Sacked former Families SA boss Etienne Scheepers (centre right) takes a back seat at a recent parliamentary inquiry behind new Education CEO Rick Persse (left) and his deputy Julieann Riedstra. Photo: Tony Lewis / InDaily

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Top level executives out the door at new child protection agency

An executive-level clean-out of the new Department for Child Protection is underway, with the former head of Families SA Etienne Scheepers shown the door and his former offsider unexpectedly taking retirement.

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Psychological testing for all SA Govt residential carers

Every government residential care worker in South Australia will need to undergo a one-on-one psychological assessment to determine whether they are suited to working with children.

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Staff shortfall in Families SA offset blowout in emergency care

A blowout in the amount of money spent by the state’s child protection agency on emergency accommodation – which senior executives have described as “the worst kind of care” – was offset on the financial books because the department recruited 300 fewer staff than it was entitled to.

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Weatherill's Fresh Start could lead to child protection system's "collapse"

Welfare insiders have sounded an ominous warning about the cost of implementing the Weatherill Government’s child protection reforms, amid fears the “system will collapse” under the strain of ever-increasing numbers of children in care, at double the cost per child.

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State Govt's half-billion-dollar child protection revamp

Shifting the weight of public investment from looking after abused and neglected children to prevention and early intervention will be the focus of a revamped child protection regime.