Our Staff

YMCA OSHC employs caring, enthusiastic and professional staff who actively role model positive behaviours and values to the children in their care. 

As part of the employment process all staff are required to undergo criminal history and referee checks.  All staff qualifications and child/staff ratios are in accordance with or better than the guidelines set in the Quality Principles and the Child Care Act 2002. 

Children are actively supervised by at least two adults at all times to ensure that they are protected from harm:

YMCA OSHC endeavours to provide adequate, relevant and ongoing training and development for staff to enable them to do their job better and to comply properly with these policies and procedures and other requirements of YMCA OSHC.

Staff employment and training procedures are used to ensure that the service employs suitable people and that they have been made aware of the service’s Safeguarding Children and Young People Policy.

All staff members have obtained, or applied for, a current positive suitability notice under the Commission for Children and Young People Act 2000.