Stealing or financial coercion by a staff member

Priority 1

Based on the information you have provided it appears that this incident is a Stealing or financial coercion by a staff member – Priority 1 reportable incident.

Priority 1 incidents must be reported to the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission within 24 hours of you becoming aware of the incident.

What do I do next?

You must take immediate and any ongoing action to ensure appropriate support is provided to the consumer and their family and make a Priority 1 notification to the Commission within 24 hours.

You must report the incident through the My Aged Care Provider Portal.

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Priority 2

Based on the information you have provided it appears that this incident is a Stealing or financial coercion by a staff member – Priority 2 reportable incident.

Priority 2 incidents must be reported to the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission within 30 days of you becoming aware of the incident.

Note:

It is your responsibility to initiate a timely response to every serious incident regardless of whether the incident is categorised as Priority 1 or 2. The timeframe for reporting a serious incident to the Commission is separate from and in no way modifies your obligation to respond speedily to all serious incidents.

You must report the incident through the My Aged Care Provider Portal.

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Not reportable

Based on the information you have provided it appears that your incident is not a reportable incident under the SIRS.

However this incident, like all incidents, should be managed using your service’s Incident Management System, or IMS.

It is important that your IMS is able to record incidents in a way that allows you to identify patterns of incidents that may reflect an ongoing risk or systemic issue.

For more information, please refer to the Effective incident management systems: Best practice Guidance.

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