Foster Carers

747 Ms STINSON (Badcoe) (14 May 2019). How many new foster carers have been recruited since 1 April 2018 who are approved as able to care for children with special needs?

The Hon. R. SANDERSON (Adelaide—Minister for Child Protection): I have been advised:

As at 1 April 2019, there have been 53 registered primary and secondary foster carers recruited into the SA child protection system since 1 April 2018, who are able to care for children and young people who require a specialist placement.

A household with which a child or young person can be placed is distinct from the number of registered primary and secondary foster carers, as both the registered primary and secondary foster carer can care for a child or young person within one household.