Page 913 - Week 03 - Tuesday, 29 March 2011
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12 months and the issue of temporary staff uniforms, including corporate hats and footwear for all staff. We have recruited a part-time lifeguard. The review of administration staff and roles is in progress. A review of the roster unit managers is in progress.
A review of the annual management leave program seeks to ensure minimum staffing levels which are equitable. There is the review and implementation of revised telephone and visitation processes and the review and implementation of revised CCTV access for all unit managers and senior managers. Recruitment commenced to appoint part-time staff by two to cover appointments and meal times within the centre Monday to Friday. There is the implementation of “key worker” roles for all Bimberi youth workers and the implementation of a weekly roster review meeting to coordinate sickness and annual leave across the centre.
We have a policy officer now based at the centre. An assessment of a Bimberi staff team to identify strengths across the centre has been completed, with new staff teams implemented within each residential unit, which came into effect on 17 March 2011. Staff supervision for all Bimberi unit managers commenced four weeks ago. All staff will have completed at least one—that is, their first—supervision with their line manager by 31 March.
Under “security, risk management and safety of young people and staff”, already we have begun daily testing of duress alarms. Mr Joseph Donataccio from Your Enterprise Solutions Pty Ltd has been engaged to undertake a risk and compliance framework gap analysis for Bimberi. He is a Queensland-based risk management expert and will conduct a site visit of Bimberi between 18 and 21 April. His report is due by the end of April. Officers from Moore Street are visiting the centre one day a week and undertake compliance checks on safety and security-related matters as an interim compliance audit safety strategy.
The costs of energising all roof lines are being explored. The buildings, including the cabins, have been reviewed for vulnerable points and, where identified, this has been rectified and also longer term plans put in place. The point through which youths escaped is now inspected daily for possible tampering. A team leader checklist for the night shift has been implemented.
I would like to reassure members that I do take this matter very seriously and that swift action has been taken by my department. Action is already underway in relation to many of the recommendations. I have directed in the strongest terms that my department ensure that the remaining actions occur as quickly as possible and that the safety and security of the facility are not compromised in the interim.
I will release so much of the key findings and recommendations from the two reviews and the department’s response to the recommendations as may be appropriate once the current independent investigation is completed. Madam Assistant Speaker, I move that the Assembly take note of the paper.
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Ms Le Couteur): I believe you have not actually presented the paper.
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