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Card Holder Obligations

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

• inform your employer, agency or volunteer organisation and the Department of Justice if you have a ‘relevant change in circumstances’, for example, if you have been charged or found guilty of a new relevant offence
• inform your employer, agency or volunteer organisation in writing within seven days if you have been given an Interim Negative Notice or Negative Notice
• return your Assessment Notice and WWC Check card as requested if the Department of Justice revokes your Assessment Notice after reassessment
• return your Assessment Notice and 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.

If you hold a current Assessment Notice and Working with Children (WWC) Check card, you should:

• present your WWC Check card to your employer, volunteer organisation or the individual or organisation to whom you provide services on request or when applying for ‘child-related work’
• keep your Assessment Notice and WWC Check card in a safe and secure place
• not give your WWC Check card to anyone else
• apply for a new WWC Check within three months of your card expiring.

Moving from volunteer to paid work

If you are a volunteer who holds a current Assessment Notice and WWC Check card, you can only use your ‘volunteer’ Assessment Notice and WWC Check card for volunteer work. If you intend to undertake ‘child-related work’ for profit or gain, you will need to re-apply for an ‘employee’ Assessment Notice and WWC Check card.

If you do not comply with the above obligations, you may be subject to criminal penalties.