seen tackling child in video
None of the staff at a care and protection residence where youth workers allegedly used excessive force on a teen had received refresher training on techniques for physical interventions, a union says.
Oranga Tamariki chief executive Sir Wira Gardiner announced on Thursday that the agency would close care and protection residence in Christchurch, Te Oranga.
It comes after a video, published by Newsroom on Tuesday, showed three staff members at the facility twice tackling a boy aged about 13 to the ground once while he was restrained in a secure room.
All 60 Te Oranga staff will be asked to stay home on full pay from 12am on Monday. New staff are being brought into the residence.
Link to video and article: Concerns raised over training of Oranga Tamariki staff seen tackling child in video | Stuff.co.nz
