Question On Notice No. 612 asked in the Legislative Council on 15 March 2022 by Hon Nick Goiran
Question Directed to the: Leader of the House representing the Minister for Child Protection
Parliament: 41 Session: 1
Question
(1) How many child protection
workers, by FTE, are currently employed by the Department?
(2) How many departmental workers currently
have caseloads over the recommended limit of 15 for any day?
(3) How
many caseworkers currently have caseloads over the exceptional maximum limit of
18?
(4) How
many of those departmental workers have ceased working for the Department since
the introduction of the vaccination mandates?
(5) How
many of the caseworkers who had caseloads above 15 have lodged a worker’s compensation
claim since 30 June 2021?
Answered on 10 May 2022
(1) As at 2 March 2022 – 1064.4 FTE.
(2) and (3) As at 4 March 2022, there were 74 workers with a caseload over the recommended limit of 15. Of those, 9 workers had over the exceptional limit of 18.
(4) Of the workers referenced in (2) and (3) – none.
(5) Of the 74 workers with a caseload over 15, Four have lodged a workers compensation claim since 30 June 2021.