Backy Check offers a special police check price for volunteers in Australia.
Volunteer police check price
Our best volunteer police check price. Fast and easy online application.
A Backy Check National Police Check is trusted and valid in all Australian states and territories.
100% online
No need to post forms or visit the post office
Fast and secure
70% of the police checks are processed in real time*. ACIC accredited body.
Local support
We are 100% based in Australia.
Real time updates
We update you in real time on the status of your check without sending unecessary notifications.
Bundle the volunteer police check with the right to work in Australia check (VEVO) and save even more.
GST included
Volunteer police check
$23.90
VEVO check
$9.90
Discounts are automatically implemented at the checkout
Credit Check Premium $11.90/month
Monthly credit report and credit score updates.
Volunteer police check + Online identity check $33.80 $29.90
Full Australian police check cover plus global online identity check.
Credit check + Online identity check $31.80 $29.90
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Australia-wide police checking
A Backy Check National Police Check is trusted and valid in all Australian states and territories.
Your police check certificate - also known as a criminal history check, police clearance or criminal record check - can be used in:
How to get a volunteer police check?
You just need to order one here, and the portal will verify you are are applying for a volunteer job, through your declaration that you are applying for a volunteer job.
START YOUR VOLUNTEER POLICE CHECKAcceptable Volunteer Check Purposes
Volunteer checks may only be requested if the individual will:
- freely hold the position or perform the role on a voluntary basis for the common good; and
- not be an employee or contractor and will not be entitled to a salary or any other entitlements associated with the position or role, other than payment of out of pocket expenses; or
- not be entitled to a salary or any other entitlements or benefits associated with the position or role;or
- be a student undertaking a compulsory unpaid vocational placement as part of a training course requirement from an Australian-based educational institution.
| Purpose | Category | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Membership | ||
| Member of a school/community-based organisation’s committee or board | Probity | Yes |
| Member of a commercial or corporate board/committee or where the position is related to or is part of the individual’s paid employment. E.g. government health employee sitting on an aged care committee (appointed due to their paid employment) | Probity | No |
| Required for membership to an organisation. (e.g. Freemasons - although this organisation may undertake volunteer activities, the check purpose is for membership to the organisation which offers additional benefits or entitlements) | Probity | No |
| Online dating requirements | Probity | No |
| Care (Health Care/Day Care/Aged Care/Disability Services) | ||
| Foster care/ Adoption | Probity | Yes |
| Volunteer unpaid work in care facilities (with the exception of Work for the Dole placements and commercial child care facilities) | Probity | Yes |
| Paid work in aged care facilities, day care centres or schools (Nurse, cleaner construction worker, support worker, driver, administration staff etc.) | Employment | No |
| Educators/staff working in a family day care | Employment | No |
| Any family members living in a house where family day care activities are conducted | Probity | No |
| To host an AuPair (Personal benefit of in-home childcare in exchange for room, board and/or payment) | Probity | No |
| Education | ||
| School, TAFE, University student work placements | Probity | Yes |
| Early childhood activities (where a parent, grandparent, guardian or carer of a child enrolled at an early childhood facility provides volunteer support) | Probity | Yes |
| Preschool, primary or high school related activity (These can include activities such as reading, assisting classes, representation on school boards, participating in excursions, providing specialist support, or short-term hosting of students as part of a cultural exchange program. All activities/roles must be conducted without receiving any remuneration or entitlement) | Probity | Yes |
| Hosting international students – where families or individuals host international students to study in Australia and receive remuneration (e.g. through Homestay) | Probity | No |
| Researchers (e.g. postdoctoral researcher undertaking field work) | Employment | No |
| Any family member living in a home where education lessons are conducted (e.g. partner of a music teacher, tutor, art teacher) | Probity | No |
| WEPP Work Experience | ||
| An internship is where a period of work experience is offered by an organisation for a limited period of time. They are typically undertaken by students and graduates looking to gain relevant skills and experience in a particular field. Employers often recruit employees from their best interns, who have known capabilities. Interns should be regarded as employees if they have graduated and are using the opportunity to gain skills to seek employment | Employment | No |
| Government | ||
| Community Service | Probity | Yes |
| Jobactive scheme such as the Work for the Dole activities and placements (even when these placements are within charitable organisations) | Employment | No |
| IVF fertility process in Victoria | Probity | No |
| Employment | ||
| Pre-employment checks / Person seeking employment in an unspecified role | Probity | No |
| TV/film work and gameshow contestants | Employment | No |
| Work placements to assist with employment (not related to education qualifications) such as internships | Employment | No |
| Supervising a trainee or intern | Employment | No |
| Employed staff working with vulnerable groups (e.g. hospitality staff dealing with senior citizens) | Employment | No |
| Provisional/Limited registration (i.e. a category of AHPRA registration that allows a healthcare professional, such as a physiotherapist, to commence work under supervision) | Employment | No |
| Employment within a sector that works with vulnerable people (in healthcare, aged care, youth or support work) | Employment | No |
| Community | ||
| Volunteer activities for sporting groups, religious groups, schools, and charitable or not for profit community organisations | Probity | Yes |
| Volunteering for an overseas charity or not for profit organisation | Probity | Yes |
| Lay ministers and other lay persons within a religious organisation who are not paid but perform worship functions in a volunteer capacity | Probity | Yes |
| Religious leaders (regarded as employees of a religious organisation as they receive a professional stipend) | Employment | No |
| House/pet sitting (even unpaid the individual receives the benefit of rentfree accommodation and free utility costs from the activity which have a monetary value) | Employment/Probity | No |
| Check required to submit a housing loan or rental application | Probity | No |
| To check the background of Award nominees (Volunteer if the nominee applies and pays/Standard if the Council or Organisation applies and pays for the check) | Probity | No |
Volunteer Police Check for the Election
If you need your volunteer police check for the upcoming election, you can submit it with URGENT priority through us.
How do I get a volunteer police check for the election?
Just go to the checkout, select 'Volunteer police check', purchase, and upload your documents to verify your identity into our portal.
Remember to select "Urgent" in the SECOND step of the identity verification.
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AMICI Tech is an ACIC accredited criminal history provider. Backy Check is the brand AMICI Tech promotes background check services. AMICI Tech is accredited under Contract to access the National Police Checking Service (NPCS) through the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission. Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission is a registered trade mark of the Commonwealth of Australia. Find out more at acic.gov.au .