House of Assembly - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
2019-09-10 Daily Xml

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Residential Care Facilities

951 Ms STINSON (Badcoe) (3 July 2019). How many child protection workers were on an average day shift at each residential care facility in:

(a) 2017-18?

(b) 2018-19?

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

Residential care facilities are staffed by youth workers not child protection workers. Staffing calculations are made from a base of one staff member for one, two and three bed houses; two staff members for four and five bed houses; and three staff members for six bed units. Variations from this base ratio can occur due to shift times (AM, PM, Night Shift), the needs of the child or children, and occupancy rates.