Ms Kate Duggan:

This would be for Tulsa. Right now, all the referrals to us go through a child protection response. A social worker has to examine each and say it either meets the threshold for harm or risk of harm, meaning a child protection response, or relates to welfare, which would be of lower priority and may be referred for commissioned services. We want to make sure that, at the front door, we have our social care and social work staff, perhaps a psychology assistant, a family support therapist and our administrative staff screening to ask what the child needs, the best response or how he or she should be referred to an appropriate service.