CORRECTIVE SERVICES — FOETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER TRAINING

2072. Hon Alison Xamon to the minister representing the Minister for Emergency Services; Corrective Services:

I refer to the Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) training developed for the department by the Telethon Kids Institute (TKI), and I ask:

(a)  how many Youth Custodial staff are currently employed by the department; and

(b)  how many of the staff from (a), have undertaken the TKI FASD training?

Hon Stephen Dawson replied:

(a)  246.

(b)  126 Youth Custodial staff have now undertaken TKI FASD training.

* Supplementary information:

*Further TKI FASD training sessions will be facilitated on 12 and 26 of June 2019 with the capacity to train 30 staff in each session.

TKI FASD training will be ongoing until all staff are trained.

 

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