Important changes to the Working With Children Check
This article appears in the March 2010 edition of Sportshorts.
On 1 March 2010, the Approved Screening Agency (ASA) functions at Sport and Recreation were moved to another part of Communities NSW, the Commission for Children and Young People (CCYP). To help with the transition, Sport and Recreation is automatically forwarding to the Commission any faxes and phone calls received after 26 February 2010 for six months.
Some things, such as employer identification numbers, remain the same. However, there are now new online forms for the Working with Children Check and also clearer online employer guidelines. For more efficient processing, the new forms can be completed online by the employer and job applicant and then printed for signing. Handwritten forms will also be acceptable.
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Links to forms and resources to help employers provide a safe and friendly environment to children in their care will continue to be available from the Sport and Recreation website and from the CCYP website www.kids.nsw.gov.au
Requests for a Working With Children Check should now be faxed, emailed or posted to:
- Fax: 9286 7201
- Email: Check@kids.nsw.gov.au
- Postal Address: Commission for Children and Young People Level 2 , 407 Elizabeth Street, SURRY HILLS NSW 2010
- Phone: 9286 7219
