Child protection staff 'not coping' with workload since Luke Batty's death

The lives of children are being put at risk because Victorian child protection staff cannot cope with ever-increasing workloads, a worker has warned.

The whistleblower, who wants to remain anonymous, has a decade of experience in the sector and said caseloads for child protection staff have become unmanageable since Luke Batty, 11, was killed by his father in January.

The whistleblower said protective service investigators have gone from recieving 10 reports a week to 15 a day.

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The lives of children are being put at risk because Victorian child protection staff cannot cope with ever-increasing workloads, a worker has warned.

The whistleblower, who wants to remain anonymous, has a decade of experience in the sector and said caseloads for child protection staff have become unmanageable since Luke Batty, 11, was killed by his father in January.

The whistleblower said protective service investigators have gone from recieving 10 reports a week to 15 a day.