Progress Review What actions are required to meet objective? Who will be involved? What date How will the How will the Have actions been What are roles? will actions outcome be outcome be completed? Who will co-ordinate be measured? measured? Have outcomes been the action? completed? achieved? Example: Example: Example: Example: Example: Increase in referrals Audit/ file survey to identity all children aged Survey to be To be All eligible Increased rate to early years 2, 3 and 4 years who are family services coordinated by completed by children aged 3 of attendance education as clients in the , if they are known to child operations group April 15 each and 4 will be of FS clients recorded on IRIS protection and if they are aboriginal. The audit year engaged with with early will also determine the type of early childhood early childhood childhood education program the children attend, such education in education as 4 year old kindergarten, early start current year. kindergarten, long day care or occasional care Case file audits Audit shows that All children of 20 cases 70% of eligible Feedback from the audit is provided to May eligible for across all children regularly workers start Family Service attend pre school kindergarten agencies in the education service for De- identified results of file audit are provided Feedback mechanism (i.e. 2 current of families with 6 months to key early years stakeholders. to be determined year old) or year children aged 3 Child FIRST manager before school and 4 years. Information on early childhood education or as determined by kindergarten services, funding, supports and local alliance. programs (i.e enrolment processes, such as for early access Operations group current 3 year to kindergarten is provided to staff. old ) are re- enrolled in Enrolment in funded 3 and 4 year old Case managers June funded programs kindergarten programs for eligible children in long day care arranged for following year. or standalone kindergarten for Review mechanism for identification of eligible the following children and reporting on early childhood Operations Group year. development service engagement in case plans. GLOSSARY OF Aboriginal Aboriginal refers to in the context of this document Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Progress Review What actions are required to meet objective? Who will be involved? What are roles? Who will co-ordinate the action? What date will actions be completed? How will the outcome be measured? How will the outcome be measured? Have actions been completed? Have outcomes been achieved? Example: Audit/ file survey to identity all children aged 2, 3 and 4 years who are family services clients in the , if they are known to child protection and if they are aboriginal. The audit will also determine the type of early childhood education program the children attend, such as 4 year old kindergarten, early start kindergarten, long day care or occasional care Feedback from the audit is provided to workers De- identified results of file audit are provided to key early years stakeholders. Information on early childhood education services, funding, supports and local enrolment processes, such as for early access to kindergarten is provided to staff. Enrolment in funded 3 and 4 year old kindergarten programs for eligible children arranged for following year. Review mechanism for identification of eligible children and reporting on early childhood development service engagement in case plans. Example: Survey to be coordinated by operations group Feedback mechanism to be determined Child FIRST manager or as determined by alliance. Operations group Case managers Operations Group Example: To be completed by April 15 each year May June Example: All eligible children aged 3 and 4 will be engaged with early childhood education in current year. All children eligible for start kindergarten (i.e. 2 current year old) or year before school kindergarten programs (i.e current 3 year old ) are re- enrolled in funded programs in long day care or standalone kindergarten for the following year. Example: Increased rate of attendance of FS clients with early childhood education Case file audits of 20 cases across all Family Service agencies in the of families with children aged 3 and 4 years. Increase in referrals to early years education as recorded on IRIS Audit shows that 70% of eligible children regularly attend pre school education service for 6 months GLOSSARY OF Aboriginal Aboriginal refers to in the context of this document Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.