Welcome to the Working with Children Check Website Western Australia

 

The Working with Children Check (WWC Check) is a compulsory screening strategy in Western Australia and the Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

The WWC Check aims to protect children by:

  • deterring people from applying to work with children where they have a relevant charge or conviction on their criminal record that indicates they may harm a child;
  • detecting new charges and convictions of those people who hold a current WWC Card and preventing them from continuing to engage in child-related work where their criminal record and behaviour indicates they may harm a child; and
  • protecting children by creating awareness that child safety is a whole of community responsibility.

News
12 Apr 2019


If you are a volunteer and receive payments that only cover the costs of your child-related work then you are considered a ‘volunteer’. However where you receive payments that cover more than your expenses to do your child-related work, then you are considered as ‘paid’ and should apply for a WWC Check as a ‘paid employee’.


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