The Victorian Ombudsman is calling for “major reform” of the state’s residential care system, after investigating allegations that five children, as young as 11, were physically and sexually assaulted while in the state’s care.
Key points:
- Residential care is a type of out-of-home care where children live in a unit together with carers to look after them
- The Victorian Ombudsman has investigated alleged physical and sexual assaults against five children in this type of care
- She found residential care ‘continues to fail’ the children it is meant to keep safe
Ombudsman Deborah Glass said the…
