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❓ Hon. Samantha Rowe raises concerns about insufficient Family Resource employees impacting scheduled visits between children and families. The Minister's response indicates fluctuating demand and provides employee numbers per district for 2012-2014, but states data on facilitated visits is unavailable.

AnsweredQoN 2239Legislative Council

Asked

26 November 2014

Member

Hon Samantha Rowe

Portfolio

Child Protection

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I refer to reports from constituents that have presented to my electorate office in Belmont, that the Department for Child Protection and Family Support (DCPaFS) has experienced difficulty in arranging scheduled visits with their children due to a lack of Family Resource employees, and I ask: (a) does the Minister believe the current number of Family Resource employees is sufficient to fulfil the DCPaFS obligations; (b) how many supervised visits were facilitated by the DCPaFS during 2013 and is that number on track to decrease or remain steady in 2014; and (c) how many Family Resource employees were employed in each metropolitan district in: (i) 2012-13; (ii) 2013-14; and (iii) 2014 to date?

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Answered

17 February 2015

Responded by

Minister for Child Protection

Response time

83 days

(a) Demand for the services of Family Resource Employees vary and districts manage with the number of Family Resource Employees accordingly.
(b) This information is not recorded and therefore unavailable from the database.
(c)
(i) 2012-13
Armadale: 23
Cannington: 13
Fremantle: 19
Joondalup: 28
Midland: 18
Mirrabooka: 19
Perth: 20
Rockingham: 14
(ii) 2013-14
Armadale: 28
Cannington: 14
Fremantle: 16
Joondalup: 30
Midland: 19
Mirrabooka: 34
Perth: 17
Rockingham: 17
(iii) 2014 to date
Armadale: 22
Cannington: 12
Fremantle: 14
Joondalup: 25
Midland: 22
Mirrabooka: 31
Perth: 16
Rockingham: 13

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