Working with Children Checks and other Suitability Checks for School Volunteers and Visitors

Resources

Templates and flowcharts

• Templates for a school-level Visitors policy (staff login required)(opens in a new window) and Volunteers policy (staff login required)(opens in a new window) are available on the School Policy Templates Portal. Schools can modify the templates to suit their local circumstances
• A template Working with Children Clearance procedure and register (staff login required)(opens in a new window) are available on the School Policy Templates Portal
• Consent form: Connecting your Working with Children Clearance to our school (DOCX)(opens in a new window) – use this form to notify the Social Services Regulator for someone engaged in child-connected work and obtain consent to link them via WWC Connect
• Consent form – Connecting your Working with Children Clearance to our school (PDF)
• Working with Children Clearance flowchart (PDF)(opens in a new window) – to help decide what suitability checks may be appropriate for a person (visitor, volunteer, contractor) doing child-related vs child-connected work

Useful websites

• Working With Children Check(opens in a new window) – a Victorian Government website that provides guidance on when a Working With Children Check is legally required.

Training

• Child Safe Standards Training presentation for volunteers(opens in a new window)