16 June 2021
Registered NDIS providers are responsible for:
- identifying which roles are risk assessed roles, including key personnel positions, and
- ensuring all workers (both staff and volunteers) in these roles have an NDIS worker screening clearance or an acceptable check under the NDIS transitional and special arrangements.
Police certificate or a NDIS worker screening clearance for aged care workers
This is a fact sheet that outlines how the changes affect aged care workers. This information are provided by the Australian Government - Department of Health
I am an aged care worker – should I have a police certificate or a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) worker screening clearance?
The role you have in aged care and the clearance you may already hold determines the clearance you should have.
Registered NDIS providers are responsible for:
- identifying which roles are risk assessed roles, including key personnel positions, and
- ensuring all workers (both staff and volunteers) in these roles have an NDIS worker screening clearance or an acceptable check under the NDIS transitional and special arrangements.
| Type of role in aged care | Requirement |
|---|---|
| I work with NDIS participants (in a risk assessed role) for an aged care provider that is also a registered NDIS provider. | NDIS worker screening clearance. Under transitional arrangements, if you work for a residential aged care provider and have a police certificate which was issued before 1 February 2021 and is still current, the police certificate is acceptable until it expires. |
| I work for an aged care provider, that is also a registered NDIS provider, however I do not work in a risk assessed roles with NDIS participants. | Police certificate. |
| I work for an aged care provider that is not a registered NDIS provider. | Police certificate. |
| I previously worked with NDIS participants (in a risk assessed roles) for an aged care provider that is also a registered NDIS provider. I now work for an aged care provider that is not a registered NDIS provider. | If you hold an NDIS worker screening clearance that is less than five years old, this can be recognised by the aged care provider. |
| I work with NDIS participants (in a risk assessed roles) (not for an aged care provider). I also work for an aged care provider that is not a registered NDIS provider. | Existing NDIS worker screening clearance, which can be recognised by the aged care provider. |
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How do I apply for the NDIS Worker Screening Check?
We suggest you to get more information on how to apply for a Worker Screening Check, including application fees, from the WSU state or territory where you live or work:
- Australian Capital Territory: Access Canberra.
- New South Wales: Service NSW.
- Northern Territory: SAFE NT.
- Queensland: Disability Worker Screening.
- South Australia: Department of Human Services Screening Unit.
- Tasmania: Consumer, Building and Occupational Services.
- Victoria: Department of Justice and Community Safety.
- Western Australia: Department of Communities.
What is the NDIS Worker Screening Check?
The NDIS Worker Screening Check is an assessment to identify if a person working with people with disability poses a risk to them.
The NDIS Worker Screening Check determines if a person can or cannot work in certain roles with people with disabilities.
As mentioned above, the NDIS Worker Screening Check is conducted by the Worker Screening Unit (WSU) in the state or territory where a person applies for the Check.
Registered providers must ensure that they engage with workers who have been cleared in certain roles, called risk assessed roles.
Working for a registered NDIS provider in more than one state or territory
You need to have either an:
- NDIS worker screening clearance; or
- acceptable check in each state or territory where you are engaged in a risk assessed role to provide NDIS supports and services.
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For more information about the NDIS worker screening requirements please check: NDIS Worker Screening Requirements
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