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(1) Can the Minister provide, for each Government school between December 2014 to present, how are instances of reported violent behaviour recorded by the Education Directorate, by (a) students, (b) staff or (c) parents and guardians.
(2) What steps are procedurally required to be taken following a report of violent behaviour.
(3) How many reports of violent behaviour have there been for each Government school by (a) teachers, (b) parents and guardians or (c) students.
Ms Berry: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) The Directorate uses the ACT Public Service accident incident reporting system, Riskman, to record instances of violent behaviours affecting workers including where students, parents or guardians are the users of violence. The Directorate introduced Riskman into all schools in the second half of 2015. Incidents were recorded using a paper based accident incident report prior to this.
(2) Directorate workers follow the requirements in the ACT Public Service Responding to Workplace Accidents/Incidents Policy and the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 when reporting and responding to incidents of violent behaviour. Where the perpetrator of violent behaviour is a worker, the issue is managed by the Directorate’s Employee Relations section. The Managing Occupational Violence Policy 2017 and Occupational Violence Plan 2017 are in development, and will be launched on 26 July 2017. Directorate workers will follow the requirements within these guidance documents once they are established.
(3) As of 30 April 2017, the total reports of occupational violence in schools for year to date FY 2016-17 were 1,068 compared to 674 in FY 2015-16. This number includes those by a student, a parent or a guardian. Lost time due to incidents of one day or more has remained relatively low at 38 as of 30 April 2017. Data is not readily available at that level of aggregation, for parents and guardians of students. A total of 1,068 reports of occupational violence have been made for all government schools. Disaggregation by school could unfairly and incorrectly lead to assumptions about safety in particular schools.
Schools—illicit substances
(Question No 285)
Mr Wall asked the Minister for Education and Early Childhood Development, upon notice, on 12 May 2017:
(1) How are reports of use/possession of illicit substances recorded by the Directorate.
(2) Can the Minister provide the number of reports involving the use/possession of illicit substances by (a) students and (b) staff broken down by school and year.
Ms Berry: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) Reports made to the Directorate’s Employee Relations section regarding staff use of illicit substances are recorded on an internal database. Record of illicit drug use by
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