❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details on the placement, experience, and caseload of new child protection workers recruited following the Gordon Inquiry, including specific information about staff working with difficult families and a particular child known as "Peter Rabbit". The Minister provided a detailed response, which was tabled in parliament.
AnsweredQoN 577Legislative Council
Asked
17 August 2004
Member
Portfolio
Community Development, Women’s Interests, Seniors and Youth
QuestionView source ↗
Will the minister inform the Parliament of the location of the 50 additional workers recruited following the Gordon Inquiry into Response by Government Agencies to Complaints of Family Violence and Child Abuse in Aboriginal Communities and - (i) of the 50 new recruits, how many have had in excess of three years’ experience; (ii) whether the 14 new promised positions to be introduced to work with difficult families have been filled; and, if so, where they are located; (iii) of the 14 new staff allocated to work with difficult families, how many are experienced; (iv) the average case load of each worker; that is, how many families each worker deals with at one time; and (v) whether any of the new 14 workers have been allocated to the child from a family of 15 children - so-called “Peter Rabbit”- who was recently reported in the media? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. In view of the fact that it is quite a lengthy response, I seek leave to table the response and have it incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - There are 51 new workers: Community Child Protection Workers Armadale Fremantle Midland Mirrabooka Rockingham Mandurah Kununurra Broome Derby Fitzroy Crossing Wirrimanu (Balgo) Port Hedland Roebourne Newman Geraldton Carnarvon Meekatharra Leonora Warburton X 2 Norseman Specialist Child Interviewing Unit UX4 Aboriginal Support Workers Armadale Fremantle Midland Mirrabooka Rockingham Katanning Northam Kalgoorlie Warburton Mt Magnet Marble Bar Fitzroy Crossing Broome Kununurra Strong Family Coordinators Goldfields Kimberley Great Southern Wheatbelt Pilbara South West Gascoyne/Murchison South Metro/Peel South East Metro North Wet Metro North East/Central Metro Fremantle (i) Information requested is unable to be provided in the given timeframe. (ii) Yes. Midland x 3 Cannington x 4 Armadale x 3 Mirrabooka x 3 Perth x 1 (iii) 14. (iv) 3 - 6 families. (v) Yes.
(ii) whether the 14 new promised positions to be introduced to work with difficult families have been filled; and, if so, where they are located; (iii) of the 14 new staff allocated to work with difficult families, how many are experienced; (iv) the average case load of each worker; that is, how many families each worker deals with at one time; and (v) whether any of the new 14 workers have been allocated to the child from a family of 15 children - so-called “Peter Rabbit”- who was recently reported in the media?
(iii) of the 14 new staff allocated to work with difficult families, how many are experienced; (iv) the average case load of each worker; that is, how many families each worker deals with at one time; and (v) whether any of the new 14 workers have been allocated to the child from a family of 15 children - so-called “Peter Rabbit”- who was recently reported in the media?
(iv) the average case load of each worker; that is, how many families each worker deals with at one time; and (v) whether any of the new 14 workers have been allocated to the child from a family of 15 children - so-called “Peter Rabbit”- who was recently reported in the media?
(v) whether any of the new 14 workers have been allocated to the child from a family of 15 children - so-called “Peter Rabbit”- who was recently reported in the media?
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. In view of the fact that it is quite a lengthy response, I seek leave to table the response and have it incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - There are 51 new workers: Community Child Protection Workers Armadale Fremantle Midland Mirrabooka Rockingham Mandurah Kununurra Broome Derby Fitzroy Crossing Wirrimanu (Balgo) Port Hedland Roebourne Newman Geraldton Carnarvon Meekatharra Leonora Warburton X 2 Norseman Specialist Child Interviewing Unit UX4 Aboriginal Support Workers Armadale Fremantle Midland Mirrabooka Rockingham Katanning Northam Kalgoorlie Warburton Mt Magnet Marble Bar Fitzroy Crossing Broome Kununurra Strong Family Coordinators Goldfields Kimberley Great Southern Wheatbelt Pilbara South West Gascoyne/Murchison South Metro/Peel South East Metro North Wet Metro North East/Central Metro Fremantle (i) Information requested is unable to be provided in the given timeframe. (ii) Yes. Midland x 3 Cannington x 4 Armadale x 3 Mirrabooka x 3 Perth x 1 (iii) 14. (iv) 3 - 6 families. (v) Yes.
Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - There are 51 new workers: Community Child Protection Workers Armadale Fremantle Midland Mirrabooka Rockingham Mandurah Kununurra Broome Derby Fitzroy Crossing Wirrimanu (Balgo) Port Hedland Roebourne Newman Geraldton Carnarvon Meekatharra Leonora Warburton X 2 Norseman Specialist Child Interviewing Unit UX4 Aboriginal Support Workers Armadale Fremantle Midland Mirrabooka Rockingham Katanning Northam Kalgoorlie Warburton Mt Magnet Marble Bar Fitzroy Crossing Broome Kununurra Strong Family Coordinators Goldfields Kimberley Great Southern Wheatbelt Pilbara South West Gascoyne/Murchison South Metro/Peel South East Metro North Wet Metro North East/Central Metro Fremantle (i) Information requested is unable to be provided in the given timeframe. (ii) Yes. Midland x 3 Cannington x 4 Armadale x 3 Mirrabooka x 3 Perth x 1 (iii) 14. (iv) 3 - 6 families. (v) Yes.
The following material was incorporated - There are 51 new workers: Community Child Protection Workers Armadale Fremantle Midland Mirrabooka Rockingham Mandurah Kununurra Broome Derby Fitzroy Crossing Wirrimanu (Balgo) Port Hedland Roebourne Newman Geraldton Carnarvon Meekatharra Leonora Warburton X 2 Norseman Specialist Child Interviewing Unit UX4 Aboriginal Support Workers Armadale Fremantle Midland Mirrabooka Rockingham Katanning Northam Kalgoorlie Warburton Mt Magnet Marble Bar Fitzroy Crossing Broome Kununurra Strong Family Coordinators Goldfields Kimberley Great Southern Wheatbelt Pilbara South West Gascoyne/Murchison South Metro/Peel South East Metro North Wet Metro North East/Central Metro Fremantle (i) Information requested is unable to be provided in the given timeframe. (ii) Yes. Midland x 3 Cannington x 4 Armadale x 3 Mirrabooka x 3 Perth x 1 (iii) 14. (iv) 3 - 6 families. (v) Yes.
Community Child Protection Workers Armadale Fremantle Midland Mirrabooka Rockingham Mandurah Kununurra Broome Derby Fitzroy Crossing Wirrimanu (Balgo) Port Hedland Roebourne Newman Geraldton Carnarvon Meekatharra Leonora Warburton X 2 Norseman Specialist Child Interviewing Unit UX4 Aboriginal Support Workers Armadale Fremantle Midland Mirrabooka Rockingham Katanning Northam Kalgoorlie Warburton Mt Magnet Marble Bar Fitzroy Crossing Broome Kununurra Strong Family Coordinators Goldfields Kimberley Great Southern Wheatbelt Pilbara South West Gascoyne/Murchison South Metro/Peel South East Metro North Wet Metro North East/Central Metro Fremantle (i) Information requested is unable to be provided in the given timeframe. (ii) Yes. Midland x 3 Cannington x 4 Armadale x 3 Mirrabooka x 3 Perth x 1 (iii) 14. (iv) 3 - 6 families. (v) Yes.
Aboriginal Support Workers Armadale Fremantle Midland Mirrabooka Rockingham Katanning Northam Kalgoorlie Warburton Mt Magnet Marble Bar Fitzroy Crossing Broome Kununurra Strong Family Coordinators Goldfields Kimberley Great Southern Wheatbelt Pilbara South West Gascoyne/Murchison South Metro/Peel South East Metro North Wet Metro North East/Central Metro Fremantle (i) Information requested is unable to be provided in the given timeframe. (ii) Yes. Midland x 3 Cannington x 4 Armadale x 3 Mirrabooka x 3 Perth x 1 (iii) 14. (iv) 3 - 6 families. (v) Yes.
Strong Family Coordinators Goldfields Kimberley Great Southern Wheatbelt Pilbara South West Gascoyne/Murchison South Metro/Peel South East Metro North Wet Metro North East/Central Metro Fremantle (i) Information requested is unable to be provided in the given timeframe. (ii) Yes. Midland x 3 Cannington x 4 Armadale x 3 Mirrabooka x 3 Perth x 1 (iii) 14. (iv) 3 - 6 families. (v) Yes.
(i) Information requested is unable to be provided in the given timeframe. (ii) Yes. Midland x 3 Cannington x 4 Armadale x 3 Mirrabooka x 3 Perth x 1 (iii) 14. (iv) 3 - 6 families. (v) Yes.
(iv) 3 - 6 families. (v) Yes.
(v) Yes.
(ii) whether the 14 new promised positions to be introduced to work with difficult families have been filled; and, if so, where they are located; (iii) of the 14 new staff allocated to work with difficult families, how many are experienced; (iv) the average case load of each worker; that is, how many families each worker deals with at one time; and (v) whether any of the new 14 workers have been allocated to the child from a family of 15 children - so-called “Peter Rabbit”- who was recently reported in the media?
(iii) of the 14 new staff allocated to work with difficult families, how many are experienced; (iv) the average case load of each worker; that is, how many families each worker deals with at one time; and (v) whether any of the new 14 workers have been allocated to the child from a family of 15 children - so-called “Peter Rabbit”- who was recently reported in the media?
(iv) the average case load of each worker; that is, how many families each worker deals with at one time; and (v) whether any of the new 14 workers have been allocated to the child from a family of 15 children - so-called “Peter Rabbit”- who was recently reported in the media?
(v) whether any of the new 14 workers have been allocated to the child from a family of 15 children - so-called “Peter Rabbit”- who was recently reported in the media?
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. In view of the fact that it is quite a lengthy response, I seek leave to table the response and have it incorporated in Hansard . Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - There are 51 new workers: Community Child Protection Workers Armadale Fremantle Midland Mirrabooka Rockingham Mandurah Kununurra Broome Derby Fitzroy Crossing Wirrimanu (Balgo) Port Hedland Roebourne Newman Geraldton Carnarvon Meekatharra Leonora Warburton X 2 Norseman Specialist Child Interviewing Unit UX4 Aboriginal Support Workers Armadale Fremantle Midland Mirrabooka Rockingham Katanning Northam Kalgoorlie Warburton Mt Magnet Marble Bar Fitzroy Crossing Broome Kununurra Strong Family Coordinators Goldfields Kimberley Great Southern Wheatbelt Pilbara South West Gascoyne/Murchison South Metro/Peel South East Metro North Wet Metro North East/Central Metro Fremantle (i) Information requested is unable to be provided in the given timeframe. (ii) Yes. Midland x 3 Cannington x 4 Armadale x 3 Mirrabooka x 3 Perth x 1 (iii) 14. (iv) 3 - 6 families. (v) Yes.
Leave granted. The following material was incorporated - There are 51 new workers: Community Child Protection Workers Armadale Fremantle Midland Mirrabooka Rockingham Mandurah Kununurra Broome Derby Fitzroy Crossing Wirrimanu (Balgo) Port Hedland Roebourne Newman Geraldton Carnarvon Meekatharra Leonora Warburton X 2 Norseman Specialist Child Interviewing Unit UX4 Aboriginal Support Workers Armadale Fremantle Midland Mirrabooka Rockingham Katanning Northam Kalgoorlie Warburton Mt Magnet Marble Bar Fitzroy Crossing Broome Kununurra Strong Family Coordinators Goldfields Kimberley Great Southern Wheatbelt Pilbara South West Gascoyne/Murchison South Metro/Peel South East Metro North Wet Metro North East/Central Metro Fremantle (i) Information requested is unable to be provided in the given timeframe. (ii) Yes. Midland x 3 Cannington x 4 Armadale x 3 Mirrabooka x 3 Perth x 1 (iii) 14. (iv) 3 - 6 families. (v) Yes.
The following material was incorporated - There are 51 new workers: Community Child Protection Workers Armadale Fremantle Midland Mirrabooka Rockingham Mandurah Kununurra Broome Derby Fitzroy Crossing Wirrimanu (Balgo) Port Hedland Roebourne Newman Geraldton Carnarvon Meekatharra Leonora Warburton X 2 Norseman Specialist Child Interviewing Unit UX4 Aboriginal Support Workers Armadale Fremantle Midland Mirrabooka Rockingham Katanning Northam Kalgoorlie Warburton Mt Magnet Marble Bar Fitzroy Crossing Broome Kununurra Strong Family Coordinators Goldfields Kimberley Great Southern Wheatbelt Pilbara South West Gascoyne/Murchison South Metro/Peel South East Metro North Wet Metro North East/Central Metro Fremantle (i) Information requested is unable to be provided in the given timeframe. (ii) Yes. Midland x 3 Cannington x 4 Armadale x 3 Mirrabooka x 3 Perth x 1 (iii) 14. (iv) 3 - 6 families. (v) Yes.
Community Child Protection Workers Armadale Fremantle Midland Mirrabooka Rockingham Mandurah Kununurra Broome Derby Fitzroy Crossing Wirrimanu (Balgo) Port Hedland Roebourne Newman Geraldton Carnarvon Meekatharra Leonora Warburton X 2 Norseman Specialist Child Interviewing Unit UX4 Aboriginal Support Workers Armadale Fremantle Midland Mirrabooka Rockingham Katanning Northam Kalgoorlie Warburton Mt Magnet Marble Bar Fitzroy Crossing Broome Kununurra Strong Family Coordinators Goldfields Kimberley Great Southern Wheatbelt Pilbara South West Gascoyne/Murchison South Metro/Peel South East Metro North Wet Metro North East/Central Metro Fremantle (i) Information requested is unable to be provided in the given timeframe. (ii) Yes. Midland x 3 Cannington x 4 Armadale x 3 Mirrabooka x 3 Perth x 1 (iii) 14. (iv) 3 - 6 families. (v) Yes.
Aboriginal Support Workers Armadale Fremantle Midland Mirrabooka Rockingham Katanning Northam Kalgoorlie Warburton Mt Magnet Marble Bar Fitzroy Crossing Broome Kununurra Strong Family Coordinators Goldfields Kimberley Great Southern Wheatbelt Pilbara South West Gascoyne/Murchison South Metro/Peel South East Metro North Wet Metro North East/Central Metro Fremantle (i) Information requested is unable to be provided in the given timeframe. (ii) Yes. Midland x 3 Cannington x 4 Armadale x 3 Mirrabooka x 3 Perth x 1 (iii) 14. (iv) 3 - 6 families. (v) Yes.
Strong Family Coordinators Goldfields Kimberley Great Southern Wheatbelt Pilbara South West Gascoyne/Murchison South Metro/Peel South East Metro North Wet Metro North East/Central Metro Fremantle (i) Information requested is unable to be provided in the given timeframe. (ii) Yes. Midland x 3 Cannington x 4 Armadale x 3 Mirrabooka x 3 Perth x 1 (iii) 14. (iv) 3 - 6 families. (v) Yes.
(i) Information requested is unable to be provided in the given timeframe. (ii) Yes. Midland x 3 Cannington x 4 Armadale x 3 Mirrabooka x 3 Perth x 1 (iii) 14. (iv) 3 - 6 families. (v) Yes.
(iv) 3 - 6 families. (v) Yes.
(v) Yes.
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