❓ A parliamentary question regarding a cleaner at Kununurra Hospital who worked one shift before a negative Working With Children Check was issued. The question seeks to clarify the responsibilities requiring the check and whether the employee had contact with children.
AnsweredQoN 1895Legislative Council
Asked
21 February 2019
Member
Portfolio
Deputy Premier; Minister for Health; Mental Health
QuestionView source ↗
I refer to the answer provided as Supplementary Information C6 in the 2017-18 Annual Report Hearings for the Department of Communities, in which the Committee was informed that an individual was for a short time employed by the Department of Health’s WA Country Health Service, but had ceased work by the time a negative notice was issued, and I ask: (a) what responsibilities of that employee required a Working With Children Check; and (b) did the employee come into contact with any children during their time in the position?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
4 April 2019
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Deputy Premier; Minister for Health; Mental Health
Response time
9 days
I am advised that:
(a) The employee was engaged as a cleaner at Kununurra Hospital. Cleaners are required to have Working With Children checks as they may have contact with children when they are cleaning hospital wards.
(b) The employee worked one 6.5 hour shift on 25 October 2016. Initial shifts for employees involve supervised site orientation; therefore, it is unlikely that a cleaner on their first day of work would have had any unsupervised contact with any patients or a child.
(a) The employee was engaged as a cleaner at Kununurra Hospital. Cleaners are required to have Working With Children checks as they may have contact with children when they are cleaning hospital wards.
(b) The employee worked one 6.5 hour shift on 25 October 2016. Initial shifts for employees involve supervised site orientation; therefore, it is unlikely that a cleaner on their first day of work would have had any unsupervised contact with any patients or a child.
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