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The State Ombudsman will be asked to investigate how often child protection workers’ reports are “bleached” of contentious details that could embarrass the State Government.
More than 26,000 calls reporting possible abuse cases to South Australia’s child protection agency have gone unanswered in the past year.
Families SA has implemented a new training regime for staff after they were heavily criticised in the Chloe Valentine inquest over “grossly inadequate” note-taking practices.
Jo Jarvis, Chairperson of CFC, talking about Viewpoint.
Children have been sleeping on mattresses in Families SA offices on weekends because there is not enough staff to organise foster care or alternative accommodation, the South Australian Opposition says.