aboriginal Youth?

The Hon. Z.L. BETTISON (Ramsay—Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Ageing, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers): I have been advised:

1. On 1 February 2014, a new service delivery model for the Community Protection Panel (CPP) commenced, focused on the younger cohort of 10-14 year olds who offend and are at high risk of detention orders. During 2014-15, an evaluation of the CPP model was undertaken, which highlighted a number of strengths in the model systemically, and cautiously anticipated that better outcomes are achieved for clients of Youth Justice as a result of this type of intervention.

The overall ability of the program to have a lasting impact on offending was difficult to assess, particularly given the small number of clients and complexities involved, and it was considered that longer term interventions are likely to be required due to the nature of the target group. The Department for Communities and Social Inclusion (DCSI) considered recommendations of the evaluation of the CPP model, and incorporated the relevant systemic strengths identified into other areas of Community Youth Justice.

Learnings from the CPP model have been applied to case management for all Aboriginal clients, particularly the use of multi-agency case conferencing in developing a holistic case plan, which keeps all agencies accountable to the needs of the young person.

2. These learnings have also been considered in the development of DCSI's Making an Impact, Northern Adelaide Project. The project includes a steering group which aims to better target solutions by defining systems pressure points for Aboriginal young people through data analysis of current service systems, as has been available to the CPP.