There are many things we can all do to keep children happy and safe in their activities. All of us – parents, employers, employees, self employed people – have our role to play.
Find out more from the Child-safe and Child-friendly section of this site.
There are some things that employers and self employed people must do by law to help keep children safe.
Self employed people must get a Certificate for Self Employed People in child-related employment that proves they are not banned by law from working with children.
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Employers must do the Working With Children Check.
The Working With Children Check consists of two elements:
- Excluding people with convictions for serious sex and violence crimes against children
- Background checking for preferred applicants for primary child-related employment, ministers of religion and authorised carers.
To find out more about the Working With Children Check follow the links below.
- Child-safe Child-friendly organisations
- Working With Children Check
