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Families SA insider says new child-protection policies will fail without extra resources to help overstretched social workers
LAUREN NOVAK SAM KELTON THE ADVERTISER JULY 23, 2014
A FAMILIES SA insider says a radical rewriting of child-protection policies will be useless without extra resources to help social workers already stretched to breaking point.
In the wake of revelations a man working for Families SA was last month charged with child sex offences against seven preschool-aged children in his care, the State Government has promised an urgent review of policies and processes to shield vulnerable children from predators who use the care system to gain access to them.
But a Families SA worker who contacted The Advertiser said there was no point making major changes without providing extra staff to support them.
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