The unit's current work focus includes:
- WA's Response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
- Stopping family and domestic violence
- Government's engagement with the community services sector
Prior work of the Unit included supporting the Methamphetamine Action Plan Taskforce.
The Unit is responsible for administering the following committees:
- Community Safety and Family Support (CSFS) Cabinet Sub Committee Secretariat: directs and oversees integrated, across-government approaches to the development and implementation of social policies, to improve the lives of members of the Western Australian community.
- Directors General Implementation Group (DGIG) Secretariat: directs and implements across-government social policies.
- Justice Planning and Reform Committee: cross-agency justice governance committee tasked with providing strategic direction on the development of a sector-wide reform plan and its implementation.
- Supporting Communities Forum Secretariat: supports implementation of the Government's Supporting Communities Policy, which is overseen by the CSFS Cabinet Sub Committee.
