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Child abuse cases are handled both by family

services centres and by the Child Protective Service Unit

(CPSU), a special unit set up to deal with the more serious

child abuse cases. In the CPSU the average caseload per

caseworker at the end of December 1986 was 48.2. With the

addition of one social worker to the unit early this year, the

average caseload has now been further improved to 40.

In view

of the complicated nature of child abuse cases, the manning

ratio of CPSU is now under review by the department.