PART 4B: COMMUNITY WELL-BEING
13 EMPLOYMENT 139 /
13.1 Outline 139 /
13.2 Employment statistics 139 /
13.3 Employment and Training Taskforce 140 /
13.4 The Skilling and Employment Strategy and Business Plan 142 /
13.5 The RED Strategy 143 /
13.5.1 Increasing supply of employment land 143 /
13.5.2 Matching the unemployed to employment opportunities 144 /
13.5.3 Delivering employment outcomes through government contracts 144 /
13.5.4 Brokering employment partnerships between Sydney University and the community 145 /
13.6 Employment and training opportunities for social housing residents 145 /
13.6.1 Handyperson Program 145 /
13.6.2 WorkiT Employment and Training Program 145 /
13.6.3 Tenant employment initiatives 145 /
14 FAMILIES AND CHILDREN 147 /
14.1 Strengthening service delivery 147 /
14.1.1 Family support enhancements 148 /
14.1.2 Youth services 148 /
14.2 Family and child assistance 149 /
14.2.1 Statewide initiatives 150 /
14.2.1.1 Families First 150 /
14.2.1.2 Better Futures 151 /
14.2.1.3 Aboriginal child, youth and family strategy 151 /
14.2.2 Kidspeak 152 /
14.2.3 Arts initiatives 152 /
14.2.4 Holiday program 153 /
14.2.5 Pathways to Prevention 154 /
14.2.6 Police work with families and children 156 /
14.2.6.1 Police and Community Youth Clubs 156 /
14.2.6.2 Police and Redfern Kids Camp 157 /
14.2.7 Streetbeat bus project 158 /
14.2.8 Redfern/Waterloo Street Team 159 /
14.2.9 Aboriginal women's spiritual healing project 160 /
14.2.10 Gambling issues for Aboriginal women 161 /
14.3 Intensive and specialised family support 161 /
14.3.1 Intensive Family Support Service 163 /
14.3.2 Yallamundi Intensive Family Based Service 163 /
14.3.3 In-Home Support for Aboriginal Families Service 166 /
14.3.4 Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Family Counselling Service 166 /
14.3.5 Child protection and out-of-home care 167 /
14.3.5.1 Child protection reports 168 /
14.3.5.1.1 Level 3 reports 173 /
14.3.5.1.2 Kinship care 174 /
14.3.5.2 Additional services provided by non-government organisations 175 /
14.4 Young offenders 176 /
14.5 Case coordination and brokerage of services 176 /
14.6 Aboriginal family violence 177 /
14.6.1 Research on violence 177 /
14.6.2 Aboriginal family violence initiative 178 /
15 OLDER PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY 179 /
15.1 Statistical profile 179 /
15.2 Overview of Government service provision 179 /
15.3 Programs for Aboriginal people 180 /
15.4 Programs for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds 181 /
15.5 Programs for homeless people 181 /
Table 28 Perceived barriers to employment 141 /
Table 29: Child Protection Reports July 2002 - June 2003 169 /
Table 30: Out of Home Care - Redfern and Waterloo 175 /
Figure 5: Police camp group 157 /