Question On Notice No. 1 asked in the Legislative Council on 11 May 2017 by Hon Nick Goiran
Question Directed to the: Leader of the House representing the Minister for Child Protection
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
Tabled Paper No: 1234-
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Question
I refer to the workloads of departmental staff and I ask, what are the:
(a) number of full-time equivalents in each country and metropolitan district;
(b) number of children in care allocated per district;
(c) number of other cases allocated per district;
(d) number of children in care on the monitored list, per district;
(e) number of children who have been on the monitored list for greater than 90 days, per district;
(f) number of staff carrying more than 15 cases; and
(g) location of staff carrying more than 15 cases?
Answered on 15 June 2017
(a) As at April 2017, the number of full-time equivalents in each district was:
East Kimberley – 28
Goldfields – 28
Great Southern – 25.80
Murchison – 31
Peel – 32
Pilbara – 36.55
South West – 42.72
West Kimberley – 32.50
Wheatbelt – 36
Armadale – 56.30
Cannington – 51.30
Fremantle – 43.70
Joondalup – 41
Midland – 54.40
Mirrabooka – 49
Perth – 44.87
Rockingham – 41.50
(b) As at 8 April 2017, the number of children in care allocated per district was:
East Kimberley – 143
Goldfields – 150.5
Great Southern – 153.5
Murchison – 181.5
Peel – 217
Pilbara – 207
South West – 291
West Kimberley – 171.5
Wheatbelt – 231.5
Armadale – 421.5
Cannington – 390.5
Fremantle – 280
Joondalup – 302.5
Midland – 370.5
Mirrabooka – 325.5
Perth – 240
Rockingham – 241
(c) As at 8 April 2017, the number of other cases allocated per district was:
East Kimberley – 88
Goldfields – 69
Great Southern – 75
Murchison – 115
Peel – 95
Pilbara – 219
South West –141
West Kimberley – 149
Wheatbelt – 106
Armadale – 135
Cannington – 177
Fremantle – 152
Joondalup – 122
Midland – 166
Mirrabooka – 108
Perth – 67
Rockingham – 148
(d) As at 8 April 2017, the number of children in care on the monitored list per district was:
East Kimberley – 15.5
Goldfields – 1
Great Southern – 40
Murchison – 64.5
Peel – 21.5
Pilbara – 9
South West – 16.5
West Kimberley – 2.5
Wheatbelt – 32.5
Armadale – 46
Cannington – 6
Fremantle – 3
Joondalup – 9
Midland – 9
Mirrabooka – 0
Perth – 19.5
Rockingham – 66.5
(e) As at 8 April 2017, the number of children who have been on the monitored list for greater than 90 days, per district was:
East Kimberley - 1
Goldfields – 1
Great Southern – 1.5
Peel – 17.5
Pilbara - 3
Wheatbelt – 13
Armadale – 27
Cannington – 3
Fremantle – 2
Joondalup - 5
Perth – 3
Rockingham – 17
Cases on the monitored list are reviewed on a monthly basis by the Team Leader. Case management requirements, such as care planning and attending to other requests as they arise, are allocated by the Team Leader to a case manager on their team who has capacity to action those one off requests at that time.
(f) As at 8 April 2017, the number of staff carrying more than 15 cases was 124.
(g) As at 8 April 2017, the location of staff carrying more than 15 cases was:
East Kimberley – 4
Goldfields – 4
Great Southern – 5
Murchison – 10
Peel – 7
Pilbara – 11
South West – 7
West Kimberley – 2
Wheatbelt – 3
Armadale – 13
Cannington – 12
Fremantle – 7
Joondalup – 14
Midland – 8
Mirrabooka – 6
Perth – 2
Rockingham – 9