Milanda Rout
From: The Australian
October 25, 2010 12:00AM
CHILD protection authorities have splashed out almost $200,000 on an international recruitment campaign.
But the campaign, launched in a desperate attempt to fill the vacancies left by staff deserting the system, has attracted just seven workers from New Zealand.
While the Victorian Ombudsman, the state opposition and workers have raised concerns about increasing caseloads and having the worst-paid child protection staff in the country, the Brumby government has offered New Zealand staff and their families up to $5,500 in moving costs, airfares, furniture and accommodation.
But since the campaign -- which was originally given $310,000 to spend on advertising and recruitment seminars -- began last year, only four staff have started at offices around the state and another two are due to begin in the coming months.
Department of Human Services documents obtained through Freedom of Information laws show the New Zealand recruitment program cost $190,865 in June.
The documents also show on top of the six hired, one staffer was still waiting for a visa, another accepted but took a job in Queensland and a third staffer accepted but stayed in New Zealand after getting a promotion.
The cost of these seven staff members comes after The Australian revealed that a quarter of child protection workers hired from Britain have broken their contracts and fled the system. FULL STORY
Communism has completely failed when you can't even recruit more tyrants to man the bureaucracy.
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