Accreditations beyond working with children checks

In addition to Working With Children Checks, many sectors require their workforce to hold additional accreditations.

Workforce checks and verifications vary from state-to-state, industry-to-industry, organisation-to-organisation, and person-to-person – depending on how, where, by who, and the nature of the organisation’s activities.

Some employees may require multiple different accreditations to perform their work; and some organisations may need to manage various accreditations schemes, especially if operating across multiple industries and/or states.

Likewise, the terms of grant funding from the government may require that employees are trained in particular competencies and that records of this training are kept and are accessible to the funder on request.

The following information summarises the primary checks that may be required by organisations, based on typical industry activities for each state in Australia.

What else needs checking?

New South Wales: 

• Child-related services: Working with Children Check
• Disability Services: NDIS Worker Screening Check
• Health and Hospital Services: AHPHRA Medical Registration Number

Victoria:

• Child-related services: Working with Children Check, Registered Teacher Check
• Disability Services: NDIS Worker Screening Check
• Health and Hospital Services: AHPHRA Medical Registration Number

Queensland:

• Child-related services: Blue Card, Blue Card Exemption, Registered Teacher Check
• Disability Services: NDIS Worker Screening Check
• Health and Hospital Services: AHPHRA Medical Registration Number

Australian Capital Territory:

• Child-related services: ACT Working With Vulnerable People Check, Registered Teacher Check
• Disability Services: NDIS Worker Screening Check, ACT Working With Vulnerable People Check
• Health and Hospital Services: ACT Working With Vulnerable People Check, AHPHRA Medical Registration Number 

South Australia:

• Child-related services: Working With Children Check, Registered Teacher Check
• Disability Services: NDIS Worker Screening Check
• Health and Hospital Services: AHPHRA Medical Registration Number 

Western Australia:

• Child-related services: Working With Children Check
• Disability Services: NDIS Worker Screening Check
• Health and Hospital Services: AHPHRA Medical Registration Number 

Northern Territory:

• Child-related services: Working With Children Check, Registered Teacher Check
• Disability Services: NDIS Worker Screening Check
• Health and Hospital Services: AHPHRA Medical Registration Number 

Tasmania:

• Child-related services: Working With Children Check, Registered Teacher Check
• Disability Services: NDIS Worker Screening Check
• Health and Hospital Services: AHPHRA Medical Registration Number 

Individuals looking to apply for any of these accreditations will find links to the relevant websites here.

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