Communities and Social Inclusion Department

In reply to Mr SPEIRS (Bright) (27 July 2017). (Estimates Committee B)

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:

The 120.9 FTEs based in the Community Services Division of the Department for Communities and Social Inclusion, as outlined in Budget Paper 4, Volume 1, page 108, includes corporate overhead allocations of approximately 13 FTEs. It also includes 26 FTEs who deliver Aboriginal-specific youth programs in metropolitan Adelaide, under the Communities and Social Inclusion portfolio.

The remaining staff work across a range of programs, including grants management, community sector capacity building, policy development and placed-based programs. It is estimated that, overall, around 40% of effort of these staff in the Community Services Division is directed at youth-related activities, under the portfolio areas of Multicultural Affairs, Volunteers and Communities and Social Inclusion, as well as Youth.