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In Australia, the Working With Children Check is legislated by each state and territory for the purpose of conducting background checks for people seeking to engage in child-related work. These checks aim to prevent people from working or volunteering with children if records indicate that they may pose an unacceptable level of risk to children.
Blue Card Services administers the blue card system—Queensland’s Working with Children Check. The blue card system is used in Queensland, Australia as a prevention and monitoring system for people working with children and young people. [1] Other states in Australia have a similar working with children check, but are not called a "blue card".
Working With Children Check to ensure that an individual has cleared the necessary background checks to allow them to work with children. To apply for a check the applicant must physically attend an agency, however the employer can verify the check online, for the duration of employment. [19] Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission ACIC ...
The Australian law prohibits all sexual depictions of children under an age set by state and territory legislation. The relevant ages are under 16 in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia, under 17 in South Australia, and under 18 in the other jurisdictions and under federal law. [1]
Working with Children (Criminal Record Checking) Regulations 2005. [5] The Children and Community Services Act 2004, came into operation on 1 March 2006, [4] the Department came into existence on 1 July 2007 [1] The legislation that governs the Department's three service areas: Supporting children and young people in the Chief Executive Officer ...
During the mid-1970s in Australia, a number of youth refuges were established in New South Wales. These refuges were founded by local youth workers, providing crisis accommodation, soon began getting funding from the NSW Government. These early refuges include Caretakers Cottage, Young People's Refuge, Taldemunde among others. [4]
Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to acknowledge: Moral injury.
Logo of the New South Wales Government and its agencies. The New South Wales Government (NSW Government) is made up of a number of departments, state-owned corporations and other agencies. The NSW Public Service is organised under the Government Sector Employment Act 2013, with public bodies organised under various legislation. In 2009, most of the 100+ government organisations were ...