Approval and the GSL Approved Panel

19.1    When an applicant has completed all assessment requirements, the Registered Manager will make a recommendation to the GSL Approval Panel. 

19.2    The Approval Panel is a group of suitably skilled and experienced people appointed by GSL to provide independent scrutiny of and quality assurance for carer approval processes.

19.3    The Approval Panel will review the application and will decide whether the application will be:  

• approved
• approved with conditions
• decision deferred (for example until further information is provided)
• declined

19.4    A certificate of approval will be issued to approved GSL carers.

19.5    Applicants who disagree with an approval decision have the right to appeal the decision through the Approval Panel review process.