measures to address gaps in expertise and geographical and cultural gaps by: i. supporting the establishment and promotion of the public register that provides details of practitioners who have been identified as having appropriate capabilities to treat survivors ii. funding training in cultural awareness for practitioners who have the capabilities to work with survivors but have not had the necessary training or experience in working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander survivors iii. funding rural and remote practitioners, or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander practitioners, to obtain appropriate capabilities to work with survivors iv. providing funding to facilitate regional and remote visits to assist in establishing therapeutic relationships; these could then be maintained largely by online or telephone counselling. There could be the potential to fund additional visits if required from time to time providing funding for counselling and psychological care for survivors whose needs for counselling and psychological care cannot otherwise be met, including by paying reasonable gap fees charged by practitioners if survivors are unable to afford these fees 15 The purpose of a monetary payment under Accept redress should be to provide a tangible The Queensland Government will recognition of the seriousness of the hurt and participate in the national redress injury suffered by a survivor scheme. The Queensland Government has actively engaged in designing the national scheme with the Australian Government and states and territories. 16 Monetary payments should be assessed and Accept in principle determined by using the following matrix: The Australian Government has designed Factor Value a framework for assessing monetary Severity of abuse 1–40 payments which takes these factors into Impact of abuse 1–40 consideration and is based on actuarial Additional elements 1–20 and other expert advice. 17 The should Accept ‘Additional elements’ factor recognise the following elements: See above recommendation (16). whether the applicant was in state care at the time of the abuse that is, –
measures to address gaps in expertise and geographical and cultural gaps by: i. supporting the establishment and promotion of the public register that provides details of practitioners who have been identified as having appropriate capabilities to treat survivors ii. funding training in cultural awareness for practitioners who have the capabilities to work with survivors but have not had the necessary training or experience in working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander survivors iii. funding rural and remote practitioners, or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander practitioners, to obtain appropriate capabilities to work with survivors iv. providing funding to facilitate regional and remote visits to assist in establishing therapeutic relationships; these could then be maintained largely by online or telephone counselling. There could be the potential to fund additional visits if required from time to time providing funding for counselling and psychological care for survivors whose needs for counselling and psychological care cannot otherwise be met, including by paying reasonable gap fees charged by practitioners if survivors are unable to afford these fees 15 The purpose of a monetary payment under redress should be to provide a tangible recognition of the seriousness of the hurt and injury suffered by a survivor Accept The Queensland Government will participate in the national redress scheme. The Queensland Government has actively engaged in designing the national scheme with the Australian Government and states and territories. 16 Monetary payments should be assessed and determined by using the following matrix: Factor Value Severity of abuse 1–40 Impact of abuse 1–40 Additional elements 1–20 Accept in principle The Australian Government has designed a framework for assessing monetary payments which takes these factors into consideration and is based on actuarial and other expert advice. 17 The ‘Additional elements’ factor should recognise the following elements: whether the applicant was in state care at the time of the abuse – that is, Accept See above recommendation (16).