Safe houses, a night curfew, alcohol restrictions and an overhaul of services are at the core of the State Government's blueprint to stop widespread child sexual abuse in Roebourne and the West Pilbara.

The Government said it was still working with community leaders to finalise the plan, which also included more support for abused children, more youth activities and speeding up court cases of alleged offenders.

There would also be a suite of measures to help families heal, with a focus on safety, drug and alcohol abuse, stronger links between school and job training and better promotion of culture.

Some Roebourne leaders who were consulted over the plan were sceptical the alcohol restrictions would work, but welcomed the inclusion of their ideas for safe houses and a curfew.

Child Protection Minister Simone McGurk said she could not guarantee the plan would fix generations of dysfunction.

She committed the Government to work with communities over the long-term to increase child safety and bring an end to the normalisation of harmful behaviours.

"I can guarantee to work with the community and to do what I can to cut across Government so that we're delivering better," Ms McGurk said.

"There's no doubt that there's challenges and we've all failed those children in the past."

Sex offenders targeted

A total of 44 people have been charged with hundreds of child sex offences against some 200 hundred children in Roebourne and across the region as part of the ongoing Operation Fledermaus.

Roebourne residents have spoken about abuse in families where children were terrified into silence by their abusers.

Police have reported a disturbing pattern where child victims become the perpetrators, and children being given cash and drugs in exchange for sex.

WA Police Pilbara District Superintendent Paul Coombes said they had worked hard to build trust within the community. ( ABC News: Kendall O'Connor )

It prompted some Roebourne locals to action by leading the push to expose the abuse and bring positive change to the town.

Many of the proposals put forward by local leaders have made their way into the West Pilbara plan, and Ms McGurk has promised to keep consulting with them.

The de-facto safe houses run by women elders, who look after the children of broken families, will now be formalised.

Ten safe houses for vulnerable families or carers with multiple children, like the women elders, will be set up as community-run places with support services.

A men's shelter will also be set up, so women and children can stay in the family home and men are made to go to the shelter.

The details of the curfew have not yet been worked out, including what time it would start and exactly where the children found out after curfew would go.

West Pilbara-wide alcohol restrictions are also in early planning stages, but would initially focus on reducing alcohol consumption in Roebourne.

There are no alcohol outlets in Roebourne, but booze is brought in from surrounding towns like Karratha and Point Samson.

Pilbara Aboriginal Church Pastor Marshall Smith said alcohol was a tough problem to solve. ( ABC News: Kendall O'Connor )

Pastor Marshall Smith, from the Pilbara Aboriginal Church in Roebourne, said people could find ways to get grog regardless.

"Look at the Kimberley, people are still travelling elsewhere to go to get more liquor because you just can't stop a person from drinking, you just can't reduce the persons from drinking that amount," Pastor Smith said.

Plan 'complex' and 'inefficient'

The 6718 Advantage plan put forward by Roebourne leaders called for the replacement of "inefficient" and overly-complex services with a coordinated effort that better responded to the community's problems.

Ms McGurk acknowledged there was duplication and a lack of trust in service providers because staff often did not stay long in the community.

She said under the plan education, health, child protection, police and other agencies would not operate in isolation but more cooperatively.

Services would be reviewed with the community to make sure they were working and staff and community members would receive training on abuse and trauma identification and effective interventions.

There are also plans to ensure court cases of alleged sex offenders do not drag on.

But senior Ngarluma elder David Walker said the Government should implement the 6718 Advantage plan in its entirety.

"I think working mainly with the elders on their initiative and working together would be the plan," he said.

"I think, doing what the elders want, doing what the community wants, and a lot of that is not happening."

Pilbara District Superintendent Paul Coombes said Operation Fledermaus had been based on building trust and the West Pilbara plan would continue in that way.

"This is a long-term project for the community and it will go on for many years," Superintendent Coombes said.