❓ WA Parliamentary Question reveals the number and positions of 457 visa holders employed within the Department for Child Protection and Family Support and the Mental Health Commission.
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For every department, agency and Government-Trading Enterprise within the Minister's portfolio of responsibilities, how many 457 visa holders are currently employed, and in what positions?
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Answered
24 August 2016
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health; Child Protection
Response time
56 days
Department for Child Protection and Family Support
The Department for Child Protection and Family Support directly employs ten (10) employees on primary 457 visas. Employees are employed in the following positions:
· 7 x Child Protection Workers
· 2 x Senior Child Protection Workers
· 1 x Clinical Psychologist
The Department also employs one secondary 457 visa holder in the position of Senior Residential Care Officer.
Comments for the Minister
A secondary visa holder can be a member of a family unit, an interdependent partner, or a dependent child of the interdependent partner who were added to the main applicant’s visa. Secondary visa holders can be employed on a fixed term contract basis only while the primary 457 visa holder sponsorship is current.
All employees sponsored by the Department on a 457 visa are employed fixed term by the Department. Their sponsorship will cease should their contract with the Department come to an end.
Mental Health Commission One employee is employed on a UF309 Visa as a Registered Nurse in the Inpatient Withdrawal Unit, Next Step
The Department for Child Protection and Family Support directly employs ten (10) employees on primary 457 visas. Employees are employed in the following positions:
· 7 x Child Protection Workers
· 2 x Senior Child Protection Workers
· 1 x Clinical Psychologist
The Department also employs one secondary 457 visa holder in the position of Senior Residential Care Officer.
Comments for the Minister
A secondary visa holder can be a member of a family unit, an interdependent partner, or a dependent child of the interdependent partner who were added to the main applicant’s visa. Secondary visa holders can be employed on a fixed term contract basis only while the primary 457 visa holder sponsorship is current.
All employees sponsored by the Department on a 457 visa are employed fixed term by the Department. Their sponsorship will cease should their contract with the Department come to an end.
Mental Health Commission One employee is employed on a UF309 Visa as a Registered Nurse in the Inpatient Withdrawal Unit, Next Step
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