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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 852 asked in the Legislative Council on 27 October 2021 by Hon Nick Goiran

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

CHILD PROTECTION — REGISTERED CARERS

852. Hon NICK GOIRAN to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Child Protection:

I refer to the evidence from the director general to the budget estimates hearing on 18 October 2021. The director general stated —

� as a last resort, our workers take children home. But that is only if they are registered carers and it is absolutely a last resort; it is not something that we encourage.

(1) How many workers are registered carers?

(2) Is the minister aware of any instance in which a worker who is not a registered carer has been left with no other option but to take a child home or look after them in a hotel or in similar accommodation?

Hon SAMANTHA ROWE replied:

I thank the member for some notice of the question. I provide the following answer on behalf of the Minister for Child Protection.

(1)–(2) The Department of Communities advises that the evidence provided is inaccurate. The department advises that formal notification will be sent to the committee through the existing processes. All child protection workers who take children home are screened to work with vulnerable children via the Department of Communities' screening processes, in addition to them holding a working with children check.