Disclosure of Educational Qualifications and all Disciplinary Proceeding information conducted by the department in relation to any team Leaders and/or above.
Dear Queensland Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services,
I am making an application for disclosure, pursuant the public interest provisions & Freedom of Information Act. The requested disclosure is for detailed information to be provided to the public in relation to the total number of 'Child Safety Officers' currently employed at the level of 'Team Leader' or above. How many of them have completed higher learning are university qualified in a relevant field. How many have no formal educational qualifications but are considered to be professionally qualified.
Further request for disclosure, in relation to how many 'Child Safety Officers, employed as a Team Leader or higher, have been subject to adverse professional disciplinary proceedings. That had been internally instituted by the department due to suspected acts of misconduct and/or serious misconduct of public office. Specifically, the information is sought for the South East QLD Regional offices of the Gold Coast, including Beaudesert, Jimboomba and Beenleigh.
Please also outline the 'Organisational hierarchy and structure,of the department and clarify the policies and procedures that are applied and/or followed to the complaints processes. In particular when the complaint is a serious complaint involving things like misconduct in public office.
Please provide the requested disclosure for the Gold Coast,Beaudesert, Jimboomba & Beenleigh Offices respectively.
Regards,
A Member of the Public
Good afternoon
Thank you for your enquiry. The Right to Information Act 2009 gives
rights of access to documents of an agency in existence at the time of the
application; it is not a mechanism through which to ask questions. Your
enquiry may be better directed to the department’s Human Resources area
which can be contacted on:
[1][email address]
Kind regards
Gemma Deschamps | Manager, Information Access and Amendment
Right to Information, Information Privacy and Screening | Corporate
Services
Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women
Level 6, 111 George Street, Brisbane Q 4000
T: 07 3247 3590 | M: 0467 736 725| F: 07 3224 7050
Work days: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri
-----Original Message-----
From: Aussie Citz [mailto:[FOI #4538 email]]
Sent: Thursday, 26 April 2018 8:06 AM
To: RTI Communities Mail-In <[email address]>
Subject: Right to Information request - Disclosure of Educational
Qualifications and all Disciplinary Proceeding information conducted by
the department in relation to any team Leaders and/or above.
Dear Queensland Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability
Services,
I am making an application for disclosure, pursuant the public interest
provisions & Freedom of Information Act. The requested disclosure is for
detailed information to be provided to the public in relation to the total
number of 'Child Safety Officers' currently employed at the level of 'Team
Leader' or above. How many of them have completed higher learning are
university qualified in a relevant field. How many have no formal
educational qualifications but are considered to be professionally
qualified.
Further request for disclosure, in relation to how many 'Child Safety
Officers, employed as a Team Leader or higher, have been subject to
adverse professional disciplinary proceedings. That had been internally
instituted by the department due to suspected acts of misconduct and/or
serious misconduct of public office. Specifically, the information is
sought for the South East QLD Regional offices of the Gold Coast,
including Beaudesert, Jimboomba and Beenleigh.
Please also outline the 'Organisational hierarchy and structure,of the
department and clarify the policies and procedures that are applied
and/or followed to the complaints processes. In particular when the
complaint is a serious complaint involving things like misconduct in
public office.
Please provide the requested disclosure for the Gold Coast,Beaudesert,
Jimboomba & Beenleigh Offices respectively.
Regards,
A Member of the Public
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Dear Gemma
Thank you for your reply, however your response provided is not clear in relation to a decision.
Are you refusing the application?
Yours sincerely,
Aussie Citz
Good morning
You have not made an application. You have made an enquiry asking questions and I have advised you that the right of access in the Right to Information Act 2009 extends to documents of an agency; it is not a mechanism by which to ask questions.
If you wish to make an application for documents, I would invite you to reply telling me what documents of the agency you want to access. I can then assess whether your application is valid.
Alternatively you could complete the approved form, either online or in hard copy. A link is below which leads to the page from which you can start an online application or download the approved form.
Kind regards
Gemma Deschamps | Manager, Information Access and Amendment
Right to Information, Information Privacy and Screening | Corporate Services
Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women
Level 6, 111 George Street, Brisbane Q 4000
T: 07 3247 3590 | F: 07 3224 7050
Work days: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri
-----Original Message-----
From: CESD_RTI_ERTI
Sent: Tuesday, 8 May 2018 10:14 AM
To: Gemma Deschamps <[email address]>
Subject: FW: Right to Information request - Disclosure of Educational Qualifications and all Disciplinary Proceeding information conducted by the department in relation to any team Leaders and/or above.
FYI again. Sorry
Carmen Springall | Team Leader – Registry Team| Information Access and Amendment Right to Information, Information Privacy and Screening| Corporate and Executive Services Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women Level 6, 111 George Street, Brisbane QLD 4000
T: 07 3247 5313 | F: 07 3224 7050
-----Original Message-----
From: Aussie Citz [mailto:[FOI #4538 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 8 May 2018 8:37 AM
To: CESD_RTI_ERTI <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Right to Information request - Disclosure of Educational Qualifications and all Disciplinary Proceeding information conducted by the department in relation to any team Leaders and/or above.
Dear Gemma
Thank you for your reply, however your response provided is not clear in relation to a decision.
Are you refusing the application?
Yours sincerely,
Aussie Citz
-----Original Message-----
Good afternoon
Thank you for your enquiry. The Right to Information Act 2009 gives rights of access to documents of an agency in existence at the time of the application; it is not a mechanism through which to ask questions. Your enquiry may be better directed to the department’s Human Resources area which can be contacted on:
[1][email address]
Kind regards
Gemma Deschamps | Manager, Information Access and Amendment
Right to Information, Information Privacy and Screening | Corporate Services
Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women
Level 6, 111 George Street, Brisbane Q 4000
T: 07 3247 3590 | M: 0467 736 725| F: 07 3224 7050
Work days: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri
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Locutus Sum left an annotation ()
I would normally say that this request had been refused but the reply from the agency makes me say something different. The officer correctly says that the applicant has not made a formal application and the officer has treated the email as an enquiry. The officer has answered the enquiry (not the non-existent formal application) so in this circumstance I say that the information was provided. The applicant can disagree and change the status.