New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

CHILDREN'S SERVICES REGULATION 2004 - REG 15

15 Authorised supervisor

(1) An application for a licence for a children’s service:

(a) must nominate a person as the proposed supervisor for the service, and

(b) must be accompanied by the prescribed documents to demonstrate that the person is eligible to be an authorised supervisor for the service.

Note: Under section 208 (1) (c) of the Act, the licence must specify the authorised supervisor of the service.

(2) Subject to this clause, a person is eligible to be an authorised supervisor for a children’s service if the person:

(a) has the required abilities to care for children, and

(b) has the required qualifications and experience, and

(c) has demonstrated a capacity to exercise overall supervision of the provision of the service, and

(d) is a fit and proper person to be concerned in the provision of the service, and

(e) has successfully completed a course in child protection approved by the Director-General for the purposes of this clause (being a course that covers all applicable requirements under the child protection legislation).

Note: The required abilities to care for children are specified in clause 6.

(3) For the purposes of subclause (2) (b), a person has the required qualifications and experience if the person:

(a) has obtained:

(i) a degree or diploma in early childhood education from a university following a course with a duration (on a full-time basis) of not less than 3 years, or

(ii) a Child Care Certificate, a Certificate of Child Care Studies or an Associate Diploma of Social Science (Child Studies) from a registered training organisation, or

(iii) a Diploma of Community Services (Children’s Services) from a registered training organisation, being a diploma as part of which the person has successfully completed a course unit in administration and a course unit in service management, or

(iv) another approved qualification, and

(b) has 12 months’ full-time experience or its equivalent in part-time experience (gained after obtaining the qualification referred to in paragraph (a)) in providing a relevant children’s service as a member of the primary contact staff.

(4) Subclause (3) (a) and (b) do not apply in relation to the authorised supervisor of a home based children’s service.

(5) Subclause (3) (a) and (b) do not apply in relation to the authorised supervisor of a children’s service that forms part of a school (within the meaning of the Education Act 1990 ) if the authorised supervisor:

(a) is the school principal or some other member of the school teaching staff, and

(b) has tertiary qualifications in the field of education, and

(c) has an active role in the management of the early childhood curriculum at the school.

(6) A person may be nominated as a proposed supervisor in relation to 2 children’s services if at least one other member of staff of each service is qualified as required by clause 52, but may not be nominated as a proposed supervisor in relation to more than 2 children’s services.

(7) For the purposes of subclause (1) (b), the "prescribed documents" are the following:

(a) duly certified copies of the person’s qualification referred to in subclause (3) (a) and of any other of the person’s qualifications in the area of children’s services or any related area (such as a diploma, certificate of competency or statement of attainment from a registered training organisation),

(b) work references from 2 independent referees describing the person’s performance during the training or work experience referred to in subclause (3) (b),

(c) character references from 2 independent referees attesting to the person’s suitability to work with children, each dated no earlier than 3 months before the reference is furnished to the Director-General and containing an address to which further inquiries of the referee may be made.