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A Townsville youth care worker claims Queensland’s Department of Children has told her not to report crimes being committed by juveniles in care.
Sky News has concealed Monika’s identity but has verified that she is a youth care worker in a Townsville residential care home.
Residential care homes can house up to six children in one property and have staff rostered on various shifts to supervise.
“If we know that a child or have suspicions that a child has committed a crime, we get our management to inform the department,” Monika told Sky News.
“The department then tells us how we’re supposed to respond and a lot of the time they tell us not to call the police.
“In speaking to Child Safety After Hours, which is the service for emergency services or carers in the state after business hours, if we need to call child safety to report anything, they have instructed us not to report bail breaches and curfew breaches.”
The Department of Children, Youth Justice and