Child Protection Board (1991 - 1998)

The new name reflected the changed role for the Child Protection Board recommended by the Tasmanian Task Force Report on Sexual Abuse in November 1989. The Board's work now focused more strongly on coordinating and developing policy, community education, professional training, and planning services. Its members included representatives of the Department of Community Services, Police and Emergency Services, the Office of the Status of Women, the Department of Health, the Director of Public Prosecutions, and the Department of Education. It established a Child Protection Assessment Committee, made up of specialists such as a psychologist, social worker or paediatrician, to carry out assessments, early interventions, and to begin court actions. The Board also had committees for professional and community education.

The government established a Child Protection and Domestic Violence Branch within the Department of Community Services which had offices in Hobart, Launceston, and Burnie. The Child Protection Board was located within that.