AUSTRALIA
Royal Commission into Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse
The Royal Commission’s first issues paper on Working With Children Checks has attracted 55 submissions from around Australia so far.
A Working With Children Check is a pre-employment screening process to determine a person’s suitability to work with children.
Chief Executive Officer, Janette Dines, said the Royal Commission was pleased with the response.
“Some common views were expressed,” said Ms Dines:
They include:
the need for national consistency in the operation of the Working With Children Check
the need for more research to determine what elements of existing schemes are most effective; and
the need to consider the Working with Children Check as only one element in a broader framework for protecting children.
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