Responsibilities

You have responsibilities under the Working with Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004. It is important to know your responsibilities as some offences carry penalties of up to $60,000 and possible imprisonment.

Some of your responsibilities include that:

• all employees, volunteers, students and self-employed people who engage in child-related work have applied for a WWC Check or hold a current WWC Card;
• you validate WWC Cards of any new employees, volunteers or students who already hold current WWC Cards from other child-related work they engage in;
• all current WWC card holders renew their WWC Card before it expires if they are continuing to engage in child-related work;
• you keep records to demonstrate your compliance. For more information about record keeping please click here;
• you do not engage a person in child-related work if you know that they have been convicted of a Class 1 offence committed when an adult;
• you do not engage a person in child-related work if they have been issued with an Interim Negative Notice, Negative Notice or if they have withdrawn their application for a WWC Check; and
• notify the WWC Screening Unit if you reasonably suspect an employee, volunteer or student has been charged with or convicted of an offence which makes it inappropriate for them to engage in child-related work.

For more detailed information please read Factsheet 5: Information for Employers and Volunteer Organisations or Factsheet 7: Information for Education Providers.

To find out more about the offences and penalties click here to read Factsheet 6: Offences and Penalties for Employers and Volunteer Organisations or Factsheet 8: Offences and Penalties for Education Providers.