Inspection of 13 August 2025 — Inspection Report
Regulation 9 — Management and recruitment
- (9) (2) (d) A disclosure for one staff member who had resided outside of the state for a period of 6 months or more as an adult was on file. This staff member was recruited since 2012, whereby an International Child Protection Certificate is the regulatory requirement
Provider's corrective action:
- The employee immediately applied for the correct police vetting – The International Child Protection Certificate. Our Personnel File Check list was updated to include the name of the certificate needed so that when it is being checked it can be referenced. Registered provider, Manager, Deputy Manager and administration staff were informed of this requirement. Management will conduct regular audits on all staff files
Regulation 23 — Safeguarding health, safety and welfare of child
- Infection Control: The following infection control risks were observed in the Toddler room; 1. Handwashing was not observed to be carried out prior to the children’s dinner time. This is not in line with the services infection control policy which states “handwashing is carried out before eating”. 2. It was observed that a number of children’s soothers were sterilised together in one container and not sterilised individually
Provider's corrective action:
- Corrective & Preventive Action Infection Control: 1. The staff member involved was spoken to about this immediately and all staff were directed to re-read the infection control policy. Staff members will be updated on inspection outcomes at staff meeting (03/09/2025) where all issues will be discussed. Posters were put up in the rooms in the area where the dinner is served – reminding staff to check that the children have washed their hands. Management will be doing spot checks weekly to check that the children’s hands are being washed before all meal times in all care rooms and this audit will be documented by the manager. 2. The staff involved were spoken to immediately and all staff were informed that soothers needed to be sterilised individually at our monthly staff meeting. Our policies were updated to reflect this. All staff were directed to re-read the infection control policy. Staff members will be updated on inspection outcomes at staff meeting (03/09/2025) where all issues will be discussed. Posters are displayed in each of the care rooms reminding staff to wash soothers in warm soapy water and to sterilise them individually. The Infection control policy will continue to be reviewed annually at least and distributed to all staff. Infection control training will continue to be provided to staff
Found compliant: Regulation 11, 19, 20, 22, 25, 26, 28, 29.