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
• Brokerage Guidelines for Leaving Care Services
• 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 Standard of Care and Safety and Wellbeing Concerns for Children in the Care of the CEO 
• 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
• 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)