Inspection of 5 December 2025 — Inspection Report
Regulation 9 — Management and recruitment
- (d) Police vetting was not available for one adult who had lived outside the state for a period of six months as an adult. (3) Documentation reviewed evidenced that the procedures specified above under 9(2) had not been carried out prior to one adult commencing employment in the service as detailed above
Provider's corrective action:
- The staff member has applied for the required police clearance and is currently awaiting the outcome. In the interim, police vetting requirements were reviewed and implemented and the working hours of the staff member have been amended and are now scheduled outside of the service’s operating hours. Recruitment and onboarding procedures have been reviewed to ensure full compliance prior to commencement of employment. A mandatory pre-employment checklist is now in place and must be completed before rostering. Police vetting, including checks for periods spent outside the state will be verified prior to appointment. Regular audits of staff files will be carried out by management to ensure ongoing compliance on the staff member’s file
Found compliant: Regulation 11, 19.