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Employers & Volunteer Coordinators: Who needs a WWC Check?

To identify who in your organisation needs a WWC Check follow the steps in the checklist below. If you are unsure of any terms click on the word or consult the glossary page.

1. Are you or any of your employees/volunteers doing paid, unpaid or volunteer work in connection with any of the categories of child-related work? YES
Go to Question 2		 NO
Check not required
2. Do the usual duties of the work involve, or are they likely to involve, contact with a child. YES
Go to Question 3		 NO
Check not required

3. Does an exemption apply?

If your employee/volunteer is exempt you must not insist they still apply.

YES
Exemption applies?
Check is not required		 NO
If no exemption applies you are in child-related work.
Go to Question 4
4. Does the “5 day threshold” apply? YES
May not need to apply. Find out more		 NO
Check is required

When employees need to apply.

When volunteers need to apply.

If you have employees or volunteers working in your organisation that are not in child-related work or are exempt from applying for a WWC Check but you still want them to undergo a criminal record check, you can request them to apply for a National Police Check.

For more information visit the WA Police Checks website or the National Police Checks for Volunteers website.

Volunteers, who must have a WWC Check, and a National Police Check, can contact the National Police Checks for Volunteers Program at the Department for Communities, to see if they are eligible to have the second check free. 

Overseas Checks
The Working with Children Screening Unit checks criminal records (primarily records of offences in Australia) recorded on CrimTrac.

Responsible employers are encouraged to obtain overseas police certificates for employees who have  worked or lived overseas where possible.  The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) provides information on how to obtain overseas police certificates from many countries. If offences from overseas are of concern, employers are encouraged to notify the Unit who will consider the information.