Page 2800 - Week 07 - Thursday, 3 July 2008
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Developmental Assessments |
• Developmental Assessments |
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Psychosocial Assessments | |
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Limited Counselling Service |
Specialist Therapeutic Programs • Sexual Abuse • Sexualised Behaviours • Trauma • Parent Child Interaction Therapy |
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Training and Education |
Training and Education • Training packages to professionals within and external to ACT Health |
(5) CARHU currently employs 11.80 full time equivalent (FTE) staff. The compositions of staff currently employed are as follows:
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Manager – Social Worker |
1FTE |
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Clinical Coordinator – Social Worker |
.8FTE |
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Senior Paediatrician |
1FTE |
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Child Medical Officer |
.8FTE |
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Child Medical Officer |
.4FTE |
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Paediatric Registrar |
1FTE |
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Psychologist |
1FTE |
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Psychologist |
1FTE |
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2 x Social Worker |
2FTE |
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Social Worker |
.4FTE |
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ASO 3 |
.8FTE |
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ASO 2 |
1FTE |
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ASO 2 |
.6FTE |
At the time of completing the response to the questions on notice the vacancies in CARHU are:
• 1 FTE Nurse - Vacant March 2008 -temporary contract to commence June 2008
• 1 FTE Social Worker/Psychologist – Vacant April 2008-temporary contract to commence July 2008
• 0.6 FTE CMO - Vacant June 2005 – Reclassifying position to staff specialist
• 0.8 FTE Social Worker/Psychologist – Vacant January 2005 due to workers compensation claim – Reclassifying position to nursing position to address increased need for nursing services
Unfilled positions have not impacted on the capacity of CARHU to respond in a timely manner to referrals because vacancies have been filled by staff on temporary contracts.
(6) The staff specialist at the CARHU has been working closely with the ACT Sexual Assault, Child Abuse Team (SACAT) through a draft MOU which has now been finalised. There is no MOU in place between the CARHU and the DPP because it has not been deemed necessary. CARHU doctors' involvement with the DPP is subsequent to the negotiations between the AFP and the DPP.
(7) The staff receive training from a range of sources depending on their professional specialty. Core training for Psychologists and Social Workers within CARHU in areas such as sexualised behaviours and sibling sexual abuse has been provided by a specialist consultant to NSW Health. The medical staff are members of the NSW/ACT Child Protection Special Interest Group and annually attend the child physical and sexual abuse medical conference.
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