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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION N0.88

Ms SZUTY - Asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services

(1) What is the level of staff provided?

(2) How many full-time, part-time and casual staff are employed?

(3) Are ancillary staff available to meet residents

needs, such as physiotherapists, occupational

therapists or speech therapists? _.

(4) How do current staffing arrangements compare with the staffing arrangements in place when Chapman Hostel was opened?

(5) what formal qualifications and training are required of staff prior to commencement of work?

(6) Is there a requirement for staff employed to have a first aid certificate?

(7) Do all staff currently employed have first aid certificates?

(8) If all staff currently employed do not have first aid certificates, what is the reason for this?

(9) What ongoing training is provided for staff?

(10) what are the arrangements for the briefing of staff commencing shifts by staff completing shifts?

(11) What staffing arrangements are made for the employment of new staff following the termination or retirement of staff?

(12) what staffing arrangements are made in the interim period between the retirement of current staff and the commencement of new staff?

(13) Is a communication book used for the transfer of messages and information between staff?

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