2015-16 Snapshot

In 2015-16 the Commissioner's office: 

• Consulted or met with 1,213 children and young people throughout Perth and regional WA.
• Made 85 representations, including 22 submissions on issues such as youth justice, children in out-of-home care, disability and education.
• Established two new Advisory Committees with young people from North Albany Senior High School and Swan View Senior High School.
• Tabled in the WA Parliament two major reports – “Listen To Us”: Using the views of WA Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people to improve policy and service delivery and Our Children Can’t Wait: Review of the implementation of recommendations of the 2011 Report of the Inquiry into the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in WA.
• Conducted 21 seminars and forums on issues such as bullying, hearing the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people and child safe organisations.
• Produced 24 publications, including Child Safe Organisations WA guidelines, Children from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds Speak Out and two This Is Me booklets with profiles of Western Australian young people.
• Developed a five-year strategic plan to guide the work of the office until 2020.
• Total cost of services was $3.161million.
• Employed 16.02 staff (full time equivalent).
• Established an updated website providing the community with more accessible information and data relating to the wellbeing of WA children and young people.