WA woman on child sex offences

A 38-year-old woman who worked for the WA Department of Corrective Services has been charged with having sex with a teenage detainee.

The woman is accused of engaging in consensual sexual acts between February and May 2017 with the 17-year-old who was in detention.

She's been charged with three counts of indecent dealing of a child over 16 years by a person in authority and one count of procuring a child over 16 years.

The woman from Halls Head in Mandurah, south of Perth, will appear in Armadale Magistrates Court on Tuesday, WA police said.

Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 (for young people aged 5 to 25).