CYF Job Too Important
For Part-Time Effort: Stewart
New Zealand First says
the decision of chief social worker Shannon Pakura to take
on a part-time job in the office of Tariana Turia provides
mixed messages to the public regarding her commitment to her
primary occupation at Child Youth and Family.
“Social
Services spokesperson Barbara Stewart says the chief social
worker position is far too important to be diluted by
employment commitments elsewhere, especially within the
Government.
“Child Youth and Family are supposed to be an
apolitical and impartial public service yet these points are
open to challenge when senior staff decide to work for the
Government on the side.
“With the ongoing problems CYF
faces in the recruitment and retention of staff it would
seem that Ms Pakura should already have her hands full. It
will certainly be hard to convince the public that her
additional employment will not diminish the quality of the
service provided by Child Youth and Family,” concluded Mrs
Stewart.
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