About our annual plan
The role of the Auditor-General is to provide independent assurance to the Parliament of Victoria and the Victorian community on the financial integrity and performance of the state.
Acronyms and abbreviations
| AHV | Aboriginal Housing Victoria |
| CSV | Court Services Victoria |
| CV | Corrections Victoria |
| DELWP | Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning |
| DET | Department of Education and Training |
| DHHS | Department of Health and Human Services |
| DJCS | Department of Justice and Community Safety |
Annual Plan 2019–20
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We prepare and table an annual plan before 30 June each year that sets out our work program and the resources we need to deliver the program. The annual plan is a key accountability mechanism that gives Parliament, the public sector and the Victorian community the opportunity to assess our goals and understand our audit priorities.
Appendix D. Clinical data analysis methodology
Our clinical data analysis in this audit involved the five audited health services, which provided to us all community contacts and admissions for all clients aged 0–25 years across three years from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2018.
The data that we received and analysed from CMI/ODS was:
Appendix C. DHHS program descriptions
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Program name |
Program description |
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Child and Adolescent Assessment Treatment |
Transmittal letter
Independent assurance report to Parliament
Ordered to be published
VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT PRINTER June 2019
PP No 36, Session 2018–19
The Hon Shaun Leane MLC
President
Legislative Council
Parliament House
Melbourne
President
Legislative Council
Parliament House
Melbourne
The Hon Colin Brooks MP
Speaker
Legislative Assembly
Parliament House
Melbourne
Speaker
Legislative Assembly
Parliament House
Melbourne
Dear Presiding Officers
Appendix B. DHHS funding for child and youth mental health 2018–19
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Health Service |
Inpatient funding ($) |
Child and adolescent treatment services ($) |
Other specialised programs ($) |
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Appendix A. Audit Act 1994 section 16—submissions and comments
We have consulted with DHHS, AWH, Austin Health, Eastern Health, Monash Health and RCH, and we considered their views when reaching our audit conclusions. As required by section 16(3) of the Audit Act 1994, we gave a draft copy of this report, or relevant extracts, to those agencies and asked for their submissions and comments. We also provided a copy of this report to the Department of Premier and Cabinet.
Responsibility for the accuracy, fairness and balance of those comments rests solely with the agency head.
Responses were received as follows:
4 Access and service responses for vulnerable populations
Mental health problems increase exponentially when there are other indicators of vulnerability, such as unstable housing and poverty, neglect and abuse, intergenerational trauma or developmental disabilities.
Both individuals and the society they live in substantially benefit from timely wrap-around care that coordinates the many services that can be involved for these most vulnerable children and young people.
3 Monitoring performance, quality and outcomes
Government departments have a core responsibility to monitor the performance of their funded agencies and to understand what services or other public value is being delivered with the funding that it provides, and ideally to also understand what outcomes are achieved.