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Figure A.1: Program Logic Model inputs, activities and outputs
- WoVG budget outcomes, including:
- $42.9 million in 2018 2022
- $96.9 million in 2022-25 FY (no ongoing funding)
- VCISECS
- FVISS
- MARAM
- Part 6A of the Act (CISS)
- Part 7A of the Act (Child Link)
- CISS Ministerial Guidelines
- ISEs
- Interdepartmental CISSC and Child Link Board
- Child Link Secretary’s Guidelines.
- WoVG budget outcomes, including:
- Deliver Child Link system across a phased and scaled approach
- Deliver operational functions
- Deliver change and support
- Training for Child Link and CISS
- Enquiry Line
- Briefings of external stakeholders or similar
- Program management and governance activities (e.g., working with other government departments)
- Enquiry Line
- Learning Management Systems.
- Number of ISE workforces participating in appropriate CISS training
- Number of people trained
- Number of ISE information sharing requests and responses, including engagement with children and their families, as appropriate
- Number of organisational processes updated to support the CISS
- Number of established ISE processes which enable efficient CISS record keeping and reporting
- Number of change support activities and short-term outcomes from those activities
- Number of grants being provided and activities they’ve produced
- Number of place-based activities
- Child Link information is easy to locate
- Number of authorisers and users being onboarded
- Number of users having ready access to comprehensive guidance materials and know where to seek support
- Number of engagements the Enquiry Line handles
- Number of engagements with workforces
- Number of guidelines established and implemented.
Figure A.2: Program Logic Model short-, medium- and long-term outcomes
Awareness
SO1: Users understand how Child Link supports information sharing schemes.
SO2: Users understand how Child Link supports day-to-day interactions with children and families.
SO3: Child Link users and ISEs are aware of their roles, responsibilities, rights and obligations.
Information sharing
SO4: Users have ready access to factual information about a child/group of children.
SO5: Users access Child Link to enable information sharing and collaboration.
SO6: ISEs consider the views of children and/or parents where appropriate, to inform professional judgement.
SO7: ISEs demonstrate quality, timely and appropriate child information sharing.
SO8: Increased early identification of potential issues, risks and/or harm to children.
SO9: Organisations provide appropriate support to professionals to facilitate implementation of the VCIS Reform.
System improvement
MO1: Improved service system coordination and collaboration in the interests of the child.
Participation
MO3: Improved support for child and family participation in services.
MO4: Respect and trust between families, professionals and services.
Empowerment and collaboration
MO5: High human service job satisfaction.
MO6: ISE workforces are confident to share child information.
MO7: Professionals are collaborating to provide integrated and cohesive services to children and their families.
MO8: A shared understanding and commitment to child wellbeing across services and communities.
Decision-making
MO9: Users have an improved understanding of a child’s circumstances, enabling earlier identification of needs and risks.
MO10: Professionals have increased confidence in sharing information appropriately and effectively, shifting the risk averse culture around information sharing.
MO11: Professionals effectively identify issues, risks and vulnerabilities to better inform decision-making and further appropriate support and intervention.
Wellbeing
LO1: Children are safe, thriving and given every opportunity to reach their full potential.
Participation
LO2: Participation and engagement in universal services for children and families is optimised.
Early intervention
LO3: Professionals provide support and intervention earlier to reduce reliance on acute government services.
LO4: The predominant strengths based, child and family centred practice model prioritises early intervention and prevention.
Accountability
LO5: A dominant professional practice ethic among ISEs of shared responsibility.
LO6: Child and family service systems are effective, efficient, responsive and agile. They reflect a collaborative approach to support and share responsibility for children’s wellbeing and safety.
LO7: Child wellbeing and safety is embedded in organisational leadership, governance and culture.
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