If you want to work with children or in NDIS disability support, you generally need a government screening check before you start. The scheme and the agency depend on the state or territory where you work. You apply yourself, and in several states your employer then verifies the result. CrossNation does not issue or verify checks.
By CrossNation Editorial Team. Sources checked 6 October 2026.
Adults doing child-related work in NSW must hold a Working With Children Check (WWCC). The Office of the Children's Guardian runs the scheme, and employers verify the check and keep records.
Source: NSW Office of the Children's Guardian: Working With Children Check (applicants) (retrieved 6 October 2026)
Victorian WWC Check applications are made online through Service Victoria. The Act lets most people do child-related work while an application is assessed, with listed exceptions, and the Victorian Government notes that some organisations only allow work after a Clearance is issued.
Source: Victorian Government: The Working with Children Check application process (retrieved 6 October 2026)
A Queensland blue card check assesses people who work, or want to work, with children or young people in regulated child-related employment or who run a regulated child-related business in Queensland.
Source: Queensland Government: Combined disability worker and blue card screening application fact sheet (retrieved 6 October 2026)
The WWC Check is compulsory for people doing child-related work in Western Australia (and the Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands), as defined in the Working with Children (Screening) Act 2004.
Source: Government of Western Australia: Working with Children Check (retrieved 6 October 2026)
The South Australian Government publishes the Working with Children Check obligations and responsibilities for organisations. Read that page for the current rules.
Source: SA.GOV.AU: Organisations' Working with Children Check obligations and responsibilities (retrieved 6 October 2026)
Tasmania's screening scheme is Registration to Work with Vulnerable People (RWVP). A worker requests a NDIS Worker Screening Check as part of the RWVP application and must give the details of an NDIS employer.
Source: Tasmanian Department of Justice: Apply for a NDIS Worker Screening Check (RWVP) (retrieved 6 October 2026)
Childcare, education, youth and some health and community roles usually need a working with children scheme check. The scheme has a different name in each place: Working With Children Check, Working with Children (WWC) Check, blue card, Ochre Card, or Working with Vulnerable People registration. Disability support roles for NDIS providers usually need an NDIS Worker Screening Check. Some roles need both, so read the position description and ask the employer which checks are required.
You apply to the state or territory agency, not to an employer or an agency. In New South Wales you apply through a MyServiceNSW account and confirm your identity at a Service NSW centre, and the NDIS employer then verifies your application. In South Australia you use a Screening SA account. In Tasmania you cannot apply for an NDIS Worker Screening Check without an NDIS employer, and in Victoria the NDIS check does not replace the Working with Children Check. Follow the official page for your state.
For NDIS work, the check is nationally recognised. Queensland says a worker who already holds a valid NDIS worker screening clearance from another state or territory does not need to reapply there, and Tasmania says a worker with a clearance from another state does not need a Tasmanian registration for NDIS work. Working with children checks are state based, so confirm with the regulator in the state where you will work before you assume an existing clearance counts.
Tell us which checks you hold, the state that issued them and when they expire. Put the same details on your CV. If you do not yet hold a check, say so and say when you plan to apply, because the employer must verify it before you start in a regulated role. We can tell an employer what you have told us, but the employer or the screening unit does the verification.
Apply only through the official state site. Do not pay a third party to apply for you. Keep your name and contact details current with the screening unit so it can reach you. Check the expiry date on your clearance and renew in time so there is no gap in work.
Scheme names and agencies as described on the official pages listed under Sources.
| State or territory | Scheme | Who runs it |
|---|---|---|
| New South Wales | the Working With Children Check and the NDIS Worker Check | the Office of the Children's Guardian, with identity confirmed at a Service NSW centre |
| Victoria | the Working with Children (WWC) Check and the NDIS Worker Screening Check | Service Victoria |
| Queensland | the blue card and disability worker screening | Blue Card Services and the Queensland Disability Worker Screening unit |
| Western Australia | the Working with Children (WWC) Check and the NDIS Check | the Screening Unit within the Department of Communities |
| South Australia | the Working with Children Check and the NDIS Worker Check | the Screening Unit, through a Screening SA account |
| Tasmania | Registration to Work with Vulnerable People (RWVP) | the Tasmanian Department of Justice, through an RWVP application |
| Australian Capital Territory | Working with Vulnerable People (WWVP) registration | Access Canberra |
| Northern Territory | the Ochre Card and the NDIS Worker Screening Clearance | NT Police, Fire and Emergency Services |
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Requirements depend on the role, the client group and the state. Ask the employer which checks apply to the specific role, and check the official page for your state.
It depends on the state and the role. In the Northern Territory an Ochre Card is no card, no start unless the employer applies for an exemption. Follow the official page for your state.
NDIS checks are nationally recognised. Working with children schemes are state based, so confirm with the regulator in the state where you work.
Fees and who pays differ by state and role. Check the official page for your state, and ask the employer.
No. You apply yourself through the official site. CrossNation does not issue or verify screening checks.
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