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The Office of the Children's Guardian is proposing to develop a register of workers providing direct care to children and young people in residential care settings. This includes out-of-home care providers providing care to children and young people in both statutory and voluntary out-of-home care.

The purpose of the register is to provide a mechanism for agencies to exchange relevant information regarding the suitability of potential employees, prior to making a decision to employ the person to provide direct care to children and young people in residential care.   

This project commenced in response to concerns raised by some residential care providers in NSW regarding the ease of movement between agencies of unsuitable staff, particularly casual staff engaged by more than one agency. The register will also implement the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse to improve the safety of children and young people in contemporary out-of-home care.

This proposal will also be relevant to those agencies accredited to provide foster care where the agency has or is likely to ever place a child or young person in a motel and authorise an individual to supervise this placement. 

The Office of the Children's Guardian will hold a number of consultation forums with out-of-home care providers in NSW regarding the proposal and a brief discussion paper regarding the proposal will be circulated to all statutory out-of-home care providers. Please read the discussion paper before completing this survey.

The following survey is relevant to any service provider currently providing statutory or voluntary out-of-home care in residential care settings, or any agency that places children and young people in motels or other emergency accommodation. The information provided will assist the scoping work for the register and will inform the consultation process. 

Thank you for participating in our survey. Your feedback is important.

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* 1. Contact details

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* 2. What type of residential care does your agency provide?

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* 3. Has your agency ever arranged for a child or young person to be cared for in a motel, even if only overnight?

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* 4. Approximately how many people does your agency engage to provide direct care to children and young people in residential care settings?

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* 5. Within your agency, approximately how many residential care staff are in the following categories:

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* 6. Do you engage employment agencies to provide casual staff to work in residential care?

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* 7. Does your agency hold any immediate concerns with the proposed development of a register of residential care workers?

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* 8. The OCG will arrange for a number of consultation forums to discuss the operational impact of the register. Would your agency be interested in participating?

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* 9. Do you have any further comments regarding the proposal?

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