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Application Process

Before applying for a Working with Children (WWC) Check, you need to:

1. Determine whether you need a WWC Check.
2. Find out when you need to apply.
3. Before the deadline for your occupational field, complete your application form and lodge it at a participating Australia Post outlet with your original identification documents and your passport-size photograph. If you undertake paid ‘child-related work’, you will also be required to pay the application fee at this time.

The following steps will be undertaken to process your application:

• proof of identity check
• national police records check
• professional disciplinary body check (currently only the Victorian Institute of Teaching and the out of home care Suitability Panel)
• assessment of any criminal offences and/or findings from a professional disciplinary body
• where required, the Department of Justice may seek further information from you or others
• if an Interim Negative Notice is issued, you may lodge a submission explaining why you believe you should pass the Check, which will be considered by the department in assessing your application
• decision and issue of Assessment Notice or Negative Notice
• Negative Notices may be appealed to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.