At least 25 Families SA workers will be stood down after an audit raising questions about their suitability for working with children.
Education and Child Development Minister Jennifer Rankine on Friday said 25 residential carers would be immediately suspended from working one-on-one with children following the examination of the employment records of almost 500 staff.
The audit by former police commissioner Mal Hyde also identified a further 77 staff as being of "high concern".
Although no recommendation has been made to immediately remove those workers from one-on-one care responsibilities, Ms Rankine said they will face further assessment.
"It has raised serious concerns about the employment processes of staff working in residential care, and the department is now acting to address those concerns as a matter of priority," she said.
"The department either already has or will today be directing them away from their workplace, while an immediate assessment is undertaken into their suitability for ongoing employment."
Ms Rankine said the department will be instituting heightened levels of supervision, and increasing random audits on relevant workplaces.
The audit has been provided to Royal Commissioner Margaret Nyland, as part of her inquiry into South Australia's child protection system.
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