A tribunal has ruled that three children would be at great risk of harm and neglect if they were returned to their out-of-home carer employed by a Newcastle-based provider currently under the scrutiny of New South Wales Ombudsman’s office. The Civil and Administrative Tribunal heard Lifestyle Solutions removed the children from the carer in May. The carer is fighting the decision to remove the children and had a stay of proceedings application rejected today. The case management for the children was transferred from Family and Community Services (FACS) to Lifestyle Solutions in January 2014. The carer first had neglect allegations raised against them in 2015 but remained authorised with Lifestyle Solutions while court proceedings were ongoing.
