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Govt highlights community services staff boost

Posted December 2, 2008 09:27:00
Updated December 2, 2008 09:26:00

The New South Wales Government says the number of case workers in community services has been doubled in the past six years.

The Minister for Community Services, Linda Burney, says in 2002, more than $1 billion was dedicated to recruiting extra workers for early intervention, child protection and out-of-home care.

Ms Burney says far west NSW is a difficult area to staff.

"What we do have in place are some really innovative ways of making sure those positions are filled, for example we have a rotational system where people from other areas go to some of those places, particularly in senior positions for a set period of time," she said.

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