Working with Children Checks in the Early Childhood World
If you're gearing up for a role in the early childhood education and care industry, some key checks need to happen before you get started including the working with children check. It involves state agencies checking various factors like criminal history, offences, and professional conduct reports across the applicant’s lifetime.
Every state and territory across Australia have its own set of rules. These include history that might affect registration or a working with children card, how long the card is valid for, and who needs to be registered. Once you've successfully passed these checks, you can be registered to work with children for a certain timeframe, depending on the state or territory.
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Requirements for States and Territories
- New South Wales: NSW Working With Children Check
- Western Australia: WA Working With Children Check
- Victoria: Working With Children Check unless you’re a registered teacher with the Victorian Institute of Teaching
- South Australia: Criminal History Screening
- Queensland: Blue Card
- Australian Capital Territory: Working With Vulnerable People Check
Where can I get a Working With Children Check?
Each state and territory have their own screening unit who are in charge of doing the Working With Children Checks and issuing the cards, registrations or permits. These include:
- Australian Capital Territory: Access Canberra – Working with Vulnerable People
- New South Wales: Office of the Children’s Guardian
- Northern Territory: Northern Territory Government
- Queensland: Queensland Government Department of Justice and Attorney-General – Blue Card Services
- South Australia: Department for Communities and Social Inclusion
- Tasmania: Department of Justice
- Victoria: Justice and Community Safety
- Western Australia: Department of Communities
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