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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 3 Hansard (28 March) . . Page.. 846 ..
Recommendation
| Government
Response
| Action
taken
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| Dell
2.0 Short term staff contracts to be ceased and permanent appointments made
.
| The
use of short term contracts for employing long term employees has ceased since
the introduction of the new ACT Government Service. We have established a
casual relief pool of trained employees who can be called on for emergency
backfilling, or when staff are on leave. The shortage of suitably qualified
professional officers in the disability field sometimes necessitates the
engagement of staff on contract prior to the completion of recruitment action.
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The use of short term contracts within Residential Services has largely been
ceased with the exception of circumstances where suitably qualified staff are
not immediately available to fill permanent positions.
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| Dell
2.1
Acting positions where there is no incumbent should be advertised and filled.
| Agreed.
| Acting
positions have been advertised and filled on an ongoing basis. An exemption
from the current ACT Government Service staff recruitment freeze has been
obtained for direct care workers in Residential Services to enable this
strategy to continue.
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Dell 2.2
Acting positions vacant for more than three months to be externally advertised
and filled by applicants with an understanding and commitment to people with
disabilities.
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See comments under 2.1. Where suitably qualified staff cannot be recruited
internally, positions are advertised externally for permanent filling. It is
government policy that all vacancies be advertised internally and only then,
after it has been determined that the field of applicants is poor can positions
be advertised externally. Duty statements and selection criteria are being
reviewed to ensure they better reflect an understanding of and commitment to
working with people with disabilities.
| A program of regular recruitment for all positions has been instituted. All duty statements and selection criteria are being reviewed to be in line with competency standards and other requirements, and will be tabled in the Enterprise Bargaining context. |
Community Programs Branch
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