Child Protection Workers

1034 Ms STINSON (Badcoe) (3 July 2019). What has been the average vacancy rate for 2018-19 for:

(a) Child protection workers?

(b) Social workers?

(c) Case managers?

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

For the purposes of part (a)—Child Protection Workers refer to the following positions: social workers; case managers; senior practitioners; high-risk infant workers; AHP supervisors; psychologists; Aboriginal family practitioners; and other related AHP/PO classified roles.

For the purposes of parts (b) and (c)—social workers and case managers refer to the following positions: social workers; case managers; senior practitioners; high-risk infant workers; and AHP supervisors.

The average vacancy rate for child protection workers in 2018-19 was 12.6 per cent.

The average vacancy rate for social workers and case managers in 2018-19 was 11.7 per cent.

The above data does not include operational (OPS) roles such as care and protection workers or case workers, which are not considered by the Department for Child Protection as child protection workers, social workers or case managers.