Yooralla chief executive Sanjib Roy has quit in the wake of damning revelations of sexual abuse inside Victoria's biggest disability services provider.
In a statement this morning, Yooralla said Mr Roy tendered his resignation on Sunday, before publication of extensive reports in The Age and on ABC TV's Four Corners tonight.
He had been its chief executive for six years.
Yooralla's board accepted his resignation and praised Mr Roy for overhauling its procedures to protect clients in response to shocking accounts of sexual assault on its clients by their carers.
"Mr Roy leaves the organisation in good shape and the board wishes him every success for the future," Yooralla chairman of directors, Dr Wayne Ramsey said in a statement.
"The board respects his decision to leave now that the organisational changes in response to the events of 2011 have been completed. Mr Roy has seen the organisation through its darkest days and we thank him for the leadership he has provided for the last six years.
"Transforming Yooralla to serve people with disabilities, their families and carers in the context of the implementation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme will now be a challenge for new leadership within the organisation.
"Yooralla has a firm foundation for this work having recently developed and begun implementation of a new strategic plan that positions itself for the future as a leader in the delivery of consumer focused innovative services."
The Yooralla board has announced Dr Sherene Devanesen will perform the role of acting chief executive while an executive search for Mr Roy's successor is undertaken.
Victoria's Community Services Minister Mary Wooldridge said on Monday morning that a re-elected Coalition government would commission parliament's family and community development committee to hold an inquiry into the mis-treatment of people with a disabilities living in supported accommodation.
Ms Wooldridge said the terms of reference would be drafted in consultation with the Office of the Public Advocate.
"Behaviour which poses a risk to the safety and well-being of people with a disability is unacceptable and will not be tolerated under any circumstances," she said.
Ms Wooldridge said the Napthine government had in September introduced a register that would exclude workers found to have harmed or endangered their disabled clients from working in the sector.
The Labor state opposition has also pledged to hold a parliamentary inquiry into abuse in disability care services. It will outline the details of its inquiry later on Monday morning.
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