Out Of Home Care – Staffing and Budget
To continue this theme on staffing levels, can you provide an update on the current number of vacant positions within the child safety service.
To continue this theme on staffing levels, can you provide an update on the current number of vacant positions within the child safety service.
The Department of Health has established a children and young people advisory group to strengthen engagement with young Tasmanians.
One of the reasons that his offending went unaddressed for so long was broadly a lack of understanding about reporting obligations.
Earlier, we talked about the three former health service employees subject to findings from the commission of inquiry report.
You have rattled off a number of initiatives, but you're resistant to giving it to us in a recommendation by recommendation context.
Understandably, the commission delivered this in a very short term window to be delivered before July 2024.
Children and young people in detention should have daily access to an onsite child and adolescent psychologist and fortnightly access to an onsite psychiatrist.
Many of the short term 2024 recommendations that are from the commission of inquiry's report also outline similar timelines.
It has a list of 15 actions and associated budget allocations for a total of around $50 million.
Recommendation 12.1 in the commission's report tells the Government to close Ashley Youth Detention Centre as soon as possible.