Inspection of 15 January 2025 — Inspection Report
Regulation 9 — Management and recruitment
- The registered provider did not take appropriate measures to ensure that all adults were suitable to work in an early years service prior to their commencement as outlined below: • The registered provider did not ensure that a Garda vetting disclosure was obtained for two adults prior to them commencing work in the service as follows; - One staff member commenced working in the service on the 9th January 2023 and Garda vetting was obtained on the 24th January 2023. - One staff member commenced working in the service on the 16th September 2024 and Garda vetting was obtained on the 5th November 2024. • Two references in respect of one adult were not validated prior to the adult commencing employment. The adult commenced working in the service on the 16th September 2024 and references had been validated on the 17th September 2024 and the 27th September 2024
Provider's corrective action:
- • Our Garda Vetting Policy has been updated to emphasise that Garda vetting must be obtained prior to commencement of employment. I have advised the rest of the staff of this; I apologise as I was sincerely under the impression that due to both staff having current Garda vetting from their previous employment, & both being classroom assistants - therefore not alone in the class with the children but always under supervision from the Lead Educator - that it was permissible to have them supervised in the setting until their next Garda vetting was received – otherwise we would not have been able to accommodate some of the children in the preschool, as there were delays in the vetting process. • We managed to make contact & validate the references within 2 weeks of the staff member starting with us. I have updated our Recruitment Policy to state that references must be validated prior to commencement of employment
Found compliant: Regulation 11, 16, 19, 23, 25.