Communities for Children Committee
Logan
Expressions of Interest
Community Information Sessions
When:
Venue:
Wednesday 25 and Monday 30 March, 2015
The Salvation Army Life Community
Centre
123 Paradise Road, Slacks Creek
Facilitated by: The Salvation Army, CfC FP
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Overview
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Welcome and Introduction
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Setting the Scene
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The Role of the Facilitating Partner – The Salvation Army (TSA)
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The Role of the CfC Committee
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Department of Social Services (DSS) Requirements
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Logan Together
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CfC Requirements
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CREATE Video Presentation – Discussion groups
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Logan Charter
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Expression of Interest Application Explained
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What’s Ahead
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Welcome and Introduction
What can you expect to get from today’s session?
• How we fit in with Logan Together and Logan: City of Choice
initiatives
• Information about the Department of Social Services
requirements
• Understanding of Communities for Children Facilitating Partner
(CfC FP) and the Communities for Children Committee
• Understanding CfC Expression of Interest (EOI) Application for
Subcontracted Activities
• Explanation of the EOI process
Welcome
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Setting the Scene
There are two well-supported and complementary explanations for why birds fly
in the V formation.
Firstly, to conserve energy by taking advantage of the
upwards vortex fields created by the wings of the birds
in front.
Secondly, to facilitate orientation and
communication among the birds.
The V shape specifically allows the birds to see each other better
and keep the flock together and safe.
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CfC Community Strategic Plan
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The Role of the Facilitating Partner (TSA)
Priority areas:
•Logan Charter – Community Collaboration and
Resilience
•Education and School (Learning for All)
•Strengthening Family Relationships
•Collaborative Family Centred Practice
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Overarching Principles:
•Early intervention and prevention
•Evidence-based practice
•Inclusive holistic service system
•Culturally appropriate and sensitive
•Child centred and family focused
•Mentoring and modelling
•Leadership and innovation
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The Role of the CfC Committee
The Communities for Children Committees are established in each site and chaired by the CfC FP.
Committee membership includes a range of community representatives, including clients, parents and
caregivers, local businesses and service providers. The Communities for Children Committee drives the
direction of the CfC FP initiative in the site and is the key decision-making mechanism for the site.
The Committee will assist the CfC FP to:
 Plan, guide and support the initiative
 Make decisions about the disbursement of funds
 Consult with the wider community on community strengths, issues and
needs
 Analyse and assess information from consultations and a range of other
data sources to identify areas of need
 Determine evidence-based solutions to priority needs
 Develop linkages within the local service system
 Review and evaluate progress and performance
 Develop the Community Strategic Plan and the Activity Work Plans
 Develop processes to regularly review the continued relevance and
effectiveness of the services they are funding
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DSS Requirements
 CfC Objectives:
 To improve the health and well-being of families and the development of young children,
from before birth through to age 12 years, paying special attention to: Healthy young
families; Supporting families and parents; Early learning; School transition and engagement
 To create strong child-friendly communities that understand the importance of children and
apply this capacity to maximise the health, well-being and early development of young
children at the local level
 Local Level Management – Invites communities to input into the development of approaches
that best reflect their circumstances which occurs within a strong evidence-based framework,
including a focus on capacity building for the local community to understand which approaches
have been proven to be effective in supporting children and families wellbeing.
 Network and Collaboration - build strong links; link services; build collaborative relationships
complementing existing collaboration mechanisms in the local community.
 Client Eligibility - Flexible, culturally sensitive and accessible services that must provide services
equally, without bias or prejudgement about clients. Services must be accessible to all target
groups, including Indigenous people and culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
 Service Delivery Activities
 CfC FPs subcontract all service delivery activities to local service providers
 Service delivery activities should not duplicate services
 The service delivery activities funded in the Service area should be clearly aligned with the
priorities identified in the Community Strategic Plan.
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Logan Together
The Logan Together Initiative aims to improve the health and wellbeing of the children of Logan so that by the age of 8,
children of Logan are reaching agreed health, education and social milestones with the same success as children across the rest of
Australia.
Who is involved?
Common Agenda / Shared Measurement / Mutually Reinforcing Activities /
Continuous Communication / Backbone Support
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CfC Requirements - CREATE
 Collaboration
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 Building, managing, reviewing and sustaining Partnerships for better
outcomes; Continuum of Collaboration; Breaking down Silos
Relationships Driven
 Effective service delivery - Building of trust with organisations; Building of
relationships of trust with people
Early in the pathway
 Commitment to getting in early before problems emerge or become
entrenched. Targeted programs embedded in a universal framework
Accountability
 Measureable outcomes and clear goals
 Three questions – are we achieving what we expected? How well is it
being done? How much is being done?
 Data Collection - Data Exchange System (DEX)
Training
 Continuous skills development of both staff and parents
Evidence Based
 Programmes and services clear evidence of effectiveness
 30% requirement
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Levels of
Collaboration
Collaboration
Continuum
Coexistence – two or more organisations addressing the same target
population or problem or issue without being aware of each other. In
other words they are working in a vacuum
Communication – two or more organisations being aware of each
other’s existence and sharing information
Cooperation – is defined as two or more organisations working together
on projects that exist separately in each organisation. Eg client referral
Coordination – two or more organisations jointly planning and
implementing programs or activities Eg. Services that compliment
Collaboration – two or more organisations creating, developing and
implementing all or most functional areas of a program in a single effort.
Each organisation retains its identity and have some distinct roles but
the collaboration program has an identity of its own.
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CREATE Presentation
Video
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CREATE Presentation: Discussion Groups
Reflecting on the presentation think about these
questions…..
1. What does each of the elements of CREATE mean to
you and your organisation?
2. How do you see each element of CREATE interacts
with the others?
3. What barriers can you identify internally and
externally to your organisation for the CREATE model
to work?
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Logan Charter
The commitment from our Community
Partners to the Logan Charter translates to an
agreement to build and mobilise their own
individual and collective capacity and capability
to:
• Adopt practice that will bring people
together to actively participate in
community activities
• Address shared issues and concerns
• Commit to delivering high quality services
for families and children that are
characterised by evidence based practice,
• Focus on prevention and early
intervention,
• To be excellent in everything they do.
Community Partner organisations will be
encouraged to respond to this vision and join
together to build a vibrant participative
community.
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Expression of Interest Explained
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What’s ahead?
• Support from Committee/Facilitating Partner
• Deadline 5pm 17/4
• Selection Process and decision
• Individual Presentations for short listed applicants
• Facilitated Co-Creation/Co-Delivery workshops to
support contract process
“To go fast, go alone;
to go far, go
together”
African Poverb
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What’s ahead?
Family Place Information Session
Thursday April 9 1pm - 3pm
35A North Rd, Woodridge (next to Albert Park)
Organisations who are interested
in learning more about the
Communities for Children Logan
Family Place Program are invited
to attend this information session
Presentation will include
• Site tour and overview of
activities
• Collaborative
partnerships/Integrated
service delivery through soft
entry programs
• Critical success factors
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Questions
Any Questions?
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