BROWNS PLAINS/
BEAUDESERT
Stocktake of Family Support Services
 in Queensland
(Implementation of Recommendation 5.1 from the Queensland Government’s Response to the Queensland Child Protection Commission of Inquiry final report: Taking Responsibility: A Roadmap for Queensland Child Protection, December 2013)
February 2014
Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services
Map of Catchment
Please refer to Appendix 1 for a full list of Statistical Areas (Level 2) within this catchment
Browns Plains/Beaudesert catchment area
The Browns Plains/ Beaudesert catchment includes the Browns Plains Child Safety Service Centre and the Beaudesert Child Safety Service Centre.
Browns Plains/ Beaudesert catchment profile
On 30 June 2012, it was estimated there were 157,186 people residing within the Browns Plains/ Beaudesert catchment area. This represented approximately 3% of the estimated resident population of Queensland (4,565,529 people). 
The estimated number of children aged 0-17 years was 45,177 people (approximately 4% of the Queensland population of children aged 0-17 years). There were an estimated 9,872 children aged 0-3 years (approximately 4% of the equivalent Queensland population). 
The population of people who identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander in Browns Plains/ Beaudesert as at 30 June 2012 was 3,777 (2.5% of the total population in the catchment). In Queensland, the population of people who identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander was 155,824 (3.6% of the total population). 
The number of couple families with children living in Browns Plains/Beaudesert (50%) was higher than the Queensland average (42.8%). The Browns Plains/Beaudesert catchment has a higher proportion of people who fall within SEIFA Quintile 2 and 3 (Quintile 1 is the most disadvantaged and Quintile 5 is the least).

Service provision for families – Browns Plains/Beaudesert Catchment
Total investment in the Browns Plains/Beaudesert catchment is $7,402,985 for services funded by both the Queensland Government and the Australian Government. The service delivery breakdown in Browns Plains/Beaudesert is outlined below.
Summary of services for Browns Plains/Beaudesert
1.	Tertiary Family Support services
State Government funded services:
There are no services in this category in the catchment. Services in this category may be delivered from adjacent catchments.
2.	Intensive Family Support services
State Government funded services:
There are no services in this category in the catchment. Services in this category may be delivered from adjacent catchments.
Australian Government funded services:
There are no services in this category in the catchment. Services in this category may be delivered from adjacent catchments.
3.	Secondary/ Targeted Family Support services
State Government funded services:
•	Total investment (per annum): $3,579,328
•	Total number of services: 13
•	Average investment per service (per annum): $325,393
Funding Agency	Organisation/ Legal Entity	Service Name/ Provider	Target Group/ Service users/ Service focus	Suburb	Funding 2012/13 actual (per annum)	
DCCSDS - Disability Services	Disability Services		Provides information, counselling, therapy, and support with transitions to school, for children with a developmental delay aged up to 6 years and their families	Browns Plains	Not available	
DCCSDS - Disability Services	Disability Services		Intensive support for families with children aged 0 – 17 years	Browns Plains	Not available	
DCCSDS - Disability Services	Disability Services		Time limited funding to support a person with disability who is in a life threatening situation, experiencing significant harm to self, or harming others, and has no access to other supports.	Browns Plains	$1,565,396	
DCCSDS - Disability Services	Disability Services		Early intervention behavioural and parenting support for children with challenging behaviour	Browns Plains	$109,090	
DCCSDS - Disability Services	Ability Care Ltd		Flexible respite for children with disability aged up to 12 years	Hillcrest	$169,449	
DCCSDS - Disability Services	Ability Care Ltd		School holiday activity programs for school aged children with disability	Hillcrest	$45,116	
DCCSDS - Community Services	Beaucare Inc	Beaucare Youth At Risk Initiative (Beaucare YARI)	Youth Support	Beaudesert	$71,348	
DCCSDS - Community Services	Able Australia Services	Caddies Youth Support Service	Youth Support	Jimboomba	$84,038	
DCCSDS - Community Services	The Spot Community Services Ltd	The Spot Community Services YSC (Brisbane South West)	Youth Support	Parkinson	$299,828	
DCCSDS - Child Safety	Mununjali Housing and Development Company Ltd	Mununjali Jymbi Centre	Family Support	Beaudesert	$504,420	
DCCSDS - Child Safety	The Baptist Union of Queensland Community Services Group - Queensland Baptist Care	Carinity Communities - Illoura	Family Support	Beaudesert	$78,352	
DCCSDS - Child Safety	Beaucare Inc	Beaucare Family Support Program	Family Support	Beaudesert	$75,680	
DCCSDS - Child Safety	The Spot Community Services Ltd	The Family Unit	Family Support	Parkinson	$576,611	

All figures included for Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services - Disability Services are current as at 31 January 2014. Some figures in this table are notionally allocated across catchment areas where the service is provided across more than one catchment.

Australian Government funded services:
•	Total investment (per annum): $490,206
•	Total number of services: 5
•	Average investment per service (per annum): $245,103 (excluding services where funding was not available)
Funding Agency	Organisation/ Legal Entity	Service Name/ Provider	Target Group/ Service users/ Service focus	Suburb	Funding 2012/13 actual
 (per annum)	
Department of Health	Salvation Army Property Trust (Qld) 	Salvation Army Property Trust (Qld) 

	Women's Residential Rehab - Drug and Alcohol 	Eagle Heights	$322,987	
Department of Health	Alcohol And Drug Foundation Qld 	Alcohol And Drug Foundation Qld 
	Adult non-residential alcohol service - Drug and Alcohol 	Chambers Flat	$167,219	
Department of Human Services	Department of Human Services	Browns Plains DHS Service Centre	Helping Young Parents: Young parents aged 20 and under who have a child 0-6 years	Browns Plains	Not Available	

Department of Human Services	Department of Human Services	Browns Plains DHS Service Centre	Supporting Jobless Families: Parents on income support for 2 or more years with child aged 0-6 years	Browns Plains	Not Available	
Department of Human Services	Department of Human Services	Browns Plains DHS Service Centre	Place Based Income Management: provides services to parents identified by Child Safety as benefiting from the programme; DHS customers identified as vulnerable by a DHS Social Worker customers aged under 22 and granted Unreasonable to Live at Home rate of payment or DHS customers under 25 years of age who have been released from Prison; customers on a Centrelink income support payment can volunteer to have their payments income managed.	Browns Plains	Not Available	

4.	Universal services
State Government funded services:
•	Total investment (per annum): $2,811,987
•	Total number of services: 7
•	Average investment per service (per annum): $401,712
Funding Agency	Organisation/ Legal Entity	Service Name/ Provider	Target Group/ Service users/ Service focus	Suburb	Funding 2012/13 actual (per annum)	
Department of Education, Training and Employment	Beechmont State School P & C Association	Beechmont State School Parents and Citizens' Association Outside School Hours Care	Parents & Families	Beechmont	$11,058	
Department of Education, Training and Employment	The Benevolent Society	Browns Plains Early Years Centre (EYC) & Satellite services	Education & Training	Browns Plains	$2,594,094	
Department of Education, Training and Employment	Jimboomba Community Kindergarten Association Inc	Jimboomba Community Kindergarten	Education & Training	Jimboomba	$4,000	
Department of Education, Training and Employment	Queensland Police Citizens Youth Welfare Association	Woodhill - Logan PCYC School Age Care	Parents & Families	Woodhill	$11,058	
DCCSDS - Community Services	Beaucare Inc	Beaucare Community Centre	Neighbourhood Centres	Beaudesert	$91,000	
DCCSDS - Community Services	Queensland Police Citizens Youth Welfare Association	Crestmead Community Centre	Neighbourhood Centres	Crestmead	$60,051	
DCCSDS - Community Services	Crestmead Community Association Inc	Crestmead Community Centre Association	Neighbourhood Centres	Crestmead	$40,726	
Australian Government funded services:
•	Total investment (per annum): $521,464
•	Total number of services: 8
•	Average investment per service (per annum): $65,183
Funding Agency	Organisation/ Legal Entity	Service Name/ Provider	Target Group/ Service users/ Service focus	Suburb	Funding 2012/13 actual (per annum)	
Department of Social Services 	Playgroup Association of Qld Inc.	Playgroup Association Of Qld Inc.	Communities for Children Direct: Vulnerable children and families; primary focus is on children 0-12 years	Hillcrest	$7,546	
Department of Social Services 	The Corporation of The Synod of the Diocese of Brisbane	The Corporation of The Synod of the Diocese of Brisbane	Family and Relationships Services: Families, separated families, extended family members, individuals, children, young people and couples with relationship difficulties; aim is to better manage the personal or interpersonal issues to do with children and family during marriage, separation and divorce	Crestmead	$293,273	
Department of Social Services 	The Corporation of The Synod of the Diocese of Brisbane	The Corporation of The Synod of the Diocese of Brisbane	Family Law Counselling: Same as Family and Relationships Services with focus on family law	Crestmead	$26,503	
Department of Social Services 	The Corporation of The Synod of the Diocese of Brisbane	The Corporation of The Synod of the Diocese of Brisbane	Specialist Family Violence: Communities, families and clients who are experiencing high and complex needs (family violence) and require more access to intensive support
	Crestmead	$27,149	
Department of Social Services 	The Uniting Church In Australia Property Trust (Q.)	The Uniting Church In Australia Property Trust (Q.)	Communities for Children Facilitating Partners: Whole of community; parenting support; group peer support for children, families or carers; case management; home visiting services; and other supports to prevent child abuse and neglect
	Cedar Creek	$69,576	
Department of Social Services 	The Uniting Church In Australia Property Trust (Q.)	The Uniting Church In Australia Property Trust (Q.)	Communities for Children Facilitating Partners: Whole of community; parenting support; group peer support for children, families or carers; case management; home visiting services; and other supports to prevent child abuse and neglect
	Eagle Heights	$16,234	
Department of Social Services 	The Uniting Church In Australia Property Trust (Q.)	The Uniting Church In Australia Property Trust (Q.)	Communities for Children Facilitating Partners: Whole of community; parenting support; group peer support for children, families or carers; case management; home visiting services; and other supports to prevent child abuse and neglect	Mount Tamborine	$8,697	
Department of Social Services 	The Uniting Church In Australia Property Trust (Q.)	The Uniting Church In Australia Property Trust (Q.)	Family Relationship Centres: Adults with children and young people in their care, who are seeking assistance with conflict and decision making and family law disputes arising from separation or divorce	Jimboomba	$72,486	

Appendix 1
DCCSDS Region	Child Safety Catchment 	Child Safety Service Centre	Statistical Area Level 2	
South East	Browns Plains/Beaudesert	Browns Plains	Boronia Heights - Park Ridge	
South East	Browns Plains/Beaudesert	Browns Plains	Browns Plains	
South East	Browns Plains/Beaudesert	Browns Plains	Crestmead	
South East	Browns Plains/Beaudesert	Browns Plains	Hillcrest	
South East	Browns Plains/Beaudesert	Browns Plains	Marsden	
South East	Browns Plains/Beaudesert	Browns Plains	Parkinson - Drewvale	
South East	Browns Plains/Beaudesert	Browns Plains	Regents Park - Heritage Park	
South West	Browns Plains/Beaudesert	Beaudesert	Beaudesert	
South West	Browns Plains/Beaudesert	Beaudesert	Chambers Flat - Logan Reserve	
South West	Browns Plains/Beaudesert	Beaudesert	Greenbank	
South West	Browns Plains/Beaudesert	Beaudesert	Greenbank Military Camp	
South West	Browns Plains/Beaudesert	Beaudesert	Jimboomba	
South West	Browns Plains/Beaudesert	Beaudesert	Logan Village	
South West	Browns Plains/Beaudesert	Beaudesert	Munruben - Park Ridge South	
South West	Browns Plains/Beaudesert	Beaudesert	Tamborine - Canungra