Who needs a WWC Check?

Examples include (but are not limited to):

• managerial officers,
• family day care educators,
• educators,
• students on placement over 18 years of age,
• gardeners, cleaners and cooks whose employment is at the child care centre during centre hours and whose usual duties involve contact with children,
• self-employed dance or art instructors who attend to provide classes to the children.

Exemptions which you may need to consider

• child volunteers – work carried out by volunteers under 18 years of age,
• unpaid students on placement under 18 years of age,
• short-term visitors to WA,
• work carried out on a voluntary basis by a parent of a child to whom the service is being provided; or who is enrolled for, or otherwise ordinarily is provided with the service,
• Police officers performing functions as a member of the WA Police.

Examples include (but are not limited to):

• teachers,
• education assistants,
• students on placement over 18 years of age,
• non-teaching staff, including gardeners, cleaners and cooks whose employment is at the community kindergarten during kindergarten hours and whose usual duties involve contact with children,
• self-employed dance or art instructors who attend to provide classes to the children.

Exemptions which you may need to consider

• child volunteers – work carried out by volunteers under 18 years of age,
• unpaid students on placement under 18 years of age,
• short-term visitors to WA,
• work carried out on a voluntary basis by a parent of a child who is enrolled at the kindergarten.

Examples include (but are not limited to):

• teachers,
• non-teaching reception area staff including school registrars whose usual duties involve contact with children,
• non-teaching staff such as gardeners and maintenance people whose employment is during school hours and whose usual duties involve contact with children,
• people providing health services to school children at the school,
• instructors or leaders of after school activity programs taking place at the school,
• canteen or tuckshop staff who have contact with children.

Exemptions which you may need to consider

• child volunteers – work carried out by volunteers under 18 years of age,
• unpaid students on placement under 18 years of age,
• short-term visitors to WA,
• work carried out on a voluntary basis by a parent of a child who is enrolled at the educational institution,
• Police officers performing functions as a member of the WA Police,
• one-off national events or national tours.

Examples include (but are not limited to):

• driving instructors who teach children to drive,
• sport coaches for children,
• providers of yoga, dance, art, language or music classes for children whether individually or in groups.

Exemptions which you may need to consider

• child volunteers – work carried out by volunteers under 18 years of age,
• unpaid students on placement under 18 years of age,
• short-term visitors to WA,
• work carried out on a voluntary basis by a parent of a child to whom the service is being provided, in connection with an activity in which the child is participating or ordinarily participates,
• work carried out on a voluntary basis in connection with a club, association or movement (category 12) by a parent whose child is involved or is ordinarily involved in some or all of the activities of that club, association or movement,
• group classes (2 or more persons) that are not provided primarily to children,
• Police officers performing functions as a member of the WA Police,
• one-off national events or national tours.

Examples include (but are not limited to):

• school boarding house workers who have contact with a child as part of their usual duties,
• country school hostel workers who have contact with a child as part of their usual duties,
• youth refuge workers,
• people who provide ‘home stay’ or billeting accommodation for children.

Exemptions which you may need to consider

• child volunteers – work carried out by volunteers under 18 years of age,
• unpaid students on placement under 18 years of age,
• short-term visitors to WA,
• work carried out on a voluntary basis by a parent of a child in connection with an activity in which the child is participating, or ordinarily participates,
• one-off national events or national tours,
• arrangements for accommodation or care of children in a residential facility connected to, or used predominantly by students of, a university or other institution of tertiary accommodation.

Examples include (but are not limited to):

• foster carers,
• relative carers,
• people employed by the Department of Communities accommodation and secure care services,
• students on placement who are over 18 years of age, gardeners, cleaners and cooks who are employed at the residential care centre, who do their work while children are likely to be present and have contact with a child as part of their usual duties.

Exemptions which you may need to consider

• child volunteers – work carried out by volunteers under 18 years of age,
• unpaid students on placement under 18 years of age,
• short-term visitors to WA.

Considerations

Parents whose children are under the care of the CEO are not considered to be working for the purposes of the Act when caring for their own children eg during visits.

Examples include (but are not limited to):

• Department of Communities officers and other staff members providing protection and support services to children and families.

Exemptions which you may need to consider

• child volunteers – work carried out by volunteers under 18 years of age,
• unpaid students on placement under 18 years of age,
• short-term visitors to WA.

Examples include (but are not limited to):

• group workers at the youth detention centre,
• teachers, counsellors, medical officers and others who provide services to young people at the youth detention centre (whether employed by the detention centre or not),
• students on placement who are over 18 years of age, gardeners, cleaners and cooks who are employed at the youth detention centre, who do their work while children are likely to be present and have contact with a child as part of their usual duties,
• legal aid officers who see the youth at the detention centre.

Exemptions which you may need to consider

• child volunteers – work carried out by volunteers under 18 years of age,
• unpaid students on placement under 18 years of age,
• short-term visitors to WA,
• Police officers performing functions as a member of the WA Police.

Examples include (but are limited to):

• practitioners and others working at Perth Children's Hospital where their usual duties include contact with children,
• child health nurse,
• school health nurse.

Exemptions which you may need to consider

• child volunteers – work carried out by volunteers under 18 years of age,
• unpaid students on placement under 18 years of age,
• short-term visitors to WA,
• work carried out on a voluntary basis by a parent of a child to whom the service is being provided in connection with an activity in which the child is participating, or ordinarily participates.

Considerations

Examples include (but are not limited to):

• counsellors, psychotherapists and similar professionals who treat children’s emotional and psychological problems,
• social workers or psychologists providing family counselling or support services that involve children,
• speech pathologists and occupational therapists working with children who as part of their services provide counselling to assist children to manage their conditions,
• people providing counselling services for children with cancer and other serious illnesses,
• people providing telephone or website based counselling to children eg Kids Helpline.

Exemptions which you may need to consider

• child volunteers – work carried out by volunteers under 18 years of age,
• unpaid students on placement under 18 years of age,
• short-term visitors to WA,
• work carried out on a voluntary basis by a parent of a child to whom the service is being provided in connection with an activity in which the child is participating, or ordinarily participates,
• one-off national events or national tours,
• Police officers performing functions as a member of the WA Police.

Definition

The term “religious organisation” is not defined in the Act. A religious organisation is seen as an organisation whose primary purpose is the promotion of a religious ethos or set of religious ideas.

Section 4 of the Act says that individuals, who carry out child-related work as a minister of religion or in any other capacity for the purposes of a religious organisation, are in child-related employment.  “Minister of religion” is interpreted as a generic term for bishops, clerics, parsons, priests, rectors, or vicars and the like, of all denominations or religious beliefs, including rabbis, imams, and mullahs.

Examples include (but are not limited to):

• religious leaders including Ministers of religion, Rabbis, Priests, Acolytes and others where the usual duties of these leaders involves contact with children,
• volunteers who work with children at “Sunday School”, church youth activities, or children’s religious storytelling,
• chaplaincy services.

Exemptions which you may need to consider

• child volunteers – work carried out by volunteers under 18 years of age,
• unpaid students on placement under 18 years of age,
• short-term visitors to WA,
• work carried out on a voluntary basis by a parent of a child to whom the service is being provided in connection with an activity in which the child is participating, or ordinarily participates,
• one-off national events or national tours.

Examples include (but are not limited to):

• coaches and umpires at sporting clubs who have contact with children as part of their usual duties,
• guides and scout leaders.

Exemptions which you may need to consider

• child volunteers – work carried out by volunteers under 18 years of age,
• unpaid students on placement under 18 years of age,
• short-term visitors to WA,
• work carried out on a voluntary basis by a parent of a child who is involved, or is ordinarily involved in some, or all, of the activities of the club, association or movement,
• one-off national events or national tours,
• Police officers performing functions as a member of the WA Police.

Examples include (but are not limited to):

• medical and paramedical staff working at a children’s hospital or on a ward where children are ordinarily patients,
• hospital orderlies who are employed on wards of hospitals where children are ordinarily patients and who have contact with children as part of their usual duties,
• GP or paediatricians visiting the ward of a children’s hospital or a ward where children are ordinarily patients.

Exemptions which you may need to consider

• child volunteers – work carried out by volunteers under 18 years of age,
• unpaid students on placement under 18 years of age,
• short-term visitors to WA,
• work carried out on a voluntary basis by a parent of a child, in connection with an activity in which the child is participating, or ordinarily participates.

Examples include (but are not limited to):

• formal baby-sitter,
• people who work as live-in or daytime nanny,
• au pairs and demi pairs,
• staff working with the children at a crèche that is not licenced at a recreational centre, health club or shopping centre.

Exemptions which you may need to consider

• child volunteers – work carried out by volunteers under 18 years of age,
• unpaid students on placement under 18 years of age,
• short-term visitors to WA,
• work carried out on a voluntary basis by a parent of a child, in connection with an activity in which the child is participating, or ordinarily participates,
• one-off national events or national tours.

Considerations

Licensed education and care services are defined under s.5 of the Education and Care Services National Law (WA) Act 2012 and are already captured by Category 1.

Examples include (but are not limited to):

• care takers of campsites who have contact with children as part of their usual duties at the camp,
• self-employed, employees or volunteers who work (such as supervising children or activities) on an overnight camp organised by a school or club.

Exemptions which you may need to consider

• child volunteers – work carried out by volunteers under 18 years of age,
• unpaid students on placement under 18 years of age,
• short-term visitors to WA,
• Police officers performing functions as a member of the WA Police,
• one-off national events or national tours.

Considerations

Examples include (but are not limited to):

• Transperth bus drivers whose usual duties include the provision of bus services specifically for children,
• limousine drivers for children’s parties, school balls or other services specifically for children,
• private coach hire services that only service schools e.g. for school excursions, camps or carnivals.

Exemptions which you may need to consider

• child volunteers – work carried out by volunteers under 18 years of age,
• unpaid students on placement under 18 years of age,
• short-term visitors to WA,
• work carried out on a voluntary basis by a parent of a child who is a passenger on the transport service, or is ordinarily a passenger on the transport service,
• one-off national events or national tours.

Considerations

Services provided to the general community and are used by children as part of that service are not included.

Examples include (but are not limited to):

• a person who volunteers as a school crossing attendant,
• “lollipop” school cross walk attendants (traffic wardens).

Exemptions which you may need to consider

• child volunteers – work carried out by volunteers under 18 years of age,
• unpaid students on placement under 18 years of age,
• short-term visitors to WA,
• work carried out on a voluntary basis by a parent of a child who is enrolled at the school,
• Police officers performing functions as a member of the WA Police,
• one-off national events or national tours.

Examples include (but are not limited to):

• people providing public entertainment services specifically for children, such as magicians and clowns, if they have contact with children,
• animal farm shows that visit schools or provide private children’s parties,
• Father Christmas and related helpers (elves etc.) and the children’s photographer when they have contact with a child,
• children’s play programs and holiday activity programs.

Exemptions which you may need to consider

• performances open to the general public which do not involve physical contact with children whether on the payment of a fee or otherwise,
• services that provide equipment, food or a venue only and no other children’s entertainment or party service,
• child volunteers – work carried out by volunteers under 18 years of age,
• unpaid students on placement under 18 years of age,
• short-term visitors to WA,
• work carried out on a voluntary basis by a parent of a child, in connection with an activity in which the child is participating, or ordinarily participates,
• Police officers performing functions as a member of the WA Police,
• one-off national events or national tours.

Definition

This enables other categories of child-related work to be prescribed by the regulations if and as required. There are presently no categories prescribed by the regulations and this category is NOT to be used.

Definition

This category is specifically for staff of the WWC Screening Unit.

Examples include:

• Staff working at the WWC Screening Unit.