Advocates on child protection say it is clear people remain able to circumvent efforts by authorities to keep children safe.
A royal commission is likely to be held in South Australia into another case of alleged child sexual abuse.
A man, 32, from Adelaide's southern suburbs is facing charges of unlawful sexual intercourse involving seven preschool-aged wards of the state over 18 months to late 2012, as well as pornography offences.
Authorities say the man had cleared police, child protection and psychological checks before he was hired to care for children in a government-run residential facility.
Leah Bromfield from the Australian Centre for Child Protection at the University of South Australia says greater vigilance is the only effective measure at a time when criminals are matching efforts by government agencies and police to identify child abusers.
"We now have to recognise that, as our systems become more secure, our perpetrators become more and more manipulative," she said.
Albert Barelds from the South Australian Child and Family Welfare Association says residential care standards for vulnerable children will have to change.
"We know from experience that the family-based care environment is much more nurturing and healthy for a child," he said.
"There are some children who are extremely damaged and a residential facility might be the best way to go but [the issue is] how many children should you have, generally you would say certainly no more than three or four in a facility."
He says more frequent checks on people working with children in state care may also be warranted.
The SA Opposition says it supports Premier Jay Weatherill's plan for a royal commission.
An earlier investigation looked at failings in the handling of child abuse at an Adelaide western suburbs school.
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