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7. ACI Committee 311, ACI Manual of Concrete Inspection Eight ed, ed. 8th. 1992, Detroit, Michigan: American Concrete Institute. 8. Saltelli, A., Ratto, M., Andres, T., Campolongo, F., Cariboni, J., Gatelli, D., Saisana, M., and Tarantola, S., Global sensitivity analysis. 2008: The Primer, John Wiley & Sons. 9. Levy, A.B. and Rockafellar, R.T., Sensitivity analysis of solutions to generalized equations. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, 1994. 345(2): p. 661-671.
Ability to use reprographics to modify documents as required Ability to modify classroom resources as required To be able to work closely under the direction of the classroom teacher To be able to use initiative to differentiate tasks to the pupils level of understanding Excellent team player with the ability to build relationships at all levels across the College. To be highly organised. To be able to demonstrate effective communication skills. To be adaptable with a good sense of humour. Ability to enable and promote independent learning Be a creative, hardworking lateral thinker OUTLINE OF ROLE AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES The person appointed will work on a one-to-one basis with a visually impaired pupil. The post holder will be under the direction of the Head of Learning Enrichment and will support the child in various subjects, assisting in the preparation of the materials and resources necessary to ensure full access to the curriculum. They will assist the child in learning effectively when working alone and in group situations. The pupil is disapplied from MFL and Religious Studies. At this time, the post holder will work on a one to one basis to support homework, overlearning and helping to complete progress assessments. The aim of the role is to facilitate inclusion, maximising the pupil’s level of contribution and achievement in all aspects of school life. Supporting the pupil by: Promoting self-esteem and independence Promoting and supporting the inclusion of all pupils in learning activities and extra-curricular activities Pupil Profile development and implementation Developing touch-typing skills Overseeing homework completion at the end of the school day Facilitating the use of a personal laptop to complete homework and classroom tasks where appropriate Supporting the teachers by: Assisting teaching staff in the delivery of learning activities and work programmes. Producing modified resources as required Providing input into the planning and evaluation of learning activities for the individual pupil to enable teaching staff to make informed decisions when developing their plans Monitoring and evaluating pupil responses to learning activities Recording pupil information, as specified by the teaching staff to ensure that the Colleges information systems are maintained Preparing and maintaining specialist learning equipment Fulfilling access arrangements of reader and scribe. Supporting the use of ICT Adapting equipment and/or souring appropriate resources Support the College by: Developing a good relationship with the Pastoral Team in order to ensure effective communication of the pupils needs Liaising, advising and consulting with other teaching staff when required
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Dessert VK Banoffee Pie – £6.50 Winter Berry Cheesecake – £7.00 Chocolate Brownie with Vanilla Ice Cream – £7.50 Sticky Toffee Pudding with Ice Cream or Custard & Toffee Sauce – £7.25 VK Chocolate Bread & Butter Pudding with Ice Cream or Custard – £7.25 Movenpick Ice Cream Strawberry, Chocolate or Vanilla – £7.50 Cheese Board, Selection of Cheese with Crackers – £7.50 Movenpick Sorbet Lemon, Mango & Strawberry – £7.50 Digestif: Clos Daddy - Sauternes Bordeaux – £6.75 Port Late Bottled Vintage Port – £4.20 Bas Armagnac VSOP – £6.00 Grappa Tradizione – £3.90 Disaronno Originale Amaretto – £5.00 Children’s Menu Grilled or Battered Fish & Chips with Seasonal Leaves – £5.95 Breaded Chicken Goujons served with either Chips or Mash and Beans – £5.95 Sausage & Mash with Beans or Jus – £5.95 Burger and Chips with Seasonal Leaves – £5.95 Tomato & Basil Linguine with Parmesan – £5.95 Dessert: All of the above are accompanied with a scoop of strawberry, vanilla or chocolate ice cream We cannot guarantee any dish is nut free as all dishes are prepared in a kitchen that handles nuts. Please note that we cook nothing but fresh food therefore on busy days/nights your food might take longer to arrive - thank you for your patience. We also offer outside catering - A 12.5% service added to the bill.
Spanish II Honors Course Outline: First Nine Weeks: Preliminary Lesson- Spanish 1 Review (29)☐ U1L1- Going on a trip Vocabulary (55)☐ - Direct Object Pronouns (41) ☐ - Indirect Object Pronouns (46) ☐ U1L2- On Vacation Vocabulary (79) ☐ - Preterite of –ar verbs (65)☐ - Preterit of ir, ser, hacer, ver, dar (70)☐ U2L1- Sports and Health Vocabulary (109) ☐ - Preterite of –er and –ir verbs (95) ☐ - Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns (100) ☐ Third Nine Weeks: U4L1-Legends and Stories Vocab (217) ☐ - The Imperfect Tense (203) ☐ - Preterite and Imperfect (208) ☐ U4L2-Modern and ancient cities (241) - Preterite of –car –gar –zar (227)☐ - More verbs with irregular preterit stems (232) ☐ U5L1- Preparing and describing food vocabulary (273)☐ -Usted and ustedes commands (259) ☐ -Pronoun placement with commands (264) ☐ Second Nine Weeks: U2L2- Daily Routines Vocabulary (133) ☐ - Reflexive Verbs (119) ☐ - Present Progressive (124) ☐ U3L1-Clothes and Shopping Vocabulary (163) ☐ - Present tense of irregular yo verbs (149) ☐ - Pronouns after prepositions (154) ☐ U3L2- At the market vocabulary (187) ☐ - Irregular preterite (173) ☐ - Preterite –ir stem changing verbs (178) ☐ Fourth Nine Weeks: U5L2-Ordering meals and talking about food (297) ☐ -Affirmative and Negative words (283) ☐ -Double object pronouns (288) ☐ U6L1 Movies and film festivals (329) ☐ -Affirmative tú commands (315) ☐ -Negative tú commands (320) ☐ U6L2 We are stars (353) ☐ -Present subjunctive with ‘ojalá’(339) ☐ -More Subjunctive Verbs (344) ☐
Americans More Likely to Say Government Doing Too Much Belief that government is over-regulating business is at high for decade by Frank Newport September 21, 2009 Source: Gallup.com - PRINCETON, NJ -- Americans are more likely today than in the recent past to believe that government is taking on too much responsibility for solving the nation's problems and is over-regulating business. New Gallup data show that 57% of Americans say the government is trying to do too many things that should be left to businesses and individuals, and 45% say there is too much government regulation of business. Both reflect the highest such readings in more than a decade. These two measures are based on questions Gallup has asked each September since 2001, and intermittently before that. The 57% level of public concern about big government in this survey is, among other things, coincident with an extensively increased government involvement in the economy, and the extensive focus on a large-scale government effort to reform healthcare that was underway as this survey was being conducted. Forty-five percent of Americans say there is too much regulation of business, while 27% say the amount of regulation is about right and 24% say there is too little regulation.
Names: Date____________________ Trig Identities Manipulatives Project You will work in groups. Each person in the group should answer the last reflection question in his own words. Background: View the two videos at the following links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkwbZP0OMpY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5wBkiAqV5U&feature=related These videos show what the manipulatives look like and how to present a solving trig identity to the class. Materials needed: Construction paper in red, yellow, blue, purple, green, orange, white Trig Identities formula sheet Scissors Ziploc bag to hold manipulatives Your set of manipulatives must contain the following cards. The cards must be large enough so they can easily be seen and moved around on a table or under the document camera. Be sure to include the information that goes on the back of each card (see videos for details). Front of card Color Shape Quantity cos θ Red Indent on top, jagged on bottom 4 sin θ Yellow Jagged on top, point on bottom 4 cos2 θ Red Two indents on top, jagged on bottom 2 sin2 θ Yellow Jagged on top, two points on bottom 2 tan θ Orange Jagged on top and bottom 4 tan2 θ Orange Jagged on top and bottom 2 sec θ Purple Jagged on top and bottom 4 csc θ Green Point on top and bottom 4 cot θ Orange Indent on top, point on bottom 4 sec2 θ Purple Jagged on top and bottom 2 csc2 θ Green Two points on top and bottom 2 cot2 θ Orange Two indents on top, two points on bottom 2 1 Blue Point on top, jagged on bottom 4 - (minus sign) White Rectangle 3 + (plus sign) White Rectangle 3 = White Rectangle 2 fraction bar White Rectangle 3 Reflection Questions: Type your answers to the following questions and turn in with your rubric. Explain how tan θ, sec θ, csc θ, and cot θ got their colors and shape. Explain how sin2 θ and cos2 θ got their shapes. How might you change the manipulative to make it easier to understand the trig identities? Does working with these manipulatives help you understand trig identities better? Why or why not?
The von Karman & Dryden Continuous Gust Spectra Revision A By Tom Irvine Email: tom@vibrationdata.com June 14, 2013 ______________________________________________________________________________ The von Karman gust spectrum (1961) is widely used for design aircraft to withstand continuous random gusts. In particular, FAA Federal Aviation Regulations FAR-25 Appendix G, Continuous Gust Design Criteria, requires a continuous turbulent gust analysis for transport aircraft. The von Karman velocity power spectral density for vertical and lateral gusts is (1a) (1b) / 2 is the cycles/feet f is the frequency (Hz) is the root-mean-square vertical or lateral gust velocity, equal to 85 ft/sec between 0 and 30,000 ft, and then decreasing linearly to 30 ft/sec at 80,000 ft L 2500 ft, an integral length scale of turbulent eddies (FAA, 1988) a 1.330 is the von Karman constant U is the forward aircraft speed The von Karman velocity power spectral density for longitudinal gusts is (2a)
Pillar: Civic Engagement (appreciating that knowledge, skills and abilities exist in contexts) Alignment to Program Learning Outcomes 1. Indigenous Perspective An awareness of Aboriginal perspectives includes the different ways of knowing by which these perspectives enrich university life. Indigenous Perspective relates not only to the objective of exploring what Indigenous knowledge is but also to devising ways of integrating such knowledge into our learning. 2. Local Knowledge in a Global Context A world view informed by geography, sustainability, culture, history, and current events is an important facet of citizenship in an era of mass culture and communication. 3. Intercultural Perspective Intercultural perspectives comprise awareness and appreciation of different ways of knowing and being which encompass diverse peoples, cultures, and lifestyles. 4. Capacity to Engage in Respectful Relationships Respectful relationships involve trust, acceptance, inclusion, and emotional intelligence. Graduates of VIU have the capacity to develop meaningful relationships and demonstrate respectful and genuine interest in all people, particularly when interacting with others who have different abilities or backgrounds. 5. Foundations for Lifelong Learning Lifelong learners are self‐motivated learners. They have the knowledge, skills, and attitude to engage in continuous learning; they are characterized by independence of thought, curiosity, and initiative. Lifelong learning is important for personal and professional development as well as for civic engagement. 6. Ethical Reasoning Ethical reasoning is the application of a moral framework to a given situation or issue. 7. Integrative Learning Integrative learning is the ability to make connections, synthesize and apply learning in new situations, and bridge theory and practice across disciplinary boundaries.
week events and similar cultural events (Reconciliation Action Plan 2.5) NAIDOC week events or other similar cultural events. Attraction Improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment opportunities by providing leadership on recruitment initiatives and practices to attract Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to roles at Victoria Legal Aid. Action Who Timeline Measure Increase Victoria Legal Aid’s Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander workforce. (Reconciliation Action Plan 3.1, 3.2, 3.5) Associate Director, People and Culture On or before December 2018 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff represent a minimum of 2.5% of Victoria Legal Aid’s productive workforce Improve pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander law students, graduates and lawyers. (Reconciliation Action Plan 3.1 and 3.2) Resourcing and Remuneration Manager, People and Culture December 2017 Graduate Scholarship Program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander law graduates implemented. Recruit two law graduates to our Graduate Scholarship Program. Improve pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander law students, graduates and lawyers. (Reconciliation Action Plan 3.1 and 3.2) Resourcing and Remuneration Manager, People and Culture Yearly Recruit at least two law students to our Aboriginal Clerkship Program. Recruit two Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander lawyers on our New Lawyers Program. Referrals from Aboriginal engagement units (including Tarwirri) and law schools to our
clerkship, graduate and new lawyer programs. Develop and implement attraction employment strategies specifically targeting Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples. (Reconciliation Action Plan 3.5) Associate Director, Aboriginal Services July 2017 Three Aboriginal Community Engagement Officer positions are recruited, inducted and supported in their roles. Develop and implement attraction employment strategies specifically targeting Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples. (Reconciliation Action Plan 3.5) Resourcing and Remuneration Manager, People and Culture Ongoing Employment opportunities are advertised in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander media including Koori Mail, Our Mob, University Indigenous law centres and/or law faculties. Develop and implement attraction employment strategies specifically targeting Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples. (Reconciliation Action Plan 3.5) Resourcing and Remuneration Manager, People and Culture February 2017 Victoria Legal Aid website updated to promote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment opportunities. Develop and implement attraction employment strategies specifically targeting Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples. (Reconciliation Action Plan 3.5) Resourcing and Remuneration Manager, People and Culture Ongoing All recruitment selection panels for identified positions include an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander representation. Further information Leah Borsboom – Resourcing and Remuneration Manager Phone: (03) 9269 0537 Email: Meena Singh – Associate Director, Aboriginal Services Phone: (03) 9269 0360
Benefits 40 percent of all clients receive some form of government benefit. Newstart Allowance is the most popular (24%) type of benefit received. The proportion of high cost clients receiving government benefits is lower than the general clientele – 37 percent of high cost clients and high cost Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients are government benefit recipients. Young clients and high-cost young clients receive significantly less benefits, proportionally, than other segments. 28 percent of high cost young clients receive benefits, in contrast to 24 percent of youths in general. This signals that High Cost Young clients seem to have higher access to government benefits. The most popular benefits received by youth are Youth Allowance, followed by Newstart allowance. 44: All Clients Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Clients Young Clients High Cost Clients High Cost Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients High Cost Young Clients Benefits Recipients 40% 34% 24% 37% 37% 28% Benefit Types Newstart allowance 24% 33% 26% 25% 35% 31% Parenting payment 14% 25% 12% 18% 31% 11% Disability support pension 13% 22% 10% 11% 19% 18% Youth allowance 3% 7% 33% 4% 9% 36% Living Arrangements
Appendix 1 Who we met with Young people Parents Carers The Children’s Court at Melbourne The Children’s Court at Broadmeadows and the Family Drug Treatment Court The Children’s Court at Moorabbin The Children’s Court as it sits in Ballarat, Bendigo, Bairnsdale, Geelong, Mildura, Morwell, Shepparton, Wangaratta and Warrnambool The Magistrates’ Court Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Department of Health and Human Services at Melbourne, Ballarat, Bendigo, Bairnsdale, Geelong, Mildura, Morwell, Shepparton, Wangaratta and Warrnambool The Commissioner for Children and Young People The Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People Victorian Ombudsman Office of the Public Advocate Youth Affairs Council of Victoria Practitioners from 8 Melbourne based section 29A Panel firms (12 firms were invited to participate) Practitioners from 16 Regional 29A Panel firms (all firms were invited to participate) Children and Youth Issues Committee, Law Institute of Victoria Collaborative Practitioner Section, Law Institute of Victoria The Children’s Court Bar The Family Law Bar Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency Victorian Aboriginal Legal Services Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria Women’s Legal Service Victoria Loddon Campaspe Community Legal Centre Peninsula Community Legal Centre Barwon Community Legal Service Gippsland Community Legal Service Hume Riverina Community Legal Service Inner City Melbourne Community Legal Federation of Community Legal Centres Victoria Mallee District Aboriginal Services
informed by personal and historical experience, have resulted in a reluctance to engage with legal processes. When engagement does occur, it requires time to build trust. People with a cognitive impairment. The time-pressured nature of current practice does not cater for the needs of children or parents who are living with an impairment. People from a culturally and linguistically diverse background. The lack of time to address different cultural understandings of children and parenting practices creates confusion that generates a lack of confidence in the overall system. ‘A lot of women we help with intellectual disabilities and literacy issues, they are in crisis mode at the court and they don’t hear what is happening. They go straight to how it's making them “feel”, which isn’t what the workers, the lawyers or the Court wants to hear. So they leave feeling they haven’t been heard.’ – A support worker
I am telling you this because we need good laws and good people to help us deliver ‘real justice’ for our clients – members of the Victorian community – the people we care for. So, what can RMIT uniquely do – to advance real justice – that Victoria Legal Aid alone cannot? What does RMIT’s catch cry – ‘Ready for life and work’ – really mean in a social justice lawyering setting? In answering that question, I must first acknowledge where we are and why we are gathered. Tonight, is a both a celebration of the ten-year Juris Doctor offering and an opportunity to reflect on our past, present and future. So, I acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nations as the Traditional Owners of the land we are gathered on – because this land was never ceded or freely given. I pay my respect to Elders, past and present and those leaders who are emerging, as well Elders from other communities who are with us here tonight. Despite the renovation – Old Melbourne Gaol for me – is still a sobering place. It hasn’t always been a place of celebration. But things do change and for every tale of despair there is another of hope and redemption. In the abstract, this can amount to a belief in the power of the human spirit to overcome life’s disadvantages, or, its random acts of cruelty. But in the daily grind – in the emotionally taxing nature of social justice lawyering – it generally requires real experience of a client succeeding. One hundred and seventy-five years ago two Tasmanian Palawa men Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner did not succeed for they were executed just outside of this building. History records that ‘most of the Melbourne population turned out to watch as the two men slowly strangled to death in a bungled hanging.’ The former Assistant Protector of Aboriginal people wrote: ‘such an affecting, appalling, disgusting, execrable scene my eyes never saw.’ Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner were the first people to be hanged in Victoria. They were part of a small group of Tasmanian Aboriginal men and women brought here by the Chief Protector of the Port Phillip Aboriginal Protectorate to ‘help him subdue the Victorian Koori people’.
(c) To provide to the community improved access to justice and legal remedies 132,000 calls answered by Legal Help 5% increase in priority clients (unique) accessing grants of aid and duty lawyer services as a percentage of total clients by service type. >80% overall satisfaction rating in client survey >50% of service improvements identified through complaint-handling are implemented within six weeks (d) to pursue innovative means of providing legal aid directed at minimising the need for individual legal services in the community >80% of community legal education sessions targeted to vulnerable client groups or organisations/individuals that work with vulnerable groups (such as children and young people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with a disability and indigenous people). 30% increase in website sessions for Find legal answers
A response plan to the Royal Commission into Family Violence addresses: Policy Service Delivery Resourcing/Funding Advocacy SD; 1 & 2 WTGB; 1, 2, 3 & 4 A range of responses developed and agreed upon to respond to the Royal Commission into Family Violence Co-ordinate a VLA wide response, including identifying further resourcing/funding required to respond effectively to the recommendations Work with relevant agencies to assist with delivering recommendations Contribute to legislative and policy responses to RCFV findings The transformation and strengthening of the legal assistance sector is supported WTGB; 1, 2, 3 & 4 80% of innovation and transformation projects on track New funding framework for CLSP completed Sector planning framework developed and tested with Sector Innovation and Planning Committee Number of private practitioners accessing training and other practice resources Completion and implementation of phase 1 & identify the learnings/opportunities from existing projects/priorities for reforming CLC funding Commence phase 2 innovations and transformation projects Complete phase 1 of CLSP reform: establish governance, undertake consultation and desktop reviews, develop and test options for funding framework; SIPC providing regular advice on sector innovation and planning Develop framework for coordinated sector planning Make more training and resources available to PPs Develop and distribute targeted grants newsletters, information and education to PPs Recommendations for changes to VLA’s means test identified SD; 2 WTGB; 1, 2, 3 & 4 Recommendations finalised Means Test Review and stakeholder consultation Strategic advocacy delivers broad community benefit SD; 2 WTGB; 1, 2, 3 & 4 VLA wide-campaigns identified and developed Successful examples of strategic advocacy and systemic improvements (qualitative) Build capacity within VLA to identify and undertake priority strategic advocacy campaigns Build capacity of Strategic Advocacy Advisory Group in prioritising and overseeing the policy and campaign work
through complaint-handling are implemented within six weeks (d) To pursue innovative means of providing legal aid directed at minimising the need for individual legal services in the community ≥80% of community legal education sessions targeted to vulnerable client groups or organisations/individuals that work with vulnerable 15% increase in website sessions for Find legal answers Working better together 1.Improve innovate and reform practices to provide better services to clients 2. Support our people 3. Engage externally for accountably and transparency 4. Use evidence and experience to improve legal service delivery Take care of staff, build their resilience and support their professional development Build a culture that genuinely supports staff to make a positive contribution and take pride in their unique roles Improve the way we manage and communicate with staff
CLC – community legal centre CLSP – Community Legal Services Program DHHS – Department of Health and Human Services DL – duty lawyer HSW – health, safety and wellbeing OHS – occupational health and safety RCFV – Royal Commission into Family Violence SET – Senior Executive team VLA – Victoria Legal Aid
Records/reports List e.g., Police report FV incident, DHHS report, etc Section 11F/ Family report Author, date Subpoenaed material List e.g., bank records, etc Assessment reports List, e.g., psyche assessment, drug screening, behaviour change program, etc ICL Views 7. List of proposed witnesses List the witnesses you propose calling, a brief outline of the nature of evidence to be given, whether the witness has been prepared for the hearing and notified in writing of all concerns relating to their evidence. Witness Nature of evidence Comments Available? Prepared? Notified? Relationship with client/child? Provide brief summary of evidence. e.g., evidence provided in person or via video link. Arrangements made for video link? Documents they need to bring to court? Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No
About Victoria Legal Aid Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) is an independent statutory authority set up to provide legal aid in the most effective, economic and efficient manner. We're one of the biggest legal services in Victoria, providing legal information, education and advice for all Victorians. We fund legal representation for people who meet eligibility criteria based on their financial situation, the nature and seriousness of their problem and their individual circumstances. We provide lawyers on duty in most courts and tribunals in Victoria. Our clients are often people who are socially and economically isolated from society; people living with a disability or mental illness, children, the elderly, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and those who live in remote areas. We assist people with legal problems about criminal matters, family breakdown, child protection and family violence, immigration, social security, mental health, discrimination, guardianship and administration, tenancy and debt. We provide: free legal information through our website, our Legal Help telephone service, community legal education, publications and other resources legal advice and minor assistance through our Legal Help telephone service, Duty Lawyer Service and free clinics on specific legal issues support to people in the mental health system through non-legal advocates in the Independent Mental Health Advocacy service family dispute resolution services to help families make decisions about family law disputes away from court grants of legal aid to pay for legal representation by a lawyer in private practice or a VLA staff lawyer. In addition to helping individuals resolve their legal problems, we work to address the barriers that prevent people from accessing the justice system. By participating in law reform, we influence the efficient running of the justice system and ensure the actions of government agencies are held to account. We take on important cases and campaigns that aim to improve the law and make it fairer for all Victorians. About this consultation We are committed to delivering high-quality legal services that make the most economical use of our limited legal aid fund. In order to achieve this, we are reviewing the efficiency and effectiveness of our service delivery models to make sure we have an appropriate service mix and that those services target the right people, at the right intensity and at the right time. We've seen an increase in demand for child protection services. The importance of child protection proceedings for families and the community highlight the need for us to get it right. We don’t want to
secure the ‘best interests’ of a child. This includes protecting them from harm, protecting their rights and promoting the child’s development. In each case, people might reasonably disagree about what is in the best interests of that child. Advice and advocacy to and for children and families, both legal and non-legal, at all stages, is critical to maintaining a fair and just system. It is essential that children, young people and parents are aware of what is happening, understand their rights and have an effective voice, and that any intervention is appropriate and lawful. Lawyers have a legitimate and central role in this process. Investment in new initiatives and greater training capacity to support legal practitioners to deliver the necessary services is needed. We must try doing things differently, accepting that we may not always get the results hoped for. However, unless we are prepared to try new approaches we will continue to put ever-increasing resources into a system that does not meet the needs of some of the most vulnerable members of our community. As the primary provider and funder of legal services to children, young people and families in the child protection system, there are a number of things that VLA can do better. However, we cannot do this alone. It requires the assistance of private practitioners and community legal centres, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Children’s Court of Victoria. It also requires us to look beyond the usual range of partners to identify new ways of doing things – working with families, carers, health providers and others to improve outcomes: a whole-of-sector response. The set of Actions that VLA will take as a result of this Review are set out in the next section. Not all of the Actions can be implemented at once. Some will take time to develop, while others can only be implemented after related Actions have been implemented. It is expected that it will a number of years to implement all of the Actions. We are looking forward to working together to improve outcomes for children and families in the child protection system.
person about helping with no comment If mental impairment (mental health/substance) Currently capacity for interview? Tell police to interview later? If allegations are opposed If someone else: name then no comment If alibi: details then no comment Advice about after interview Fingerprints Caution/release summons pending/bail Remand – Bail justice (BJ) / Court (forensic sample?) How to contact you or another lawyer
Information for kinship, foster carers and support agencies There are a number of groups and organisations involved in the child protection system that have limited access to information about the child protection system or the legal services available. This includes carers, who provide invaluable support to children and organisations working with children and parents. It's important to work with these groups to develop relevant information so that they may better support children and parents getting access to legal services. ‘Volunteerism is sometimes seen as amateurism. But a lot of carers don’t view their role in the system as amateurish. We give 24-hour care to some of the most damaged kids in the community. We know these kids better than many of their family members. We want to be a part of the solution. If we have information, we could better prepare kids for the court process and fallout but we feel constantly excluded. This is despite the fact we are the ones that have to pick up the pieces when court says they can’t go home.’ – A carer Support workers were highly supportive of the development of materials that could assist them to support children, young people and parents navigating the child protection system. They felt they could play an important role in reinforcing advice and support if they had greater awareness and knowledge of how the legal processes operated. Option 17 Victoria Legal Aid engage with kinship and foster carers to develop materials and information relevant to their involvement in the child protection system. Option 18 Victoria Legal Aid engage with service providers to develop materials and information relevant to their involvement in the child protection system.
Discussion question: What steps should we take to increase the number of lawyers in child protection? Response: Members of our group have benefited immensely from the child protection pilot at Loddon Campaspe CLC, for one parent advocates worked closely with pilot project staff to keep a newborn infant in the parent’s care. We support any expansion and additional resourcing of this program. Improving Processes Option 47: Victoria Legal Aid work with the Children’s Court, the Magistrates’ Court, DHHS and others to identify and implement better use of technology to improve access to legal services and participation in proceedings. Response: We support this, particularly for those of us in regional areas.
Maximising client access There are barriers hindering access to legal services by some sections of the community, including people in prison and involuntary patients in mental health facilities. Greater use of technology could improve access to legal services and participation in proceedings. Developing improved processes There is a need to work with our partners to ensure child protection processes and practices are being applied fairly and consistently across the State. Meeting the challenges of the changing nature of child protection A need has been identified to work to ensure that the provision of child protection legal services is sustainable and equipped to deal with the challenges presented by a changing child protection landscape. Clarity of purpose: why we provide assistance in child protection It's important for us to have a clear and shared understanding of why we provide assistance with child protection matters. There was a general consensus that a client-centred approach, that puts children at the heart of service design and delivery, is critical. We propose that the purpose of the VLA Child Protection Program is to promote the safety, wellbeing and development of children and young people. This has three elements: To explain to children their rights, in a way that is appropriate to their age and evolving capacity, and support them to participate in proceedings that are about their future. To promote the safety, wellbeing and development of children by supporting parents to make decisions and take actions that have the child's best interests at heart. The family is recognised as the fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection. Parents are acknowledged to be central to the wellbeing of children – they have obligations to children, not rights over them. To work toward improving outcomes for children and young people through our processes and practices, and those of the child protection system. The provision of legal support to vulnerable children, young people and their parents is an integral part of the child protection system, providing a check on the extent of State intervention and ensuring that it is proportionate. We have tried to reflect in this consultation paper what we heard during the consultation process. The questions and proposed options are intended to test whether we have accurately understood this and to get further feedback about what action we might take.
3. Chronology Create a brief chronology of relevant events including relationship/parenting/financial history and past and upcoming litigation events. Indicate whether events are agreed or disputed. Use this information to create a chronology for the case outline. Date Event Agreed or disputed? Evidence Agreed Disputed If event is disputed, refer to relevant evidence Agreed Disputed Agreed Disputed Date Upcoming litigation events Notes Note any upcoming events e.g., hearing dates, expected release dates for family reports and other matters such as IVO hearing dates or expiration of IVOs 4. Issues in dispute Issues in Dispute Note Issue title Brief outline of issue or refer to document on file. Note any changes to the issues in dispute between the parties at each review
Outstanding issues in dispute What issues have you and the other party not been able to reach agreement about? It might help to look at the final orders you were seeking at the beginning when you filed your application or response, and list the things that will still require a decision by the court. Additional information Additional Priority Indicia? In this section, the court wants to know if there are any reasons why your case needs to be determined quickly. Question on form Suggestions School issue for enrolment in 2018 Let the court know if there is a dispute about which school the child or children will attend and whether a decision on that issue must be made by a certain date. Child risk/welfare allegations Do you say that your child is at risk in the other party’s care? (answer yes or no) Was the matter ready to proceed and previously listed for hearing but not reached? ‘Not reached’ means that the trial didn’t go ahead on the date it was scheduled to. Has the matter previously been listed for trial and been adjourned as it was not ready to proceed? If yes, why was the matter not ready to proceed at that time and have those issues been resolved? The matter has been on foot for a period longer than 18 months When did you first become involved in these legal proceedings? Was it more than 18 months ago? Significant financial hardship would be experienced by one or more of the parties if your matter does not proceed Tell the court if it will be hard financially for you, the other party or your family if the case is delayed. Is Relocation Sought? And if so, reasons why priority should be granted Relocation is where a parent or guardian seeks to move with their child or children to another town, state or country. If you or the other party are applying to relocate with your child or children, and you think that the matter should be determined quickly, list the reasons why.
Grandparents Victoria – submission to Child Protection Legal Aid Services Review consultation and options paper Grandparents Victoria (GPV) and Kinship Carers Victoria (KCV) are, in effect, one agency with two distinct strands of work. GPV/KCV represents both the views of grandparents in general and kinship carers in particular. On matters related to the wellbeing of children and families the views of both agencies are tightly aligned, with all grandparents expecting all sectors of the community to play a role in protecting children. The role assigned by grandparents to the legal fraternity is that of champion and protector of children’s rights, particularly those outlined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. GPV/KCV has reviewed all 50 options presented in the Child Protection Legal Aid Services Review consultation paper, and considers them to be a comprehensive suite of ideas that would reform Legal Aid in ways that make it: more responsive to family’s needs and aspirations better able to empower families to proceed to future pathways in their lives more transparent and better able to protect the rights of families. GPV/KCV has selected thirty-seven options for specific response and grouped them according to priority areas as identified by GPV/KCV. These thirty-seven options are considered to be crucial and should all be implemented. GPV/KCV is sensitive to the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, and assumes that because of the relevance of these options the aboriginal community will support them. GPV/KCV plans to contact Aboriginal agencies to ascertain their response to options put by the VLA and will contact the VLA to support any views contrary to total support for the options if necessary. Until that time VLA may assume support from GPV/KCV for Options 9–14. The options that are not the subject of comment on in this submission are not deemed to be unworthy. Rather, they are not ones we feel qualified address. 1. Purpose of Legal Aid Options 1 and 3 Considered together these two options, as slightly modified by GPV/KCV, outline a comprehensive approach to stating the purposes of Legal Aid in a Child Protection context that is supported by GPV/KCV. That: the purpose of the Child Protection Program be clarified as to promote the safety, wellbeing and development of children and young people. This involves identifying and documenting as a non-negotiable standard of practice the requirement to support:
accept this is sufficient to keep the child safe. The mother has good prospects of success in getting the child placed with her, with the father out of the house. The mother should apply for aid to appeal the DHHS application. (b) Other eligibility criteria If applicant is a parent – The VLA means test (as defined) and State reasonableness test (as defined) must also be met. Ongoing satisfaction of these criteria is required. If applicant is a child – The VLA means test does not apply. If the child is not initiating the appeal, the State reasonableness test should be assessed as satisfied. If the child is initiating the appeal, then an assessment must be made as to whether the State reasonableness test (as defined) is met. (c) Grants assessment process An application for a grant of legal assistance to appeal an interim accommodation order can be lodged via the ATLAS simplified grants ‘extension’ template. Note: in the ATLAS ‘Matters’ screen, select the ‘Matter Group’ as ‘Children’s Court (Family Division)’, notwithstanding that the appeal will be held in the Supreme Court in the ‘Court Hearings’ screen, if the client is initiating the appeal, under: ‘Are there any court proceedings’ - select ‘Yes – Intended’ ‘When is the next hearing date?’ - can be left blank ‘Which court/tribunal do you have to go to?’ - select ‘Supreme Court’ ‘Court Proceedings Number’ - enter the words ‘Not available’ ‘Type of orders sought’ - enter ‘Interim Orders’ Satisfaction of the guideline criteria will be VLA assessed. Information to be included in the grant application is discussed below. (d) Documentary requirements The ATLAS application should include or attach (as applicable): an explanation of the basis on which guideline 3 (including the reasonable prospects requirements), and the State reasonableness test, are met if responding to an appeal, relevant court reports and appeal documentation (proof of matter) the most recent DHHS report and Court clinic report (if available) or, if not available, the protection application details of orders sought by the parties and the lawyer’s file should include: documentation confirming the outcome of the appeal
A steering committee has met every 2–3 months to oversee the RAP. Here is what some of them said about what the RAP means to them: Having a RAP has encouraged me to engage in events throughout the year which in the past I have let happen around me. It has also lead me to read more about local Aboriginal history and Angus McMillian who ‘discovered Gippsland’ and lead the slaughter of hundreds of Gunaikurnai people. Ana Talko-Nicholas, VLA Lawyer In high school I read Women of the Sun written by Hyllus Maris. This was the beginning of my reconciliation journey, including reflection on my own privilege and power and how I use this in my work and personal life. VLA having a RAP is significant to me because the reconciliation journey is a process that is not just about the individual but organisations, communities and policy and law makers. Helen Makregiorgos, Manager of Independent Mental Health Advocacy ‘Being of Aboriginal background, the Reconciliation Action Plan is not just work, it is personal.’ Craig Cairney, VLA lawyer ‘Being involved in the RAP steering committee has been really important for me and encouraged me to think actively about how we can better engage with the Koori community as well as thinking more intimately about how we can continue to create and strengthen our partnerships and collaborations with Koori agencies. ‘ Laura Chipp, Manager of Youth Crime ‘I am very proud that VLA has taken this step and for me personally, one measure of success will be in seeing increasing numbers of Indigenous employees throughout the organisation.’ Kimberley Ison, VLA Lawyer What we want to do next Promoting and simplifying employment pathways Strengthening our community legal education work Improving access to civil and family law services Working with our partner organisations to identify and address systemic injustices Recruiting Aboriginal Field Officers
• Is your mental illness causing your mental or physical health to get worse? Is it causing the chance of harm to you or another person? Or is there something else going on that might be causing these things? • Is there another way of stopping these things from happening that does not involve treatment? • What has happened in the past when you were not treated? Your answers: (Write your thoughts here.) Your evidence that backs up your answers: (List your evidence here.) Your notes about the treatment team’s evidence: (What does it say about treatment? What does it say about your mental or physical health getting worse? Or about you or another person being harmed? What are your thoughts about this evidence? Are there any mistakes or errors? Is the evidence recent or is it old and maybe out of date?) Worksheet 3 – treatment criterion three Immediate treatment will be given on a treatment order This is a simpler criterion. The tribunal will generally not spend too much time on it. The tribunal members may ask you about what treatment are you have been given since you have been on the order. They may also ask you or your doctors what treatment you might get in the near future. Your answers: (Write your thoughts here.) Worksheet 4 – treatment criterion four There are no less restrictive means, reasonably available, for you to receive the immediate treatment Does this criterion apply to you? The tribunal wants to know whether you would you take treatment without a treatment order if it were up completely up to you. If you would keep getting treatment without a treatment order, this criterion is not met. You could consider appointing a nominated person or creating an advance statement as the tribunal will take the views of the nominated person and your advance statement into account. What might the tribunal members ask you? The tribunal members may ask you questions about treatment, your supports in the community and what you would do if you became unwell again. Questions about treatment: • If you were not on a treatment order and free to make your own decisions, would you: stay at the hospital as a voluntary patient? Why? continue the treatment? Why?
Contents Introduction The first thing that all lawyers who represent children in Children’s Court proceedings in either Division should do is read the available on the youth law and practice intranet page, and in the ‘Representing Children’ folder of the Youth Law Resources DropBox folder (contact Suzanne Bettink in person, by email or by phone on (03) 9269 0650 to arrange access to the document or this folder if you do not already have it).