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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 217 asked in the Legislative Council on 17 March 2020 by Hon Alison Xamon

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

SOCIAL WORKERS — REGISTRATION

217. Hon ALISON XAMON to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Mental Health:

(1) Does the McGowan government support the introduction of a registration scheme for social workers?

(2) If yes to (1), has the government undertaken, or does it intend to undertake, any work to progress such a scheme?

(3) If yes to (2), please advise what work is planned or has already been undertaken.

(4) If no to (1), why not?

Hon ALANNA CLOHESY replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.

(1) No. The WA government does not support the extension of the national registration and accreditation scheme to include any additional health professional groups at this time.

(2)–(3) Not applicable.

(4) The national registration and accreditation scheme is primarily to protect the public through a risk-based approach to professional regulation for health practitioners. Social work is one of a number of allied health professions that work in many community services sectors outside of health care. Social workers and a number of other allied health professionals, such as speech pathologists, currently operate under self-regulation arrangements through peak representative organisations.