SHINE SA
20/09/2012
The Hon. K.L. VINCENT (15:12): Is the minister concerned
regarding the training of disability support workers around sexuality of
clients, that even though support workers as individuals might be willing to do
that training, and complete it very well, policies of the agencies that they
actually work for might impede them from actually putting that education into
practice, and is this something that he intends to work with SHine SA on in
future?
The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Communities and Social
Inclusion, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for Disabilities, Minister for
Youth, Minister for Volunteers) (15:13): Another excellent question from the
honourable member. I am not aware of any inhibition of disability support
workers to provide the appropriate sexual health training to their clients
because of agencies that employ them. Agencies who take funding from the
government are required to meet our requirements and those requirements would be
to provide the appropriate range of services.
If, indeed, this is an issue, if the honourable member would like
to advise me of any instances she knows of, we can work with the agencies
involved, and with SHine SA, to try to bring them together to discuss those
issues.
