31435 Individual, Child Yes Number of Individual, Child and Family Support provide a Count the number of service and Family service comprehensive range of services for vulnerable children (agency) hours provided during the Support (agency) hours (from pre-birth up to 17 years old) and their families to period. For group activities, only provided promote children's safety, stability and healthy development. count the number of hours provided by the agency. Individual, Child and Family Support services provide a range of service responses, including: For example, a service provider staff member provides a two hour group a strengths-based approach and comprehensive needs session to four clients. This is and risk assessment, counted as 1 service provider staff development and implementation of a family action plan, member x 2 hours equals 2 service hours multidisciplinary interventions, authorisation to consult with, or make reports to, child protection when a child is believed to be in need of protection, joint response between child and family services where child protection has an open case, and providing flexible packages to support a family action plan, such as meeting the cost of baby safety equipment or undertaking specialised counselling or treatment services (see activity description for 31437 Flexible Funding). 31437 Flexible Funding Yes Amount of Flexible funding will support the implementation of the total flexible funding that flexible funding individualised case plans for children and families. was actually spent or expended during the month (this does not Flexible funding can provide practical support and services to include funds approved for minimise children, young people and families requiring more expenditure). intensive intervention. Funding should enable families to make positive and enduring change that will increase parenting capacity and promote the safety and wellbeing of their children and young people
31435 Individual, Child and Family Support Yes Number of service (agency) hours provided Individual, Child and Family Support provide a comprehensive range of services for vulnerable children (from pre-birth up to 17 years old) and their families to promote children's safety, stability and healthy development. Individual, Child and Family Support services provide a range of service responses, including: a strengths-based approach and comprehensive needs and risk assessment, development and implementation of a family action plan, multidisciplinary interventions, authorisation to consult with, or make reports to, child protection when a child is believed to be in need of protection, joint response between child and family services where child protection has an open case, and providing flexible packages to support a family action plan, such as meeting the cost of baby safety equipment or undertaking specialised counselling or treatment services (see activity description for 31437 Flexible Funding). Count the number of service (agency) hours provided during the period. For group activities, only count the number of hours provided by the agency. For example, a service provider staff member provides a two hour group session to four clients. This is counted as 1 service provider staff member x 2 hours equals 2 service hours 31437 Flexible Funding Yes Amount of flexible funding Flexible funding will support the implementation of individualised case plans for children and families. Flexible funding can provide practical support and services to minimise children, young people and families requiring more intensive intervention. Funding should enable families to make positive and enduring change that will increase parenting capacity and promote the safety and wellbeing of their children and young people the total flexible funding that was actually spent or expended during the month (this does not include funds approved for expenditure).
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