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2009–2010 Year at a glance

Planned result

Child-related employers adopt practices that reduce risk of harm to children

Intermediate results

• Organisations are child-safe and child-friendly
• Organisations improve management of child safety risks
• Organisations identify their child safety risks

Results

• 212,468 background checks conducted
• 680 estimates of risk undertaken
• 80.43% of preferred applicants assessed as high risk were not employed
• 55 Prohibited Persons applied for a review of their status
• 15 section 33H orders granted
• Working With Children Check expanded to meet new legislative and regulatory requirements, including Children Legislation Amendment (Wood Inquiry Recommendations) Act 2009
• Child-safe Child-friendly web pages accessed 19,350 times
• 83 Child-safe Child-friendly presentations delivered, attended by 1,353 people

Plans for the future

• Expand the Working With Children Check as stipulated in the Children Legislation Amendment (Wood Inquiry Recommendations) Act 2009
• Commence verification of Prohibited Employment Declarations
• Develop online applications for the Working With Children Check
• Extend Child-safe program

Planned results

Child deaths are prevented

Intermediate results

• Child Death Review Team (CDRT) recommendations are implemented
• CDRT recommendations are agreed
• CDRT identifies factors contributing to preventable child deaths and recommendations made

Results

• Tabled 2008 CDRT annual report
• Maintained and further developed the Child Death Register

Plans for the future

• Table a report on the CDRT's study of neonatal deaths that are sudden and unexpected in New South Wales from 1996 to 2008
• Work with the Ombudsman to transfer the CDRT to the Ombudsman's Office

Planned results

Children benefit from improved legislation, policies, practices and services

Intermediate results

• Commission's recommendations to improve children's well-being are implemented
• CCYP recommendations to improve children's well-being are agreed
• CCYP identifies factors contributing to children's well-being and makes recommendations

Results

• 14 submissions to inquiries and reviews, including NSW General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 Inquiry into bullying of children and young people, and Statutory review of the Commission for Children and Young People Act 1998
• Website traffic increased by 33%
• New Working With Children Check website launched

Plans for the future

• Complete advice about inter-agency models for injury prevention for children
• Establish a NSW Advisory Panel on the Middle Years of Childhood and progress commitments contained in the NSW Government's response to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Children and Young People aged 9-14 years
• Publish a report providing information about children in NSW in a single document to provide a ‘Picture' of NSW kids
• Establish a Children, Young People and the Built Environment Advisory Group to promote an understanding of how to support children and young people in the built environment and progress recommendations from the Follow-up Parliamentary Inquiry into Children, Young People and the Built Environment

Planned results

Children participate in the decisions that affect their lives 

Intermediate results

• Organisations help children to be effective participants in decision-making
• Organisations and agencies make changes so children can participate in these decisions
• Decision-makers know the value of having children participate in making decisions that affect their lives

Results

• Young People's Reference Group (YPRG) met six times and provided advice on more than 16 Commission projects, policies and public inquiries
• Supported the NSW Youth Advisory Council to conduct a forum on youth homelessness. Youth Advisory Council transferred to Communities NSW
• Conducted Youth Week 2010. Recruit the Young People's Advisory Committee for Youth Week. Youth Week transferred to Communities NSW
• Disseminated and promoted a compendium of papers on involving children and young people in research
• The views of children included in submissions, including Commonwealth inquiries into Combining school and work, bullying of children and young people, and the Attorney-General's Department discussion paper Should the Australian National Classification Scheme include an R18+ classification category for computer games?

Plans for the future

• Work with the Housing and Human Services Senior Officers Group to monitor and contribute to the efforts to prevent youth homelessness
• Review and develop the YPRG's role and objectives

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