Carol Nader in The Age
The number of at-risk children could be even higher. A document received by The Age indicates that one-quarter of child-protection cases on the books of the Department of Human Services have no assigned case worker.
The department would not confirm this figure yesterday. Mr Geary said that while these children were still monitored, every child in the system should have a case worker.
Mr Geary said: ‘‘There are hundreds of young people whose needs are not properly being met because they are not allocated [a case worker].
‘‘It would mean that services to them weren’t first class, that services to them were less than adequate and … given they are marginal needy young people, it’s really concerning.’’
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