Hon James Hayward asks about child protection caseworker turnover, training costs, and retention initiatives. The Minister was unable to provide the information within the timeframe but will respond on the next sitting day.

AnsweredQoN 894Legislative Council
Asked
28 October 2021
Portfolio
Child Protection

QuestionView source ↗

CHILD PROTECTION —
CASEWORKERS
894. Hon JAMES HAYWARD to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Child Protection:
I refer to staff turnover of child
protection caseworkers.
(1) How many new
child protection caseworkers were hired in the period from 1 July 2020 to 30
June 2021?
(2) How many of
the new child protection caseworkers hired in the 2020–21 financial
year are still employed by the Department of Communities as child protection
caseworkers at this point in time?
(3) What is the cost of training a newly
recruited child protection caseworker?
(4) What
initiative is being taken by the Department of Communities to increase child
protection caseworker staff retention?

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the member for some notice
of the question. The following answer has been provided to me by the Minister
for Child Protection.
The
information required is not possible in the time frame, but I will endeavour to
have a response for the honourable member on the next sitting day.

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