11Residential care worker recommencing work within 12 months

11 Residential care worker recommencing work within 12 months

11 Residential care worker recommencing work within 12 months

(1) This section applies to a person if—

(a) a residential care provider intends to engage the person as a residential care worker, and

(b) the person was engaged as a residential care worker by the residential care provider within the previous 12 months.

(2) Before offering to engage the person, the residential care provider—

(a) must undertake a check to verify the person’s relevant details, and

(b) must check the residential care workers register to see if the person is a relevant individual for another residential care provider, and

(c) if the register indicates the person is a relevant individual for another residential care provider—must undertake a residential care provider check under section 8, and

(d) may undertake a nationwide criminal record check.

(3) The residential care provider must, as soon as practicable after engaging the person, record the following information on the residential care workers register—

(a) the type and date of each check undertaken under this section,

(b) the date the person recommenced work as a residential care worker with the provider.

s 11: Subst 2022 (480), Sch 1[6]. Am 2024 (486), Sch 1[2].