The auditor-general's report found the child protection system was 'inefficient, ineffective, and unsustainable' and the Department of Communities and Justice had ignored numerous reports calling for improvement.
The New South Wales auditor-general has reported that the state's child protection system is "inefficient, ineffective, and unsustainable".
The report found the system to be "inefficient, ineffective, and unsustainable", and that the DCJ had ignored numerous reviews calling for improvement. It also found the emergency care system was "unsustainable" costing $829,000 per child, per year for those accommodated in hotels, motels and apartments.It also found the DCJ failed to collect sufficient data to monitor at risk children, and the effectiveness of any programs they may be referred to.
In its recommendations, it called on the DCJ to urgently assess the physical and psychological safety of children in out of home care, and report that information publicly.Department not complying with First Nations child protection laws The report found that the Department of Communities and Justice decision-making structures left Indigenous families vulnerable to case worker bias."DCJ has not embedded the principles in its governance and accountability arrangements or operationalised them into its policies and processes," the report found.
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