A WA parliamentary question regarding the employment of youth and family engagement workers for indigenous families. The Minister's response provides updates on the hiring timeline and employment terms.

AnsweredQoN 217Legislative Council
Asked
7 April 2004
Portfolio
Community Development, Women’s Interests, Seniors and Youth

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On 2 March 2004 the Premier and the Minister for Community Development, Women’s Interests, Seniors and Youth announced that 14 youth and family engagement workers would be employed to work with 40 to 80 indigenous families from April this year. (1) Will the minister inform the Parliament of the date in April when those workers are due to commence? (2) What qualifications do each of those workers have? (3) Have each of those workers been allocated to specific families? (4) How many families have been allocated to each worker? (5) Are those workers considered to be temporary employees of the Department for Community Development? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH

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I thank the member for some notice of this question.. (1) Applications closed on 8 March 2004. It is anticipated that successful applicants will commence in the first week of May. (2) The answer states that this was not applicable, as the workers had not yet been appointed. Notice of this question was given on 31 March 2004, so they may well have been by now. (3) Not applicable. (4) Not applicable. (5) They will be employed on contract for 12 months.
(1) Will the minister inform the Parliament of the date in April when those workers are due to commence? (2) What qualifications do each of those workers have? (3) Have each of those workers been allocated to specific families? (4) How many families have been allocated to each worker? (5) Are those workers considered to be temporary employees of the Department for Community Development? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question.. (1) Applications closed on 8 March 2004. It is anticipated that successful applicants will commence in the first week of May. (2) The answer states that this was not applicable, as the workers had not yet been appointed. Notice of this question was given on 31 March 2004, so they may well have been by now. (3) Not applicable. (4) Not applicable. (5) They will be employed on contract for 12 months.
(2) What qualifications do each of those workers have? (3) Have each of those workers been allocated to specific families? (4) How many families have been allocated to each worker? (5) Are those workers considered to be temporary employees of the Department for Community Development? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question.. (1) Applications closed on 8 March 2004. It is anticipated that successful applicants will commence in the first week of May. (2) The answer states that this was not applicable, as the workers had not yet been appointed. Notice of this question was given on 31 March 2004, so they may well have been by now. (3) Not applicable. (4) Not applicable. (5) They will be employed on contract for 12 months.
(3) Have each of those workers been allocated to specific families? (4) How many families have been allocated to each worker? (5) Are those workers considered to be temporary employees of the Department for Community Development? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question.. (1) Applications closed on 8 March 2004. It is anticipated that successful applicants will commence in the first week of May. (2) The answer states that this was not applicable, as the workers had not yet been appointed. Notice of this question was given on 31 March 2004, so they may well have been by now. (3) Not applicable. (4) Not applicable. (5) They will be employed on contract for 12 months.
(4) How many families have been allocated to each worker? (5) Are those workers considered to be temporary employees of the Department for Community Development? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question.. (1) Applications closed on 8 March 2004. It is anticipated that successful applicants will commence in the first week of May. (2) The answer states that this was not applicable, as the workers had not yet been appointed. Notice of this question was given on 31 March 2004, so they may well have been by now. (3) Not applicable. (4) Not applicable. (5) They will be employed on contract for 12 months.
(5) Are those workers considered to be temporary employees of the Department for Community Development? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question.. (1) Applications closed on 8 March 2004. It is anticipated that successful applicants will commence in the first week of May. (2) The answer states that this was not applicable, as the workers had not yet been appointed. Notice of this question was given on 31 March 2004, so they may well have been by now. (3) Not applicable. (4) Not applicable. (5) They will be employed on contract for 12 months.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question.. (1) Applications closed on 8 March 2004. It is anticipated that successful applicants will commence in the first week of May. (2) The answer states that this was not applicable, as the workers had not yet been appointed. Notice of this question was given on 31 March 2004, so they may well have been by now. (3) Not applicable. (4) Not applicable. (5) They will be employed on contract for 12 months.
I thank the member for some notice of this question.. (1) Applications closed on 8 March 2004. It is anticipated that successful applicants will commence in the first week of May. (2) The answer states that this was not applicable, as the workers had not yet been appointed. Notice of this question was given on 31 March 2004, so they may well have been by now. (3) Not applicable. (4) Not applicable. (5) They will be employed on contract for 12 months.
(1) Applications closed on 8 March 2004. It is anticipated that successful applicants will commence in the first week of May. (2) The answer states that this was not applicable, as the workers had not yet been appointed. Notice of this question was given on 31 March 2004, so they may well have been by now. (3) Not applicable. (4) Not applicable. (5) They will be employed on contract for 12 months.
(2) The answer states that this was not applicable, as the workers had not yet been appointed. Notice of this question was given on 31 March 2004, so they may well have been by now. (3) Not applicable. (4) Not applicable. (5) They will be employed on contract for 12 months.
(3) Not applicable. (4) Not applicable. (5) They will be employed on contract for 12 months.
(4) Not applicable. (5) They will be employed on contract for 12 months.
(5) They will be employed on contract for 12 months.

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