all permanent staff members are adults? all permanent staff members, and all people (excluding boarders and parents) who have regular access to the hostel or have unsupervised contact with boarders, are the subject of rigorous suitability checks (including Police vetting)? no staff member has been convicted of a crime involving dishonesty and sentenced for that crime within the preceding 7 years, and no staff member has been convicted of any offence involving harm to children or violence, and no staff member has been convicted of any sexual offence, or is unfit to be a staff member because of mental illness or serious behavioural problems? there is substantial supervision of ancillary, contract, temporary, or voluntary staff, and others who visit the hostel occasionally and who have not been the subject of a suitability check? staff and boarders are encouraged to maintain positive relationships with each other? security measures are used to prevent unauthorised access to the premises? hostel’s [Regulation 61(2)] Please tick all questions including bullet points Yes No Unsure 3 Have the following persons, if they have regular access to the hostel or unsupervised contact with boarders, provided the Ministry of Education with a Police vet – the owner, if he/she is an individual any director or person concerned in the management if the owner is a body corporate. [Regulation 61(2A)] 4 Does the hostel owner ensure that the hostel is at all times staffed with a ratio of staff to boarders present at the hostel that ensures the safety of those boarders having regard to-
all permanent staff members are adults? all permanent staff members, and all people (excluding boarders and parents) who have regular access to the hostel or have unsupervised contact with boarders, are the subject of rigorous suitability checks (including Police vetting)? no staff member has been convicted of a crime involving dishonesty and sentenced for that crime within the preceding 7 years, and no staff member has been convicted of any offence involving harm to children or violence, and no staff member has been convicted of any sexual offence, or is unfit to be a staff member because of mental illness or serious behavioural problems? there is substantial supervision of ancillary, contract, temporary, or voluntary staff, and others who visit the hostel occasionally and who have not been the subject of a suitability check? staff and boarders are encouraged to maintain positive relationships with each other? security measures are used to prevent unauthorised access to the hostel’s premises? [Regulation 61(2)] Please tick all questions including bullet points Yes No Unsure 3 Have the following persons, if they have regular access to the hostel or unsupervised contact with boarders, provided the Ministry of Education with a Police vet – the owner, if he/she is an individual any director or person concerned in the management if the owner is a body corporate. [Regulation 61(2A)] 4 Does the hostel owner ensure that the hostel is at all times staffed with a ratio of staff to boarders present at the hostel that ensures the safety of those boarders having regard to-
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