amongst facilities, in conjunction community services as well as the with higher staff specialist youth services workforce capabilities and enhanced Better connections to family operational procedures, and community, allowing can improve resident and alleviate boredom and young people to develop staff safety minimise unintended and maintain pro-social More diverse education and isolation relationships vocational opportunities are Increased skilled Ability to cater for surge available in higher workforce supply in capacity and future population areas, with the Hobart or Launceston changes in capacity opportunity to maintain Ability for DHHS to instil best- these networks after release practice culture, governance, This option allows staffing, capability, risk integration with management and a and care, child protection, therapeutic response in a family violence support, trauma-informed way at two model health, community youth new centres, which would justice and education Option 4 would not be possible at AYDC services in two key allow DHHS to without addressing long population areas completely standing historical culture This option also allows for redefine all and practices aspects of the integration with mainstream Greater opportunity for education and health custodial youth succession planning and fresh services (for low-risk young justice service eyes, new ways of thinking people only) delivery model with a diverse range of ages, Fit-for-purpose cultures and diversity changes Risks Scoping and design: one year to service Construction: two years Community acceptance of delivery new facilities and model on underlying service delivery Dependencies time, model within Sale / re-purposing of Spike in detention demand budget AYDC site outside of projected Ongoing operational capacity requirements savings from staff Indicative Timeframes31 Implementation of significant reductions Shared Services Hub Based on our preliminary assessment, Option 4A – Two purpose-built facilities (with 12 beds each) has been recommended. However, DHHS may wish to consider the Shared Services Hub (Option 4B) further in the next stages of feasibility and design. These timeframes are highly dependent on the scope and footprint of an option and should not be used to forecast a 31 timeframe for actual design and construction. This would be considered in detail as part of the development of a Functional Brief and costing for the preferred option.
community services as well as specialist youth services Better connections to family and community, allowing young people to develop and maintain pro-social relationships Increased skilled workforce supply in Hobart or Launceston Ability for DHHS to instil best- practice culture, governance, staffing, capability, risk management and a therapeutic response in a trauma-informed way at two new centres, which would not be possible at AYDC without addressing long standing historical culture and practices Greater opportunity for succession planning and fresh eyes, new ways of thinking with a diverse range of ages, cultures and diversity amongst the workforce alleviate boredom and minimise unintended isolation Ability to cater for surge capacity and future changes in capacity and model Option 4 would allow DHHS to completely redefine all aspects of the custodial youth justice service delivery model Fit-for-purpose facilities, in conjunction with higher staff capabilities and enhanced operational procedures, can improve resident and staff safety More diverse education and vocational opportunities are available in higher population areas, with the opportunity to maintain these networks after release This option allows integration with care, child protection, family violence support, health, community youth justice and education services in two key population areas This option also allows for integration with mainstream education and health services (for low-risk young people only) Risks Community acceptance of new facilities and underlying service delivery model Spike in detention demand outside of projected capacity requirements Implementation of significant changes to service delivery model on time, within budget Indicative Timeframes31 Scoping and design: one year Construction: two years Dependencies Sale / re-purposing of AYDC site Ongoing operational savings from staff reductions Shared Services Hub Based on our preliminary assessment, Option 4A – Two purpose-built facilities (with 12 beds each) has been recommended. However, DHHS may wish to consider the Shared Services Hub (Option 4B) further in the next stages of feasibility and design. 31 These timeframes are highly dependent on the scope and footprint of an option and should not be used to forecast a timeframe for actual design and construction. This would be considered in detail as part of the development of a Functional Brief and costing for the preferred option.
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