A disability worker has faced court accused of sexually assaulting two women with disabilities in his care.
Arjun Kandel, 41, appeared in Elizabeth Magistrates Court charged over the incidents which allegedly occurred in August.
Court documents allege he abused his position of authority and knew the women were vulnerable due to their mental disabilities.
Labor MLC Kyam Maher questioned the South Australian Government over the matter in Parliament today.
"The Department of Human Services (DHS) did not attend court today to offer any support to the family of these new [alleged] victims," he said.
He asked for an assurance from the Government that public health workers would fully cooperate with the investigation and asked if the alleged offender was working autonomously at the time of the alleged incident.
Human Services Minister Michelle Lensink said the DHS was fully cooperating.
Ms Lensink said the allegations were very serious.
"My understanding is the individual has been a DHS employee employed within a unit that has worked across a range of sites," Ms Lensink said.
"All of our residents of our services have been contacted … to ensure that everyone was aware of this situation."
Ms Lensink said the department had contacted family, guardians and colleagues who might have had contact with the accused over a "lengthy time" but would not confirm if that exceeded 12 months.
"It is a significant period of time that those records were checked and the department contacted all the people that may be relevant to the particular worker," she said.
She said the National Disability Insurance Scheme Quality and Safeguards Commission had been notified and a phone service had been set up for family and guardians.
The matter will return to court in January.
