Queensland Consolidated Regulations

EDUCATION AND CARE SERVICES NATIONAL REGULATIONS - REG 102AAC

102AAC Risk assessment for the purposes of safe arrival of children policies and procedures

(1) For the purposes of preparing the safe arrival of children policies and procedures under regulation 102AAB(1), the approved provider of an education and care service must ensure that a risk assessment is conducted in accordance with this regulation.

Penalty—

Penalty: $2200.

Note—

A compliance direction may be issued for failure to comply with subregulation (1).

(2) The approved provider must conduct a risk assessment—

(a) at least once every 12 months; and

(b) as soon as practicable after becoming aware of any circumstance that may affect the safe arrival of children travelling between an education and care service and any other education or early childhood service.

(3) A risk assessment must—

(a) identify and assess any risks that a child’s travel between an education and care service and any other education or early childhood service may pose to the safety, health or wellbeing of the child; and

(b) specify how the identified risks will be managed and minimised.

(4) Without limiting subregulation (3), a risk assessment must consider the following, in respect of a child who travels between an education and care service and any other education or early childhood service—

(a) the age, developmental stage and individual needs of the child;

(b) the role and responsibilities of the following persons (if applicable)—

(i) in the case of a child who leaves the service premises to travel to an education and care service premises of another education and care service, the nominated supervisor of each service;

(ii) the child’s parent;

(iii) an authorised nominee named in the child’s enrolment record;

(iv) a person authorised by—

(A) the child’s parent; or

(B) an authorised nominee named in the child’s enrolment record;

(c) the role and responsibilities of the service the care of which the child is entering or leaving;

(d) the communication arrangements between the service the child is leaving and the service the child is entering including any communication arrangements if the child is missing or cannot be accounted for during the child’s travel;

(e) the procedure to be followed by the service if the service has identified that the child is missing or cannot be accounted for during the child’s travel;

(f) given the risks posed by the child’s travel, the number of educators or other responsible adults that are appropriate to provide supervision;

(g) the proposed route and destination, including any proximity to harm and hazards;

(h) the process for entering and exiting—

(i) the service premises; and

(ii) the pick-up location or destination (as required);

(i) the procedure to be followed by the service to ensure the child leaves the service premises in accordance with regulation 99(4)(b).

(5) If, after conducting a risk assessment, a risk relating to a child’s travel is identified, the approved provider must make any necessary updates to the safe arrival of children policies and procedures as soon as practicable.

(6) The approved provider must keep a record of each risk assessment conducted under this regulation.