About working with children (WWC) checks
The aim of working with children (WWC) checks is to keep children safe.
People who work or volunteer in child-related work usually must complete a WWC check. This involves filling out a form with details about your past employment and criminal history (if you have one) and submitting it to the relevant authority in your state or territory.
You’ll probably need a WWC check if you:
- work as a nanny, an early childhood educator or a teacher, or you work in another child-related field
- volunteer at your child’s school – for example, in the canteen or in the classroom
- volunteer in an organisation that involves children – for example, as a coach or manager of a junior sporting club or drama group.
There are other work or volunteer situations that require you to have a WWC check. Your state or territory authority will be able to tell you about these situations.
Working with children (WWC) checks: Australian states and territories
Working with children (WWC) checks are called different things in different Australian states and territories. For example, you might hear them called working with children cards, working with children or vulnerable people clearances, blue cards (in Queensland) or ochre cards (in the Northern Territory).
The requirements for a WWC check depend on your state or territory. To find out more, follow the link for your state or territory below.
- Australian Capital Territory – Working with vulnerable people (WWVP) registration
- New South Wales – Working with children
- Northern Territory – Working with children clearance: apply and renew
- Queensland – Blue card services
- South Australia – Working with children checks
- Tasmania – Applying for registration to work with vulnerable people
- Victoria – Working with children check
- Western Australia – Working with children check