❓ Hon Stephen Dawson questions the Minister for Child Protection regarding redundancies within the Department for Child Protection and Family Support, specifically concerning front-line staff and media contact restrictions. The Minister provides a breakdown of redundancies by district and tables a detailed list of positions affected.
AnsweredQoN 119Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
DEPARTMENT FOR CHILD PROTECTION AND FAMILY SUPPORT —
FRONT-LINE REDUNDANCIES
119. Hon STEPHEN DAWSON to the
Minister for Child Protection:
I refer to
front-line staff at the Department for Child Protection and Family Support.
(1) By district,
how many redundancies have been approved or are in the process of being
approved?
(2) By district,
what are the positions of those staff who have been accepted for redundancy?
(3) Are child
protection workers in Western Australia required to sign a contract banning any
contact with the media?
FRONT-LINE REDUNDANCIES
119. Hon STEPHEN DAWSON to the
Minister for Child Protection:
I refer to
front-line staff at the Department for Child Protection and Family Support.
(1) By district,
how many redundancies have been approved or are in the process of being
approved?
(2) By district,
what are the positions of those staff who have been accepted for redundancy?
(3) Are child
protection workers in Western Australia required to sign a contract banning any
contact with the media?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the
member for some notice of the question.
(1) Crisis
care, one; East Kimberley, two; fostering and adoption services, five;
Fremantle, two; goldfields, one; great southern, one; head office, 21;
Mirrabooka, three; Murchison, two; Peel, one; residential care, one; secure
care, one; and wheatbelt, one.
(2) The number
of redundancies totals 42, which includes a list of 32 position titles. I seek
leave to table a table that shows the district and the positions of those
people who have taken those redundancies.
Leave granted.
[See paper 1262.]
Hon
HELEN MORTON : The answer
continues —
(3) All
employment contracts include the following wording —
You must not, during the term of
your employment with this Department, or at any time thereafter, except in the
course of your official duties and with the express permission of the Director
General of the Department for Child Protection and Family Support, disclose to
any person any information relating to the business of the Department, or the
contents of any official papers or documents of the Department, which you have
obtained or seen in the course of your official duties.
member for some notice of the question.
(1) Crisis
care, one; East Kimberley, two; fostering and adoption services, five;
Fremantle, two; goldfields, one; great southern, one; head office, 21;
Mirrabooka, three; Murchison, two; Peel, one; residential care, one; secure
care, one; and wheatbelt, one.
(2) The number
of redundancies totals 42, which includes a list of 32 position titles. I seek
leave to table a table that shows the district and the positions of those
people who have taken those redundancies.
Leave granted.
[See paper 1262.]
Hon
HELEN MORTON : The answer
continues —
(3) All
employment contracts include the following wording —
You must not, during the term of
your employment with this Department, or at any time thereafter, except in the
course of your official duties and with the express permission of the Director
General of the Department for Child Protection and Family Support, disclose to
any person any information relating to the business of the Department, or the
contents of any official papers or documents of the Department, which you have
obtained or seen in the course of your official duties.
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