AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By court reporter Jamelle Wells
A former caseworker has told the royal commission into child sexual abuse that a child welfare agency was poorly staffed and she was given little training.
Former Hunter Aboriginal Children’s Service (HACS) staff member Jacqualine Henderson today told the inquiry she had no prior experience as a caseworker with children when she went to work for the organisation in 1998.
Nevertheless she was put in charge of up to 12 children at a time.
Ms Henderson said she was not made aware of all the policies and procedures of HACS and sought advice from Department of Community Services (DOCS) staff on some matters.
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