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NDIS Worker Screening Check - Victoria

Description

You will need this clearance to work in a risk assessed role for a NDIS registered provider, including:

  • volunteer workers
  • workers engaged through third party labour-hire agencies
  • sole traders, who for the purpose of the NDIS check are both the provider and the employee.

There are three types of risk assessed roles:

  1. key personnel (for example, a CEO or board member)
  2. any role that delivers a set of specified supports or services
  3. any role where normal duties are likely to require 'more than incidental contact' with people with a disability.

Please note, the NDIS Check does not replace Victoria's Working with Children (WWC) Check.

Service type

Licence

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

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for this clearance, you must:

  • ordinarily reside or work in Victoria
  • have been or will be employed or engaged in a risk assessed role.

Duration

5 years

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Amount Description
Apply Application All $131.60

Fees for 2024-25

Other resources

Task Business Structure Resources
Comply All NDIS Practice Standards (Opens in new window)

Act(s) name

Workers Screening Act 2020 Victoria

Regulation(s) name

Worker Screening Regulations 2021 Victoria

Application process

Apply

You can apply for this check online at Service Victoria:

  1. register or login to your Service Victoria account
  2. verify your account
  3. submit your identification documents for your police check and any other background checks
  4. enter your work details
  5. review and provide consent for checks
  6. pay for your application.

Your application will then need to be verified by the employer you have named in your application. After your application has been verified, the NDIS Worker Screening Unit in Victoria will assess your application. The Worker Screening Unit will send you an email confirming that your application has been received and explaining what will happen next.

Approval time

Up to 3 weeks

Administering agency

Department of Justice and Community Safety

Contact details

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