Community services
Guide
Resources to support culturally safe service delivery to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
This resource sheet provides a list of resources and organisations that can support non-Indigenous practitioners and organisations in the child, family and community sector to provide culturally safe service responses to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, families and communities.
Report
Indigenous people’s mobility and its impact on remote infrastructural needs: an exploratory study
This report explores mobility patterns of Indigenous people living on Country and its impact on the planning of housing, infrastructure and services within remote communities. The research finds increased and improved housing is required for many remote communities.
Report
Oversight of the child protection system
This audit assesses the effectiveness of the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) in planning, designing, and overseeing the New South Wales child protection system. It found the system is inefficient, ineffective, and unsustainable.
Report
Australia’s social and community services workforce: characterisation, classification and value
Over 300,000 people work in Australia’s social and community service industries, mostly women in non-government organisations. This report provides detailed insight into what these workers do in their work, and how their work is characterised, classified, and paid in the context of the regulatory arrangements.
Evaluation
Process evaluation of the Justice Housing Program
This report presents the findings from a process evaluation of the Justice Housing Program (JHP). JHP provides transitional accommodation for detainees exiting prison, who are assessed as suitable for independent, shared living. JHP is designed to assist clients in finding more permanent accommodation, as well as linking them to community services and other support networks.