The Shadow Minister for Families and Communities, Natasha Maclaren-Jones, has condemned the Minns Government over a botched bathroom modification that has left a young person in foster care suffering life\u2011threatening seizures.
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\u201cAccessible home modifications are meant to keep people with disability safe, not push them into repeated medical emergencies because basic standards were ignored,\u201d Mrs Maclaren\u2011Jones said.
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\u201cThe Minister allowed a family\u2019s home to become a danger zone for their child.\u201d
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Reports reveal a teenager in out\u2011of\u2011home care, who lives with disability and needs an accessible bathroom, was left without one after the government\u2011funded renovation was botched. The foster carer was forced to shower the teen on the floor, and the young person has since developed severe, potentially life\u2011threatening seizures linked to the stress, disruption and unsafe conditions.
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Despite repeated requests for help, the Minister failed to act.
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\u201cThe Minister needs to explain why she ignored this child\u2019s safety and wellbeing after repeated calls for assistance,\u201d Mrs Maclaren\u2011Jones said.
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\u201cThe Minister has a duty of care and she has failed this young person and their foster carer. Instead of taking immediate action, she blamed others and shuffled paperwork.\u201d
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\u201cWhen a government signs off on works in a foster carer\u2019s home, where a child with complex needs lives, they must ensure the work is done properly, safely and on time.\u201d
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\u201cThe Minister must front up, apologise to this carer, and guarantee that no other child in care will be left in this situation again.\u201d
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\u201cThis young person and their carer have been badly let down.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Shadow Minister for Families and Communities, Natasha Maclaren-Jones, has condemned the Minns Government over a botched bathroom modification that has left a young person in foster care suffering life\u2011threatening seizures.\u00a0\u201cAccessible home modifications are meant to keep people with disability safe, not push them into repeated medical emergencies because basic standards were ignored,\u201d Mrs Maclaren\u2011Jones … Continue reading “Minns Government\u2019s botched bathroom puts foster child\u2019s life at risk”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38033"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38034,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38033\/revisions\/38034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}