Publication: The Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services & Indigenous Affairs – Australian Family Relationships Clearinghouse Briefing No 10, 2008

Article:

Effective regional, rural and remote family and relationships service delivery

L. Roufeil and K. Battye (both of Kristine Battye Consulting)

Review of recent demographic, social and economic trends in rural, regional and remote Australia
Consideration of the available evidence base on family and relationships service delivery and of broader literature on service delivery to rural settings
Discussion of enablers and limiting factors for effective rural service delivery within the discussed context
Discussion of workforce issues as a way of addressing service sustainability, including the training environment, maximizing workforce participation, service re-engineering and local environmental enablers