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Card Holder Obligations

If you hold a current Working with Children (WWC) Check card, you must:

• inform your employer, agency or volunteer organisation and the Department of Justice within 7 days if you have a ‘relevant change in circumstances’, eg. been charged or found guilty of a new relevant offence
• inform your employer, agency or volunteer organisation in writing within 7 days if you have been given an Interim Negative Notice or Negative Notice
• inform the Department of Justice in writing within 21 days whenever you change employer /volunteer organisation/s for whom you undertake ‘child-related work’. You must inform the department of the name, address and phone number of new and additional organisations
• return your WWC Check card as requested if the Department of Justice revokes your card after reassessment
• return your WWC Check card if your Assessment Notice has been expired for more than three months and the Department of Justice requests that you return them
• provide the Department of Justice information it requests to re-assess your eligibility to hold a WWC Check card. Failure to do so by the due date may result in the suspension of your WWC Check card, which under the Working with Children Act 2005 means you no longer hold a valid WWC Check card.If you do not comply with the above obligations, you may be subject to criminal penalties
• not use a ‘Volunteer’ card for paid ‘child-related work’. You must re-apply, pass the Check and receive an ‘Employee’ WWC Check card.

If addition, you are responsible for making sure you:

• show your WWC Check card to your employer, volunteer organisation or an individual for whom you provide or undertake ‘child-related work’
• notify the department each time you change your name, address, phone number and the details of new and additional employers / volunteer organisations within 21 days of commencing ‘child-related work’ with them
• keep your WWC Check card in a secure place and do not give your WWC Check card to anyone else
• lodge a renewal application prior to the expiry date on the card.

Moving from volunteer to paid work

If you are a volunteer who holds a current WWC Check card, you can only use your ‘Volunteer’ WWC Check card for volunteer work. If you intend to undertake ‘child-related work’ for profit or gain, you must re-apply for an ‘Employee’ WWC Check card, and pay the required fee.