Faced with extreme stress, abuse and low pay, child safety and youth justice staff are being driven out of the job – to the detriment of the state’s most vulnerable children.
Several Queensland child safety and youth justice workers quit the job each day, with many others “hanging on by a thread” under extreme stress and low pay, a union says.Child safety officers are leaving their job amid increasing levels of stress and abuse.
Workers who are members of the union have planned a protest outside the offices of politicians and service centres on Thursday next week in a bid to have their concerns addressed by the Queensland government. “Queenslanders know that more is desperately needed to support children and young people known to both the youth justice and child protection systems.The union said every day they heard of stressed workers, particularly child safety officers, leaving their job.
, but the main detention centres have been at capacity for years, with children often housed in police watchhouses to manage overflow.
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