What Credentials Does Oho Verify? A comprehensive Guide

Verifying worker credentials, especially in the care & community sector, is critical to ensuring safety and compliance.

Oho offers a streamlined solution for organisations, helping them to manage and continuously verify credentials efficiently and ensure rapid intervention when required.

In this post, we’ll break down the types of accreditations Oho can verify and why they’re essential for protecting vulnerable people across Australians.

1. Working with Children & Vulnerable Persons Check
Oho ensures the validity and currency of working with children and vulnerable individuals across all Australian states and territories. It is a legal requirement that anyone engaging in work with children must hold the relevant card for each state.

• Victoria: Working with Children Check (WWCC)
• New South Whales: Working with Children Check (WWCC)
• Queensland: Blue Card & Blue Card Exemption
• South Australia: Working with Children Check (WWCC)
• Western Australia: Working with Children Check (WWCC)
• Tasmania: Registration to Work with Vulnerable People (RWVP)
• Northern Territory: Working with Children Clearance (Ochre Card)
• Australian Capital Territory: Working with Vulnerable People (WWVP)

Oho verifies these credentials live against the state/government registers.

2. NDIS Worker Screening Check
The NDIS Worker Screening Check ensures that individuals working with NDIS participants meet the necessary legal and safety standards set out by the government and organisational policies. The Oho platform verifies these checks against the NDIS register, helping providers in the disability sector stay compliance with the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) requirements.

3. AHPRA Registrations
For healthcare professionals and organisations, Oho verifies AHPRA Registrations (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency). Additionally, Oho surfaces AHPRA conditions, ensuring employers are aware of any restrictions or limitation on a practitioner’s registration. This extra layer of transparency helps organisations make informed decisions when employing and allocating shifts to healthcare workers.

4. Teachers Licences
Educators must hold the appropriate teaching qualifications and be license with their respective state’s teaching authority. Oho verifies teacher registration details, currency and validity, ensuring compliance with teaching standards.

• Victoria: Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT)
• New South Whales: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA)
• Queensland: Queensland College of Teachers (QCT)
• South Australia: Teachers Registration Board of South Australia
• Western Australia: Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia
• Tasmania: Teachers Registration Board of Tasmania
• Northern Territory: Teacher Registration Board of Northern Territory
• Australian Capital Territory: ACT Teacher Quality Institute

5. VEVO (Visa Entitlement Verification Online)
Oho verifies the status of a Visa to verify legal right to work. By using Oho, employers can be confident that they are compliance with immigration laws, particularly when employing international staff.

6. Background Check
Background screening can often be a vital step to protect your organisation and the people you serve. This provides peace of mind, especially in industries that care for vulnerable individuals.

7. Custom Credentials
Oho also supports your own custom credentials to manage attainment and expiry of additional credential types. This may include First Aid Certificates, Drivers Licences, Food Handling Certificates, certain training courses, and more. You can customise these credentials depending on your needs.

Why Oho?

Managing and verifying credentials is a time-consuming process that is prone to error. Organisations open themselves up to a range of risks and compliance issues if they’re properly checking worker credentials.

Oho automates the process, with verification occurring every 7 days, helping organisations stay compliance with relevant laws and regulations while protecting the safety of those under their care. Oho provides a comprehensive solution to ensure transparency, security and peace of mind for your workforce.

Ready to simplify your credential checks?

Contact our friendly team to see how we can help your organisation!