Summary Key Messages: Government Perspective

1. Preference for five year contracts: more sustainable service delivery models and better able to manage staff turnover

2. Focus on prevention and early intervention: emphasis on being able to quantify impact in terms of economic benefit both direct and indirect

3. Proposition is that placed based interventions have a better return on investment (FRSA Value for Everyone Report)

Summary Key Messages: Government Perspective

4. The Expert Panel will be established to: identify interventions and determine the optimal methods of

service delivery support, through mentoring and training service providers, an

increased focus on research, evaluation and practice

5. NCE vs ACNC – The National Centre of Excellence: still working through what that looks like though sector driven vs government controlled

Summary Key Messages: Government Perspective

6. Red Tape reduction: new and improved ways of collecting and using program performance data from 1 July 2014 (training will be provided)

7. New language: Grant Agreement Managers vs Contract Managers Grant Reforms vs Contract Reforms

SEF Summary Key Messages: Policy

8. Grow prevention and early intervention whilst maintaining post separation and more targeted specialist interventions

9. Better clarity of separation of powers Federal /State with a view for collaboration to reduce duplication

10. Maintaining focus on both universal and targeted services with flexibility for regional differences including growth corridors

SEF Summary Key Messages: Role of New Bodies (Expert Panel and NCE)

11. Clarity needed about the Expert Panel in terms of:conflict of interest selection of panel members potential to support or stifle innovation

12. Relationship between NCE, the Expert Panel and existing Peak Bodies? Are these either “or”s or both “and”s?

SEF Summary Key Messages: Evidence Informed Decision Making

13. Support for evidence informed focus – evidence needs data, systems change needs shared data. What is the way forward post FRSP online?

14. FRSA and the sector should lead - developing data and measurement for evidence informed policy and practice decision making

15. FRSA to support members with capacity building to grow the measurement and evidence base (Data across up and down!)

SEF Summary Key Messages: Transparency and Accountability

16. The opportunity for change works both ways: what is the approach for moving forward:

Collective? Partnership?

Summary Key Messages: Opportunity for Change - What is the approach?

Gerry Naughtin and Rosemary Addis promoted harnessing opportunities by rethinking our assumptions

Opportunity to open up and rethink what the opportunities are for the future vs repeating the past

Strengthen our own research and evidence base Direction of client directed care supports our current proposition that we

are client focussed We have a window of opportunity to influence policy