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What if You Have a Criminal Record?
Not all criminal offences are relevant to the Working with Children (WWC) Check. Broadly, applicants will be checked for serious sexual, serious violent or serious drug-related offences. Other offences may also be considered, but only in exceptional circumstances and where there is a significant link between the offences and a risk to children.
Applicants are also checked for findings made by specified professional disciplinary bodies (currently the Victorian Institute of Teaching and the out of home carers Suitability Panel).
Go to the Offences Checklist under the Related Publications menu for a list of the main offences taken into consideration when a WWC Check application is assessed.
Contacts
Working with Children Check Unit
Department of Justice
GPO Box 1915
Melbourne VIC 3001
Information Line: 1300 652 879
Hours of operation are 8:30am - 5pm weekdays (excluding public holidays)
If you need an interpreter please call the Translating and Interpreting Service on 13 1450 and have them contact the WWC Check Information Line on 1300 652 879.
Email: workingwithchildren@justice.vic.gov.au
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