Child Protection Workers

1036 Ms STINSON (Badcoe) (3 July 2019). What was the actual vacancy rate for child protection workers as at:

(a) 20 June 2019?

(b) 18 March 2018?

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

Child protection workers refer to social workers (including senior practitioners, high-risk infant workers, and AHP supervisors), case managers, psychologists, Aboriginal family practitioners, and other related AHP/PO classified roles.

The actual vacancy rate for child protection workers in May 2019 was 10 per cent.

The actual vacancy rate for child protection workers in March 2018 was 12.9 per cent.

The latest data available at the time of preparation of this document was for May 2019. 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.