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The new Working With Children Check
20 Mar 2012
To better protect children and young people in New South Wales, a new Working With Children Check will be introduced later this year.
Under the new system:
- A Working With Children Check will last for five years and be valid for paid or volunteer child related work.
- Paid and volunteer workers will need a valid clearance to start a new child related role.
- Employers must check that all new paid staff and volunteers have valid clearances before engaging them to work with children.
- Workers staying in the same roles in the same organisation will be phased into the new Working With Children Check over a five year period.
It is anticipated the new check will begin late in 2012.
Until then the existing Working With Children Check will operate.
The Commission for Children and Young People will offer extensive resources to support the introduction of the new Working With Children Check, including a dedicated website.
