Vote Child, Youth and Family Services
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For the year ending 30 June 2008
Output Expense: Adoption Services
Description
This output expense includes the provision of services, incorporating education, assessment, reporting, counselling, and mediation, to all people who are party to adoption-related matters, past or present.
It includes services to:
- manage the adoption process for the placement of New Zealand children in New Zealand
- manage the adoption process where international parties are involved, and exercise the Chief Executive’s responsibilities as central authority under the Adoption (Inter-country) Act 1997
- respond to requests for information to the parties of previous adoptions.
Performance Information
| Result 2005/2006 | Performance Measure | Standard 2006/2007 | Standard 2007/2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 98.2% | Quality Percentage of prospective adoptive parents evaluating the education programme as achieving its objectives: |
95% | 95% |
Departmental Output Expense
Adoption Services
| Financial Performance (Figures are GST exclusive) | 2006/2007 | 2007/2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Budgeted $000 | Estimated Actual $000 | Budgeted $000 |
|
| Revenue | |||
| Crown | 8,390 | 8,390 | 8,380 |
| Department | 32 | 32 | 46 |
| Total Revenue | 8,422 | 8,422 | 8,426 |
| Total Expense | 8,422 | 8,422 | 8,426 |
| Net Surplus/(Deficit) | - | - | - |
Output Expense: Care and Protection Services
Description
This output expense includes the provision of services that protect and assist children and young people who are in need of care and protection.
It includes:
- the notification, investigation, and assessment of reports about children and young people at risk of physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, neglect, self-harm, or behavioural difficulties
- the management of casework where Child, Youth and Family intervenes to achieve care and protection outcomes
- the co-ordination of Care and Protection Family Group Conferences
- support for families to improve their capacity to meet their care, control, and support responsibilities
- the provision of care in the nature of foster care and residential services
- the provision of resolution services to assist achieving care and protection needs
- the improvement of life outcomes of the children, young people and families involved.
This output expense also includes the provision of services to support other statutory responsibilities of the Chief Executive such as reports provided to the Family Court under the Care of Children Act 2004.
Key Milestone - Differential Response Model (DRM) Testing
Child, Youth and Family is continuing with the testing of the Differential Response Model (DRM) during 2007/2008 in the Taranaki and Royal Oak sites. The DRM represents multiple changes to current social work practice, supported by fundamental changes to underlying business processes, including information capture and storage, and national reporting systems.
We will begin monitoring the impact of DRM on the test sites through specific activity, for example the rate of investigations following preliminary assessments, rate of child and family assessments, rate of cases referred for provision of services and timeliness of preliminary assessments. This information will be reported in the quarterly performance reports.
Performance Information (Intake, Investigation and Assessment)
| Result 2005/2006 | Performance Measure | Standard 2006/2007 | Standard 2007/2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timeliness Response to notifications Notifications allocated to a social worker for investigation within timeframes: |
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| 98.1% | Critical – within 24 hours | 95 - 100% | 95 - 100% |
| 95.5% | Very urgent – within 48 hours | 90 - 95% | 90 - 95% |
| Action taken at sites by a social worker to establish the immediate safety of the child or young person, and to confirm the response time and further action required, within timeframes: | |||
| 64.1% | Urgent – within 7 days | 50 - 85% | 50 - 85% |
| 77.8% | Low urgent – within 28 days | 50 - 85% | 50 - 85% |
| 66% | Percentage of investigations that will be completed in 90 days is no less than:34 | 70% | 70% |
Performance Information (Case Management)
| Result 2005/2006 | Performance Measure | Standard 2006/2007 | Standard 2007/2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New measure in 2006/2007 | Quality Percentage of children and young people whose care and protection Family Group Conference plans were completed and the objectives were assessed as being met: |
80% | 80% |
| 87.6% | Timeliness Percentage of care and protection Family Group Conference plans reviewed on time: |
90% | 90% |
Departmental Output Expense
Care and Protection Services
| Financial Performance (Figures are GST exclusive) | 2006/2007 | 2007/2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Budgeted $000 | Estimated Actual $000 | Budgeted $000 |
|
| Revenue | |||
| Crown | 291,470 | 291,470 | 282,165 |
| Department | 705 | 705 | 797 |
| Other | 1,799 | 1,799 | 1,799 |
| Total Revenue | 293,974 | 293,974 | 284,761 |
| Total Expense | 293,974 | 293,974 | 284,761 |
| Net Surplus/(Deficit) | - | - | - |
Output Expense: Development and Funding of Community Services
Description
This output expense includes services for the management of government funding of community-based social and welfare services. It includes: community services planning; working with the community sector and other government agencies to develop service frameworks for community-based social services; provider development; quality assurance processes to ensure service providers meet quality standards; and the management of service provider funding agreements.
Performance Information
| Result 2005/2006 | Performance Measure | Standard 2006/2007 | Standard 2007/2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New measure in 2007/2008 | Quality All funding agreements will have their provider monitoring reports reviewed and assessed at least once per year for contract compliance: |
100% | 100% |
| 100% | All providers contracted under the Children, Young Persons and their Families Act 1989 will be assessed at least once every two years against Child, Youth and Family Approval Standards35: | 100% | 100% |
Departmental Output Expense
Development and Funding of Community Services
| Financial Performance (Figures are GST exclusive) | 2006/2007 | 2007/2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Budgeted $000 | Estimated Actual $000 | Budgeted $000 |
|
| Revenue | |||
| Crown | 7,720 | 7,720 | 8,286 |
| Department | 49 | 49 | 59 |
| Total Revenue | 7,769 | 7,769 | 8,345 |
| Total Expense | 7,769 | 7,769 | 8,345 |
| Net Surplus/(Deficit) | - | - | - |
Output Expense: Policy Advice and Ministerial Servicing
Description
This output expense includes the provision of advice, research, evaluation, and development of policies relating to the provision, or contracting, of social and welfare services for children, young people and their families.
In particular, advice will be provided on:
- adoption services
- care and protection services
- development and funding of community services
- prevention services
- youth justice services.
This output expense also includes the provision of Ministerial servicing and support to assist the Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment (Child, Youth and Family) and other Ministers to discharge their obligations to Parliament.
Performance Information (Policy Advice)
| Result 2005/2006 | Performance Measure | Standard 2006/2007 | Standard 2007/2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New measure in 2007/2008 | Quantity and Timeliness Policy advice will be delivered in accordance with a work programme36 that is agreed with their respective Ministers: |
New measure in 2007/2008 | Standard met37 |
| New measure in 2007/2008 | Research and Evaluation advice will be delivered in accordance with a work programme38 that is agreed with their respective Ministers: | Standard met | Standard met 39 |
| New measure in 2007/2008 | Quality40 Process An audit shows that the Ministry of Social Development’s policy and research processes as outlined in the Quality Management System have been followed in at least: 41 |
New measure in 2007/2008 | 90% of cases |
| New measure in 2007/2008 | Technical robustness An external independent review of the Ministry of Social Development’s policy advice confirms that it meets acceptable standards based on pre-determined criteria: |
New measure in 2007/2008 | Standard met42 |
| New measure in 2007/2008 | Social research and evaluation reports Internal and/or external reviewers critically appraise the quality and content of social research and evaluation reports that are intended for publication: |
New measure in 2007/2008 | Quality reviewed |
Performance Information (Ministerial Servicing)
| Result 2005/2006 | Performance Measure | Standard 2006/2007 | Standard 2007/2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99.8% | Quality Percentage of Ministerial drafts provided for the Minister’s signature, containing no avoidable errors43 will be no less than: |
95% | 95% |
| New measure in 2007/2008 | Percentage of parliamentary question drafts provided for the Minister’s signature where error could have been avoided44 will be no less than: | New measure in 2007/2008 | 100% |
| 74.8% | Timeliness Percentage of draft Ministerial replies to be completed within 20 working days of receipt by the Ministry, unless otherwise agreed:45 |
95% | 95% |
| Revised measure in 2007/2008 | Percentage of written parliamentary questions will be answered within the time specified by the Minister’s Office: | Revised measure in 2007/2008 | 100% |
| New measure in 2007/2008 | Information for oral parliamentary questions will be provided to the Minister’s Office within the timeframe they specify: | New measure in 2007/2008 | 100% |
Departmental Output Expense
Policy Advice and Ministerial Servicing
| Financial Performance (Figures are GST exclusive) | 2006/2007 | 2007/2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Budgeted $000 | Estimated Actual $000 | Budgeted $000 |
|
| Revenue | |||
| Crown | 5,216 | 5,216 | 2,864 |
| Department | 49 | 49 | 59 |
| Total Revenue | 5,265 | 5,265 | 2,923 |
| Total Expense | 5,265 | 5,265 | 2,923 |
| Net Surplus/(Deficit) | - | - | - |
Output Expense: Prevention Services
Description
This output expense covers the provision of education and advice services for the prevention of child abuse and neglect, and the promotion of the wellbeing of children, young people and their families. It includes activities to promote and support stronger communities, including public education programmes that aim to promote the importance of child and family wellbeing.
Performance Information
| Result 2005/2006 | Performance Measure | Standard 2006/2007 | Standard 2007/2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard met46 | Quality In those communities in which the Everyday Communities Programme is run, there is increased awareness of child abuse and neglect: |
Increase in awareness as measured by monitoring at the end of each phase of the programme. | Increase in awareness as measured by monitoring at the end of each phase of the programme47 |
Departmental Output Expense
Prevention Services
| Financial Performance (Figures are GST exclusive) | 2006/2007 | 2007/2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Budgeted $000 | Estimated Actual $000 | Budgeted $000 |
|
| Revenue | |||
| Crown | 5,628 | 5,628 | 4,360 |
| Department | 590 | 590 | 601 |
| Other | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Total Revenue | 6,231 | 6,231 | 4,974 |
| Total Expense | 6,231 | 6,231 | 4,974 |
| Net Surplus/(Deficit) | - | - | - |
Output Expense: Youth Justice Services
Description
This output expense provides services to those children and young people who come under Part IV of the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1989. It includes social work and other services to manage and resolve offending behaviour by children and young people, by providing assessment, support, programmes, containment and care of young offenders.
The output expense also includes community rehabilitation programmes, the provision of youth justice residential facilities and the provision of services to assist families to exercise their care and control responsibilities.
Performance Information (Case Management)
| Result 2005/2006 | Performance Measure | Standard 2006/2007 | Standard 2007/2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 81.1% | Timeliness Youth justice Family Group Conferences are held within statutory timeframes (unless there are special reasons for delay)48: |
100% | 100% |
Performance Information (Restorative Services)
| Result 2005/2006 | Performance Measure | Standard 2006/2007 | Standard 2007/2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 73.9% | Quality Percentage of children and young people whose youth justice Family Group Conference plans were completed and the objectives were assessed as being met: |
80% | 80% |
Departmental Output Expense
Youth Justice Services
| Financial Performance (Figures are GST exclusive) | 2006/2007 | 2007/2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Budgeted $000 | Estimated Actual $000 | Budgeted $000 |
|
| Revenue | |||
| Crown | 94,292 | 94,292 | 96,241 |
| Department | 332 | 332 | 397 |
| Other | 380 | 380 | - |
| Total Revenue | 95,004 | 95,004 | 96,638 |
| Total Expense | 95,004 | 95,004 | 96,638 |
| Net Surplus/(Deficit) | - | - | - |
34 This performance measure focuses social work activity on the achievement of an outcome to a notification. Reporting captures the length of time to complete an investigation from allocation to assessment decision.
35 This covers all providers contracted under section 396 and section 403 of the Children, Young Persons and their Families Act 1989 who are classified as high or medium risk providers.
36 Work programme may include the Ministry’s Key Priorities document as agreed between the Chief Executive and the Minister.
37 Standard met means that we have received confirmation from the Minister via the Minister’s Office that advice has been delivered in accordance with a work programme.
38 Work programme may include the Ministry’s Key Priorities document as agreed between the Chief Executive and the Minister.
39 Standard met means that we received confirmation from the Minister via the Minister’s Office that advice has been delivered in accordance with a work programme.
40 The work in relation to the audit, review or survey for these measures will be conducted during the year and reported on an annual basis.
41 The quality characteristics in the Ministry’s Quality Management System are based on decision-making (defining, debating and deciding) and communication (capturing issues, convincing and confirming).
42 The standard for this measure is based on a continuum of: standard not met; standard met; and standard exceeded.
43 An avoidable error is defined as a spelling, grammatical or factual error.
44 An avoidable error is defined as a spelling, grammatical or factual error.
45 Modified from “Percentage of replies to Ministerial correspondence responded to by agreed timeframes”.
46 Everyday Communities has been closely monitored and evaluated in each participating community and final reports are available on request. Monitoring of the public’s attitudes has shown an increase in awareness by individuals and groups who see themselves as integral to preventing child abuse and neglect in their community.
47 Each programme goes through four phases. A benchmark is established at the beginning of the programme and at the end of each phase.
48 Section 249 of the Children, Young Persons and their Families Act 1989 requires Family Group Conferences to be completed within seven days or one month after being convened, unless there are special reasons why a longer period is required.
