Northland School Board of Trustees

Police Vetting Policy
 

Rationale

All students of Northland School have the right to be in a safe physical and emotional environment. In accordance with the Education Act 1989, the School is responsible for taking all reasonable steps to ensure that employees and contractors are free of relevant, previous criminal convictions.

Purpose

To provide a safe environment for students, and comply with the School’s legal obligations.

Guidelines

• All teaching staff will be current registered teachers and will therefore have been police vetted through the Teachers Council.
• Any non-teaching staff member who works during normal school hours will be police vetted.
• Any contractor or employee of a contractor who has, or is likely to have, unsupervised access to students at the School during normal school hours will be police vetted.
• Any tutor who works with students at the School during normal school hours will be police vetted.
• A police vet will be obtained before any person who is required to be vetted has, or is likely to have, unsupervised access to students.
• On-call, incidental workers in the school will be monitored.
• The Principal, as the School’s Privacy Officer, has the authority to request and receive a police vet. Upon receipt of the results of a police vet, the Principal will make a recommendation to the Board. If a vet is not satisfactory, the Board Chairperson will be involved in the decision-making process.
• All police vets will be repeated every three years unless the person concerned is no longer in a role that is required to be vetted.
• Results of police vetting will be treated on a strictly confidential basis and access to this information will generally be restricted to the Principal and the person concerned.
• Any information pertaining to a police vet will be stored securely and retained only for as long as it is required. A record of the date of the vet having taken place will be kept.
• The School’s Police Vetting procedures will assist in ensuring compliance with this policy.

Approved: 26 July 2010

Review Date: 2013