Annual report [1997-98] - Family Court of Australia

The Family Court of Australia – annual report 1997-98
Table 4.6B: Court counselling statistics July 1997 to June 1998
NORTHERN SOUTHERN FCA FCWA AUST
Available Days
AS BR CH CS DN DU GC LS NC PA RK SY TV WL AD AL CA DG HB LN
ML
Counsellor days worked 165 2034 242 511 366 449 522 529 1471 2360 356 2353 663 486 1887 426 945 1490 657 446
Casework Supervisor days worked 0 236 238 233 0 224 214 31 0 221 0 256 0 223 220 233 0 1 66 171
Director days worked 0 238 0 0 223 0 0 216 240 197 0 250 221 0 218 1 197 178 170 66
Total available days 165 2508 480 744 589 673 736 776 1711 2778 356 2859 884 709 2325 660 1142 1669 893 683
3360 21718 2167 23885
547 3114 215 3329
210 2625 192 2817
4117 27457 2574 30031
Targets Set out in Strategic Plan
Interviews per New Intervention Opened
Voluntary privileged counselling - in person 1.8 1.7 2.3 2.1 1.6 1.5 2.1 1.9 2.0 1.7 1.9 2.2 2.3 2.1 1.7 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.7 1.5
Voluntary privileged counselling - telephone 2.9 2.2 6.4 2.5 2.6 1.5 20.5 15.3 2.1 3.5 2.0 2.2 3.0 2.7 1.6 1.6 2.0 3.1 4.3 2.9
Ordered before FDH 2.2 1.6 4.2 3.2 1.7 2.1 2.7 2.2 1.8 1.5 1.7 2.1 3.1 2.9 1.6 1.9 1.5 1.2 1.4 1.7
Ordered after FDH 2.3 3.6 5.0 5.9 2.2 2.3 6.2 3.2 2.0 2.1 4.0 2.7 9.8 3.3 1.6 2.6 3.0 1.4 1.6 2.2
Reportable 4.8 7.3 7.2 5.6 7.6 5.4 10.3 12.7 9.6 8.8 2.2 9.3 14.0 4.2 6.8 9.2 5.4 10.1 6.3 6.1
1.7 1.8 1.6 1.8
3.5 2.4 1.4 2.2
1.5 1.7 1.4 1.7
2.4 2.5 1.7 2.4
7.3 7.9 1.2 7.1
Interviews per day worked 1.6 3.7 3.7 4.0 2.2 2.5 4.6 4.3 3.4 2.5 2.4 2.6 3.4 2.2 5.0 4.7 3.8 3.4 3.6 3.5
3.4 3.4 3.7 3.4
Counsellor Activities
Hours spent on specified activities
Group Counselling: Hours 0.0 72.8 2.5 15.3 75.5 0.0 130.1 8.8 144.5 204.6 0.0 111.8 0.0 29.8 0.0 45.0 104.6 0.0 31.0 1.3
Information Sessions: Hours 2.8 215.1 15.1 12.3 18.6 15.3 41.1 25.9 92.8 34.8 21.5 111.4 50.6 18.1 116.5 2.0 27.9 66.6 56.4 29.6
Oral Reports and Cross Examination: Hours 2.5 29.8 14.0 13.8 22.5 10.0 14.5 2.8 40.5 142.1 7.0 111.6 8.6 11.2 22.9 12.5 18.3 109.8 10.8 7.0
Report Preparation: Hours 57.3 1645.4 304.3 360.9 480.0 500.1 306.1 431.8 1339.1 4012.9 169.0 3380.6 577.5 436.5 1547.8 326.4 790.8 1864.6 297.4 144.8
Casework Travel Time: Hours 58.8 51.8 65.5 217.8 115.2 179.8 84.0 199.1 169.9 148.6 90.1 60.9 292.4 147.0 497.4 226.6 216.3 296.6 43.0 367.0
Community Liaison: Hours 73.4 373.3 38.5 521.6 51.3 182.8 40.3 94.9 171.3 322.9 99.1 167.6 163.8 108.8 323.5 112.1 106.3 113.6 96.6 22.1
Professional Supervision: Hours 54.9 851.1 125.6 182.1 166.1 210.3 129.3 175.6 302.1 626.6 150.4 907.9 360.8 159.1 1123.3 90.1 137.6 383.1 325.6 199.8
Total hours for 6.1.1 to 6.1.7: Hours 249.7 3239.3 565.5 1323.8 929.2 1098.3 745.4 938.9 2260.2 5492.5 537.1 4851.8 1453.7 910.5 3631.4 814.7 1401.8 2834.3 860.8 771.6
32.8 1010.4 693.4 1703.8
111.5 1085.9 267.5 1353.4
252.9 865.1 12.8 877.9
3179.0 22152.3 1027.5 23179.8
579.1 4106.9 313.1 4420.0
130.1 3313.9 164.6 3478.5
936.1 7597.5 620.1 8217.6
5221.5 40132.0 3099.0 43231.0
Other Counselling Activities
Total Single Interviews - Family Violence 49 849 188 364 222 153 269 254 377 931 117 511 268 133 1453 545 84 138 252 480
Late Cancellations or Failures to Attend 38 66 83 93 137 94 132 100 202 536 3 417 53 126 500 19 82 132 33 45
Child Abuse Notifications 3 78 14 4 12 6 5 74 8 93 7 76 9 0 2 10 7 23 35 36
995 8632 423 9055
197 3088 164 3252
12 514 n.a. 514
na – Figures were unavailable for the Family Court of W estern Australia.
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