Information for community SECTOR PARTNERS

This section contains a range of information to assist community sector agencies in working collaboratively with the Department.

• What types of services does the Department fund?
  We fund a range of services through non government community organisations to support children and young people, individuals and families at-risk or in crisis.

• How we purchase services from our community sector partners?
  The Department uses a range of purchasing strategies for new and existing services provided by the community sector organisations.

• Resources
  Social security handbook, insurance and risk management, criminal record screening, volunteers, internet usage, and occupational safety and health.

• Information on managing finances for community organisations
  A guide to financial management principles and activities to achieve effective financial management.

Service excellence

• Better Care, Better Services Standards
• Best Practice Model - Perpetrators of Domestic Violence in WA
• Best Practice Model - Victims of Domestic Violence in WA
• Child Sexual Abuse Treatment Services (CSATS) Standards
• Choose with care manual - Child Wise 12 Steps 
• DCPFS's Disability Access and Inclusion Plan
• Delivering Community Services in Partnership Policy
• Enhancing the Planning and Delivery of Services to Aboriginal People in WA 
• Foster Carer Directory Protocols June 2012
• Identifying and responding to child abuse and neglect 
• The Department for Child Protection and Family Support and non-government placement agencies protocol for abuse in care Protocols 
• Working together for a better future for at risk children and families: A guide on information sharing for government and non government agencies

Resources for Specialist Homelessness Services

• Case management resources kit for Indigenous Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) Services {This program is now known as National Affordability Housing Agreement (NAHA)}
• Case management resource kit for Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) Services
• SAAP Service Standards for Western Australia 2002 (please note that this document refers to the former Department for Community Development and is currently being updated)
• Sample policy and procedure manual - for Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) Services (accompanying CD is available from Senior Project Officers Homelessness) 
• Specialist Homelessness Services Collection Resources
• Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) Protocols between the Department for Child Protection and Family Support and other Government Agencies (please note that these protocols are currently being updated)