CLOSED: Two-Year Review of the Child Information Sharing Scheme (CISS)
The Victorian Department of Education and Training
The Victorian Department of Education and Training has commissioned ACIL Allen and Wallis to conduct research on the implementation of the Child Information Sharing Scheme (CISS).
The Child Information Sharing (CIS) Scheme allows authorised organisations and professionals who work with children, young people and their families to share information with each other to promote children’s wellbeing and safety. Many services already work together to do this, but the new CIS Scheme makes it easier for professionals to support children, young people and families get the help they need as early as possible, and prevent any harm occurring.
Individuals from various authorised organisations have been invited to participate in a survey and can participate either online or over the phone. The survey will ask a range of questions about peoples attitudes towards information sharing, policies and approaches towards information sharing at your organisation, and the ways in which information is shared between your organisation and other organisations.
The study aims to understand ways in which the CISS is being implemented within Information Sharing Entities (ISEs), and potential early impacts/results of the Scheme’s implementation.
Fieldwork is being conducted from June through until the end of August 2020 and the survey will take approximately 15 minutes. All your answers to all questions will be treated as confidential.
Young people
We are also planning to speak with young people who use a range of services. Young people will be asked about their attitudes towards how their information is used and shared.
Discussions with young people will take up to 30 minutes, and participants will receive a voucher to say ‘thank you’ for their time.
For further information, please see the projects Explanatory Statement here.