Department Health & Human Service

Presentation Neighbourhood House Forum

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DHHS Vision

Our vision is to achieve the best health, wellbeing and safety of all Victorians so that they can lead a life they value.

the department’s work is focused on four strategic directions:

• Person-centred services and care

• Local solutions

• Earlier and more connected support

• Advancing quality, safety and innovation

The department’s strategic plan is our roadmap for delivering on our priorities and commitments.

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Outcomes frameworkOur outcomes framework helps us measure the impact of what we do and understand whether we are delivering on our

vision

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The Neighbourhood House Coordination Program Aims: (NHCP)

support the provision of community development programs and activities that lead to community-strengthening outcomes by:

– supporting diversity and promoting community participation and inclusion

– facilitating community development and capacity building in support of individuals and groups within communities

– supporting lifelong learning opportunities for people to improve their access to training and employment pathways

undertake community development processes to address locally identified priorities and needs through:

– community consultation

– development of agreed community responses to identified priorities and needs

– identification of partners and funding sources

– facilitating and evaluating responses to identified needs and priorities.

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The Neighbourhood House Community Development Model:

1. involving the community and encouraging participation and inclusion, and valuing diversity and difference at all levels of

neighbourhood house operation

2. identifying community needs and aspirations

3. determining appropriate community programs, activities and services in response to those needs, ensuring that diversity and

difference are valued

4. partnering with community organisations, businesses, government and philanthropic organisations to secure appropriate funding

and support

5. delivering quality programs, activities and services

6. evaluating the effectiveness of all aspects of neighbourhood house operations, including programs, practice and governance.

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Neighbourhood Houses

The Neighbourhood House Coordination Program, DHHS provides

recurrent funding of 36 million per annum to:

• over 400 neighbourhood houses,

• 16 neighbourhood house networks and

• the peak body, Neighbourhood Houses Victoria.

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South Division- Bayside Peninsula & Southern Melbourne

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•72 Neighbourhood Houses

• 43 Houses in BPA

•29 Houses in SMA

•Community House Network across

SM & BP area

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Total Neighbourhood Houses BPA 43

1,135 hrs of funding weekly

59,020 Total coordination hours per year

$61.67 Unit price funding per hour

$3,639,763.40 total NHCP funding per annum

16 NH’s Uplift to 25 hrs

4 New Houses funded 25 hrs

• Glen Eira Adult Learning Centre

• Nairm Marr Djambana (Aboriginal gathering Place)

• Westall Activity Hub

• Willum Warrain (Aboriginal Gathering Place

Increase in funding= $577, 231.20

5 Houses received Capital works funding = $68,746

NHCP Funding SMA

NHCP Funding SMA

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Total Neighbourhood Houses SMA 29

760 hrs of coordination hours per week

39,520 coordination hours per year

$61.67 Unit price funding per hour

$2,437, 198.40 total NHCP funding per annum

Diversity in the Region

Established ethnic communities reside in most parts of the region but particularly in Kingston

and Greater Dandenong with the main counties of birth being India, Vietnam, China, Greece and

Vietnam. New and emerging communities in the region mainly comprise people from Middle

Eastern, Asian and African countries.

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Language spoken at home Number %

English 915,833 71.4%

LOTE 307,376 24%

Not stated 59,773 4.6%

TOTAL 1,282,982 100%

Our Area – Bayside Peninsula

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• The Bayside Peninsula Area is one of the most populous in Victoria but has experienced low population.

• There are a high number of elderly people relative to working aged people living in the area, consistent with the migration of retirees into the area and the ageing of the population.

• The average unemployment rate is 6.4% for the Area, with Frankston North recording 10.8% unemployment.

• Frankston has a high teenage fertility rate (16.9) compared with Victoria (10.4).

• Cultural Diversity is slightly lower than average, with 16.9% born in non- English speaking country compared with 20.9%of Victorian, and 18.4% speaking language other than English at home compared with 24.2% of Victorians

• The most common language other than English is Greek, spoken by 4% of the population

• The rate of new settler arrivals is similar to the Victorian measure, however the percentage of humanitarian arrivals is much lower than state measures

• Housing stress is a significant issue in many of the outer suburbs, particularly for renters in Mornington Peninsula and Frankston.

• The rate of family violence incidents is high in Frankston (1,836 incidents per 100,000 population) compared to the state average of 1,257.

LGA Population

Bayside 99,947

Frankston 135,243

Glen Eira 144,059

Kingston 153,079

Mornington Peninsula 153,800

Port Phillip 104,846

Stonnington 105,981

Cultural Diversity BPA

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Bayside

34.4% born OS

25% speak language other than

English

Port Phillip

42.1% born OS

30.6% speak language other than

English

Kingston

36,7% born OS

31% speak language other

than English

Stonnington

39.2% born OS

30.4% speak language other than

English

Glen Eira

41.8% born OS

36.2% speak language other than

English

Frankston

28.5% born OS

17.5% speak language other

than English

Mornington Peninsula

24.5% born OS

11.1% speak language other

than English

Top 3 languages other than English and % of total population

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Bayside

Greek (2.2%)

Mandarin (2.1%)

Russian (1.3%)

Port Phillip

Greek (4.5%)

Mandarin (2.2%)

Italian (1.4%)

Kingston

Greek (4.5%)

Mandarin (3.0%)

Italian (1.5%)

Stonnington

Mandarin (4.9%)

Greek (3.4%)

Cantonese (1.4%)

Glen Eira

Mandarin (5.5%)

Greek (3.9%)

Russian (3.4%)

Frankston

Greek (0.9%)

Mandarin (0.8%)

Italian (0.6%)

Mornington Peninsula

Italian (1.0%)

Greek (0.7%)

German (0.4%)

Where in Bayside Peninsula do Aboriginal and Torres

Strait Islander Peoples live?

Port Phillip

283 persons

21.5% increase

Stonnington

177 persons

4.1% increase

Glen Eira

232 persons

38% increase

Bayside

153 persons

9.4% increase

Frankston

1,011 persons

32.2% increase Kingston

380 persons

32.4% increase

Mornington Peninsula

973 persons

53.2% increase

Southern Melbourne Area - Population

The estimated population of Southern Melbourne is over

550,000 people and is projected to be 10% of Victoria’s

population by 2018.

Southern Melbourne is an outer metropolitan area and is one of

the fastest growing Areas in Victoria.

Southern Melbourne Area consists of the following local

government areas:

City of Greater

Dandenong

City of Casey

Cardinia Shire

Council

10% of

Victoria’s

population by

2018

Southern Melbourne Area - Population

More than a third of the population of Southern Melbourne

are children and young people.

In the suburbs of Cranbourne East, Cranbourne West and

Pakenham 10 percent or more of the population are young

children aged 0-4 years.

Projected population growth (43% in coming 15 years)

remains 15% higher than the 28% state average.

2017 2032

Victoria

Southern Melbourne Area

Southern Melbourne Area - Current and projected resident population,

2016 and 2026

LGA 2016 2026 % change

Cardinia 94,121 144,863 53.9%

Casey 299,307 299,307 31.0%

Greater Dandenong 152,071 178,835 17.6%

Southern Melbourne

Area

545,499 715,928 31.2%

Victoria 5,926,620 7,159,891 20.8%

Southern Melbourne Area - Percentage of population by age group

LGA 00-14 15-24 25-44 45-64 65-84 85+

Cardinia 23.1% 12.9% 28.6% 23.5% 10.7% 1.2%

Casey 22.7% 13.9% 29.8% 23.3% 10.7% 1.1%

Greater Dandenong 18.1% 13.9% 31.5% 22.2% 12.4% 2.0%

Southern Melbourne Area – Aboriginality and Homelessness

There were 2,913 Aboriginal men, women and children identified as

living in SMA through the 2016 census.

Casey recorded the seventh highest number of Aboriginal people

living in any Victorian municipality. $3.4million was allocated across

the year to enable specific services to be delivered to Aboriginal

people in and across SMA.

In Southern Melbourne Area, 2,707 people were identified as

homeless on 2011 census night.

Number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders

LGA Persons % of Population

Cardinia 760 0.8%

Casey 1,636 0.5%

Greater Dandenong 520 0.3%

Victoria 47,786 0.8%

Southern Melbourne Area – Diversity & Asylum Seekers

More than 4 in 5 residents in Greater Dandenong have at least one

parent born overseas.

Approximately 2000 asylum seekers have settled in SMA

(Greater Dandenong) representing approximately ¼ of

Australia’s asylum seeker population

SMA - Indicators of cultural diversity

LGA % born

overseas

% born in non-english

speaking country

% speak language

other

than English

% low English

proficiency

Cardinia 25.2% 17.1% 16.8% 0.9%

Casey 43.9% 36.8% 40.8% 4.0%

Greater

Dandenong

64.2% 60.7% 70.2% 12.9%

Victoria 35.1% 28.8% 32.1% 4.5%

Languages other than English and % of population

Hotspots Map BPA

Bayside

Port Phillip

Kingston

Frankston

Mornington

Peninsula

Stonnington

Glen Eira

Neighbourhood House Guidelines (New Funding)

The organisation demonstrates demand / need

for a neighbourhood house in their local area

by alignment with local government’s

municipal plan for community health and

wellbeing services and activities

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Victorian public health & wellbeing plan 2015-2019

• Healthier eating & active living

• Tobacco-free living

• Reducing harmful alcohol &

drug use

• Improving mental health

• Preventing violence & injury

• Improving sexual &

reproductive health

• Healthy and sustainable environments

• Place-based approaches

• People-centred approaches

A new State Plan is to be developed over the coming year, due for release in September 2019.

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Each council’s approach and strategy is documented in their Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan (MPHWP). The MPHWP sets the broad mission, goals and priorities to enable people living in the municipality to achieve maximum health and wellbeing.

Achieving strategic alignment is critical to achieving health and wellbeing outcomes in local communities.

Municipal Public Health & Wellbeing Plan (MPHWP)

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The Victorian Active Ageing Partnership

The Victorian Active Ageing Partnership (VAAP) was established by the Victorian Government in 2015 to increase

opportunities for participation in physical activity programs for older Victorians, especially those who are socio-

economically disadvantage and isolated.

An audit between November 2015 and February 2016 to examine the availability, variety and accessibility of physical

activity opportunities for older Victorians. The audit found that neighbourhood houses and community centres were

the largest provider of identified structured physical activity programs (27%), followed by fitness/leisure centres (20%)

and community health services (16%).

A number of resources and tools have been developed to support Neighbourhood Houses/Community Centres work

with older people

VAAP Self-assessment Tool and Resources (SaTR): www.msk.org.au/vaap/#SaTR

The Department of Health and Human Services would like to see Neighbourhood Houses become a registered user of

the VAAP SaTR.

Engaging under-represented groups of older adults in physical activity www.msk.org.au/vaap/#engagingactivity

Denise Olsson, Active and Healthy Ageing , Department of Health and Human Services If you require further information

or support please contact Denise on 87657330 or Denise.Olsson@dhhs.vic.gov.au

Resources

Municipal health and wellbeing plans

Victorian councils’ health and wellbeing plans 2017-2021 are linked below.

http://www.mav.asn.au/what-we-do/policy-advocacy/public-health-safety/municipal-public-health-planning/municipal-health-and-wellbeing-plans

Regional Ethnic Communities’ Councils/Migrant Resource Centre’s:

Southern Ethnic Advisory and Advocacy Council http://www.seaac.org.au/

Southern Migrant and Refugee Centre https://smrc.org.au/

Ethnic Communities Council of the South East https://eccv.org.au/

New Hope Migrant Resource Centre http://www.newhope.asn.au/

Data presentation graphic tools such as https://www.canva.com/

City of greater Dandenong has an amazing statistical data site (covers all of Victoria) which can be used to compare suburb/council areas for your own

presentations. The link is http://www.greaterdandenong.com/document/18464/statistical-data-for-victorian-communities

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