FWS Annual Report 2014/15

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Audit Report “Their governance committee has a strong skills base that has industry knowledge and undertake an annual board review to highlight any areas where training may be required. There are clear board and governance policies in place which are trained to each board member on commencement. Risk and compliance sub-committee of the board meets regularly with the CEO as a monitoring function”. Global-Mark Executive summary, National Disability Audit Report, 2015 quality 18 Annual Report Print Final.indd 18 12/10/2015 3:32:07 PM
AUDIT & RISK FWS has achieved an ‘outstanding’ result from Global-Mark for Re-Certification for the National Standards for Disability Services in 2014-15. There has been significant and noteworthy progress made throughout this year in raising the performance standards of FWS in relation to compliance, quality assurance, risk management and governance. I wish to thank the committee members, Loretta Polson, Wojtek Swietek, David Williams, Katherine Dose and departed Colin Sharp, who I believe all worked well above their obligations, in order to make progress on these fronts. As a result, FWS recently achieved an “outstanding” result from its DESQA audit, and can also now boast a newly created full and comprehensive set of both Operational and Board, Policies and Procedures which are uniform in structure and composition. Other achievements and milestones throughout the year include: • Updating and expanding a company Bushfire Action plan. • The A&R committee reviewed the process and paper trail of 2 important complaints lodged against FWS and found that the Management Process was completely appropriate and without fault. • A Risk Matrix, along with a suite of Risk Management Procedures were devised and implemented with much time and effort spent on determining Risk Ratings according to consequences and likelihood. • A full company “Risk Management Plan” is currently being created and implemented by the CEO and staff of FWS. The A&R committee will resume its cyclical review of the company P&P’s according to the Quality Assurance Timetable and plans greater involvement in Internal Audits, Risk Management Activities and compliance tasks in the future . • FWS Deed variations will be reviewed as part of A&R ongoing charter. • Providing an on-line mechanism for all staff to have access to relevant policies and procedures. • All staff have undergone “Disability Awareness” training, as well as “Mandatory Notification” and “Disability and Diversity” training as a result of this committees suggestions. Ralph Kogler Chair, A&R Committee 19 Annual Report Print Final.indd 19 12/10/2015 3:32:11 PM
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FWS Annual Report 2014/15

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