Activity description (human services)Lead Tenant-31188



0000Lead tenant31188Outcome objective: Victorians are safe and secureOutput group: Child protection and family servicesOutput: Placement services1. Service Objective To provide semi-independent out-of-home care accommodation for young people aged 16 to 18 years and to promote the acquisition of independent living skills in a safe and supported environment.2. Description of the serviceLead tenant services provide semi-independent accommodation and support for young people aged 16 to 18 years who are unable to live with their family due to issues of abuse or neglect. Lead tenant programs are based on a volunteer adult providing day-to-day guidance and mature role modelling in a shared house arrangement with young people between the ages of 16 and 17 years, with additional support by case managers and youth workers.Lead tenant placements are in houses in local communities where a young person or persons resides with a ‘lead tenant’ (an adult volunteer) who provides support and guidance in developing their independent living skills.3. Client groupYoung people 16 to 18 years of age transitioning from residential or home-based care. It is intended that 90 per cent of clients will be subject to current child protection involvement and the remaining will have no current child protection involvement.4. Obligations specific to this activityIn addition to the obligations listed in the Service Agreement, organisations funded to deliver this activity must comply with the following:4a. Registration and Accreditation Independent review and accreditation against the department’s Human Services Standards, unless exemptedRegistration under the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005Registration under the Disability Act 2006 4b. Program requirements and other policy guidelines HYPERLINK "" Child Protection Practice Manual < requirements for lead tenant services in Victoria < to emergency use of physical restraint in out-of-home care<. PerformanceFunding is subject to achieving the performance targets specified in Schedule 2 of the Service Agreement. Performance is measured as follows: Key performance measure 1: Daily average number of placementsAim/objective This performance measure provides quantitative information on the number of placements occupied by young people aged 16 to 18 years in lead tenant programs.TargetThe performance measure target is provided in the Service Agreement.Type of count FORMCHECKBOX Cumulative FORMCHECKBOX Non-cumulativeCounting ruleIdentify all lead tenant placements in CRISSP over the reporting period.Count placements occupied by a client on a daily basis in the reporting period and then add these figures together to get a total number of placement days in the reporting period. Next, to determine the daily average number of placements/occupancies, the total number of placement days must be divided by the number of days in the reporting period (e.g. June quarter – 91 days).For example:Lead tenant clients D, G, K etc. were placed in a shared residential unit within 1st quarter each financial yearLead tenant client D – 90 daysLead tenant client G – 90 daysLead tenant client K – 90 daysetc.90+90+90 (client placement days) = 270Divided by91 (days in reporting period)(90+90+90)/91 = 3.0Data source(s) collectionCRISSP and the service delivery tracking systemDefinition of termsThe daily average number refers to the number of placements for young people aged 16 to 18 years during a reporting period.An adult volunteer provides young people living in a lead tenant arrangement with support and guidance in developing their independent living skills.Performance measure 2 : Percentage of children and young people who are subject to protective involvementAim/objectiveThis performance measure provides information which is used to analyse whether the service is being targeted to the appropriate client group.Target 90 per centType of count FORMCHECKBOX Cumulative FORMCHECKBOX Non-cumulativeCounting ruleNumber of clients in care during the reporting period whose cases are open on CRIS/CRISSP and subject to protective involvement, divided by the total number of clients in lead tenant care.For example:Number of clients with protective involvement (CRIS/CRISSP) = 32 Total number of clients (CRISSP) = 145(32/145) x 100 = 22.0%Data source(s) collectionCRISSP database for clients in lead tenant cross referenced with CRIS/CRISSP database for protective clients.Note: CRIS/CRISSP is an internal department client information system Definition of termsChild or young person as per the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005.Protective involvement refers to children/young people who are either subject to a current protective order, investigation or where on-going risk has been substantiated by child protection.Performance measure 3 : Percentage of total exits from placement that are plannedAim/objectiveThis performance measure emphasises the importance of sound transition planning for this cohort of young people including ensuring that their views are identified and their needs are heard, understood and acted upon.Target90 per centType of count FORMCHECKBOX Cumulative FORMCHECKBOX Non-cumulativeCounting ruleNumber of planned exits during the reporting period divided by total number of exits x 100For example:Number of planned exits during the quarter = 32Total number of exits during the quarter = 145(32 / 145) x 100 = 22.0%Data source(s) collectionCRISSP Definition of termsExit refers to when the placement ends and the client leaves the placement.Placement refers to the accommodation provided.Planned (exits) means the case planning process which ensures that exits from placements are planned.6. Data collectionThe reporting requirements for this service are:Data collection nameData system Data set Reporting cycleService delivery tracking (SDT)FAC/SAMS2SAMS2/Service delivery tracking data setMonthlyOut-of-home careCRISSPOngoingTo receive this publication in an accessible format email Service Agreement Policy <sapolicy@dhhs..au>Authorised and published by the Victorian Government, 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne. ? State of Victoria, Department of Health and Human Services, July 2019. Where the term ‘Aboriginal’ is used it refers to both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Indigenous is retained when it is part of the title of a report, program or quotation. ISSN 2207-8347 (online/PDF/Word)Available on the department’s Health and human services activity search <; ................
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