A WA parliamentary question on notice addresses the government's plan to recruit child protection workers from New Zealand and Britain, inquiring about campaign details, costs, recruitment targets, worker packages, and qualification equivalency.

AnsweredQoN 550Legislative Council
Asked
3 June 2008
Portfolio
Child Protection

QuestionView source ↗

CHILD PROTECTION WORKERS — OVERSEAS RECRUITMENT
I refer to the government’s intention to recruit child protection workers from New Zealand and Britain. (1) Has the government launched this campaign? (2) If not, when is it the government’s intention to launch the campaign? (3) What is the cost of the campaign and what will it consist of? (4) How many overseas workers does the government want to recruit? (5) What package will the government provide to these workers to come to Australia? (6) Will the British child protection workers have the same qualifications as social workers in Australia? (7) Will the New Zealand child protection workers have the same qualifications as social workers in Australia? Hon SUE ELLERY

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2) The campaign will be launched in New Zealand in mid-July 2008. The date on which the campaign will be launched in the United Kingdom has not been determined. (3) The New Zealand campaign is estimated to cost $60 000. It will consist of advertising and promotional activity prior to a Department for Child Protection presence in the area and in situ assessments and processing of applicants in up to three major centres; namely, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. A similar approach will be taken in the United Kingdom and is estimated to cost $80 000. (4) Sixty. (5) The packages will include airfares, relocation of household furniture effects and short-term accommodation. (6) British child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection. (7) New Zealand child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection.
(1) Has the government launched this campaign? (2) If not, when is it the government’s intention to launch the campaign? (3) What is the cost of the campaign and what will it consist of? (4) How many overseas workers does the government want to recruit? (5) What package will the government provide to these workers to come to Australia? (6) Will the British child protection workers have the same qualifications as social workers in Australia? (7) Will the New Zealand child protection workers have the same qualifications as social workers in Australia? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2) The campaign will be launched in New Zealand in mid-July 2008. The date on which the campaign will be launched in the United Kingdom has not been determined. (3) The New Zealand campaign is estimated to cost $60 000. It will consist of advertising and promotional activity prior to a Department for Child Protection presence in the area and in situ assessments and processing of applicants in up to three major centres; namely, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. A similar approach will be taken in the United Kingdom and is estimated to cost $80 000. (4) Sixty. (5) The packages will include airfares, relocation of household furniture effects and short-term accommodation. (6) British child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection. (7) New Zealand child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection.
(2) If not, when is it the government’s intention to launch the campaign? (3) What is the cost of the campaign and what will it consist of? (4) How many overseas workers does the government want to recruit? (5) What package will the government provide to these workers to come to Australia? (6) Will the British child protection workers have the same qualifications as social workers in Australia? (7) Will the New Zealand child protection workers have the same qualifications as social workers in Australia? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2) The campaign will be launched in New Zealand in mid-July 2008. The date on which the campaign will be launched in the United Kingdom has not been determined. (3) The New Zealand campaign is estimated to cost $60 000. It will consist of advertising and promotional activity prior to a Department for Child Protection presence in the area and in situ assessments and processing of applicants in up to three major centres; namely, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. A similar approach will be taken in the United Kingdom and is estimated to cost $80 000. (4) Sixty. (5) The packages will include airfares, relocation of household furniture effects and short-term accommodation. (6) British child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection. (7) New Zealand child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection.
(3) What is the cost of the campaign and what will it consist of? (4) How many overseas workers does the government want to recruit? (5) What package will the government provide to these workers to come to Australia? (6) Will the British child protection workers have the same qualifications as social workers in Australia? (7) Will the New Zealand child protection workers have the same qualifications as social workers in Australia? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2) The campaign will be launched in New Zealand in mid-July 2008. The date on which the campaign will be launched in the United Kingdom has not been determined. (3) The New Zealand campaign is estimated to cost $60 000. It will consist of advertising and promotional activity prior to a Department for Child Protection presence in the area and in situ assessments and processing of applicants in up to three major centres; namely, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. A similar approach will be taken in the United Kingdom and is estimated to cost $80 000. (4) Sixty. (5) The packages will include airfares, relocation of household furniture effects and short-term accommodation. (6) British child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection. (7) New Zealand child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection.
(4) How many overseas workers does the government want to recruit? (5) What package will the government provide to these workers to come to Australia? (6) Will the British child protection workers have the same qualifications as social workers in Australia? (7) Will the New Zealand child protection workers have the same qualifications as social workers in Australia? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2) The campaign will be launched in New Zealand in mid-July 2008. The date on which the campaign will be launched in the United Kingdom has not been determined. (3) The New Zealand campaign is estimated to cost $60 000. It will consist of advertising and promotional activity prior to a Department for Child Protection presence in the area and in situ assessments and processing of applicants in up to three major centres; namely, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. A similar approach will be taken in the United Kingdom and is estimated to cost $80 000. (4) Sixty. (5) The packages will include airfares, relocation of household furniture effects and short-term accommodation. (6) British child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection. (7) New Zealand child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection.
(5) What package will the government provide to these workers to come to Australia? (6) Will the British child protection workers have the same qualifications as social workers in Australia? (7) Will the New Zealand child protection workers have the same qualifications as social workers in Australia? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2) The campaign will be launched in New Zealand in mid-July 2008. The date on which the campaign will be launched in the United Kingdom has not been determined. (3) The New Zealand campaign is estimated to cost $60 000. It will consist of advertising and promotional activity prior to a Department for Child Protection presence in the area and in situ assessments and processing of applicants in up to three major centres; namely, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. A similar approach will be taken in the United Kingdom and is estimated to cost $80 000. (4) Sixty. (5) The packages will include airfares, relocation of household furniture effects and short-term accommodation. (6) British child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection. (7) New Zealand child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection.
(6) Will the British child protection workers have the same qualifications as social workers in Australia? (7) Will the New Zealand child protection workers have the same qualifications as social workers in Australia? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2) The campaign will be launched in New Zealand in mid-July 2008. The date on which the campaign will be launched in the United Kingdom has not been determined. (3) The New Zealand campaign is estimated to cost $60 000. It will consist of advertising and promotional activity prior to a Department for Child Protection presence in the area and in situ assessments and processing of applicants in up to three major centres; namely, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. A similar approach will be taken in the United Kingdom and is estimated to cost $80 000. (4) Sixty. (5) The packages will include airfares, relocation of household furniture effects and short-term accommodation. (6) British child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection. (7) New Zealand child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection.
(7) Will the New Zealand child protection workers have the same qualifications as social workers in Australia? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2) The campaign will be launched in New Zealand in mid-July 2008. The date on which the campaign will be launched in the United Kingdom has not been determined. (3) The New Zealand campaign is estimated to cost $60 000. It will consist of advertising and promotional activity prior to a Department for Child Protection presence in the area and in situ assessments and processing of applicants in up to three major centres; namely, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. A similar approach will be taken in the United Kingdom and is estimated to cost $80 000. (4) Sixty. (5) The packages will include airfares, relocation of household furniture effects and short-term accommodation. (6) British child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection. (7) New Zealand child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2) The campaign will be launched in New Zealand in mid-July 2008. The date on which the campaign will be launched in the United Kingdom has not been determined. (3) The New Zealand campaign is estimated to cost $60 000. It will consist of advertising and promotional activity prior to a Department for Child Protection presence in the area and in situ assessments and processing of applicants in up to three major centres; namely, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. A similar approach will be taken in the United Kingdom and is estimated to cost $80 000. (4) Sixty. (5) The packages will include airfares, relocation of household furniture effects and short-term accommodation. (6) British child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection. (7) New Zealand child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2) The campaign will be launched in New Zealand in mid-July 2008. The date on which the campaign will be launched in the United Kingdom has not been determined. (3) The New Zealand campaign is estimated to cost $60 000. It will consist of advertising and promotional activity prior to a Department for Child Protection presence in the area and in situ assessments and processing of applicants in up to three major centres; namely, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. A similar approach will be taken in the United Kingdom and is estimated to cost $80 000. (4) Sixty. (5) The packages will include airfares, relocation of household furniture effects and short-term accommodation. (6) British child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection. (7) New Zealand child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection.
(1) No. (2) The campaign will be launched in New Zealand in mid-July 2008. The date on which the campaign will be launched in the United Kingdom has not been determined. (3) The New Zealand campaign is estimated to cost $60 000. It will consist of advertising and promotional activity prior to a Department for Child Protection presence in the area and in situ assessments and processing of applicants in up to three major centres; namely, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. A similar approach will be taken in the United Kingdom and is estimated to cost $80 000. (4) Sixty. (5) The packages will include airfares, relocation of household furniture effects and short-term accommodation. (6) British child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection. (7) New Zealand child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection.
(2) The campaign will be launched in New Zealand in mid-July 2008. The date on which the campaign will be launched in the United Kingdom has not been determined. (3) The New Zealand campaign is estimated to cost $60 000. It will consist of advertising and promotional activity prior to a Department for Child Protection presence in the area and in situ assessments and processing of applicants in up to three major centres; namely, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. A similar approach will be taken in the United Kingdom and is estimated to cost $80 000. (4) Sixty. (5) The packages will include airfares, relocation of household furniture effects and short-term accommodation. (6) British child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection. (7) New Zealand child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection.
(3) The New Zealand campaign is estimated to cost $60 000. It will consist of advertising and promotional activity prior to a Department for Child Protection presence in the area and in situ assessments and processing of applicants in up to three major centres; namely, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. A similar approach will be taken in the United Kingdom and is estimated to cost $80 000. (4) Sixty. (5) The packages will include airfares, relocation of household furniture effects and short-term accommodation. (6) British child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection. (7) New Zealand child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection.
(4) Sixty. (5) The packages will include airfares, relocation of household furniture effects and short-term accommodation. (6) British child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection. (7) New Zealand child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection.
(5) The packages will include airfares, relocation of household furniture effects and short-term accommodation. (6) British child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection. (7) New Zealand child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection.
(6) British child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection. (7) New Zealand child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection.
(7) New Zealand child protection workers will have equivalent qualifications, including social work qualifications, to those required of child protection workers in the Department for Child Protection.

Explore WA Government Data

Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.

Explore more