3134 (2025). Dr Lawrence Xu-Nan to the Minister for Children

3134 (2025). Dr Lawrence Xu-Nan to the Minister for Children: How many, if any, vacant care and protection social worker roles are not being actively recruited for in each of the following regions: Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Canterbury, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, Manawatu Whanganui, Marlborough, Nelson Tasman, Northland, Otago, Southland, Taranaki, Waikato, Wellington, West Coast?

Hon Karen Chhour: I refer the Member to the attached table which shows the number of vacant care and protection social worker roles are not being actively recruited for, broken down by region. I am further advised the numbers provided are at a point in time and are fluid. Recruitment processes are initiated by individual site managers and all 13 positions are available for hiring managers to initiate recruitment processes.