A childcare worker caught downloading illegal images appears unlikely to work in the industry again.
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He was employed at an early childcare centre at the time, and mainly worked with children aged two to three.
The then 24-year-old accessed images of girls aged 13 to 16 online and images labelled "jailbait" in January last year.
The court heard the offending had caused him to stop working in the childcare industry.
The NSW Office of the Children's Guardian yesterday told The Border Mail it was unable to comment on individual cases due to privacy concerns.
But a spokesman said it was an offence for a person convicted of accessing child abuse material to apply for a child-based role.
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"Because of privacy laws, we cannot comment on individual cases," the spokesman said.
"Under the Working with Children Check in NSW, anyone convicted of a sexual offence committed as an adult against a child (including accessing child abuse material online) is automatically barred from working or volunteering in a child-related role in this state.
"It is an offence to employ such a person in a child-related role.
"It is also an offence for a barred person to apply for, or work in, a child-related role."
Monohan, now aged 26, received a nine-month jail term but was released by Judge Sean Grant on the condition he be of good behaviour for two years.
He has been assessed as having a low risk of re-offending and is considered to have good prospects of rehabilitation.
