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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Gabriel Fowler

Worsening child protection crisis a 'full scale social disaster' says union

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THE number of vacant child protection caseworker positions across NSW is continuing to grow in what the union has described as a "mass exodus" during a worsening crisis.

Up to one in four case workers are not at work on any given day, the Public Service Association says.

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