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NDIS Worker Check - South Australia

Description

You will need an NDIS Worker Check to work for a registered NDIS provider. An NDIS Worker Check is an assessment of whether a person who works, or seeks to work, with people with disability poses a risk of harm to them. It will determine whether you are cleared or excluded from working in certain roles with people with disability.

An NDIS Worker Check is portable across roles and organisations and any states or territories. It is also subject to ongoing national monitoring. The following existing checks will be recognised for NDIS work until they expire:

  • Department of Human Services Disability Services Employment Screening
  • Department of Human Services Child-related Employment Screening
  • Department of Human Services Working with Children Check issued before 1 February 2021.

You will then need to apply for an NDIS Worker Check.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

Your employer will inform you if you need a NDIS worker check. You will need to be working or intending to work in South Australia to apply for a NDIS Worker Check in South Australia.

Workers who are engaged in risk-assessed roles must have a NDIS Worker Check. A risk-assessed role is one that:

  • involves the direct delivery of specified supports or services to a person with disability
  • is likely to require 'more than incidental contact' with people with a disability
  • is a key personnel role (for example, a CEO or a board member).

Workers include:

  • volunteer workers
  • workers engaged through third parties such as labour hire agencies
  • sole traders who for the NDIS Check are both the provider and the employee.

Workers of registered NDIS providers who are not engaged in a risk assessed role do not need a NDIS Worker Check. However, registered NDIS providers may choose to ask those workers to apply for a NDIS Worker Check and obtain and clearance.

Duration

5 years

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Amount Description
Apply Application All -

Fees for volunteers undertaking paid NDIS employment:

  • clearance for 12 months or less - $23.60
  • clearance for more than 12 months but not more than 2 years - $46.75
  • clearance for more than 2 years but not more than 3 years - $70.50
  • clearance for more than 3 years but not more than 4 years - $93.50
  • clearance for more than 4 years but not more than 5 years - $117.00.

Fees for 2024-25
Apply Application All -

There is no fee for volunteers. Fees for 2024-25
Apply Application All $117.00

Fees for others. Fees for 2024-25
Apply Application All $64.50

Fees for tertiary student. Fees for 2024-25

Administering agency

Department of Human Services

Contact details

Contact Email, Phone and Address Details for this service in simple two column table format, header then data.