Working with children checks
Maccabi is committed to striving to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children, young people and vulnerable people throughout our organisation, by implementing mechanisms that aim to protect all children and vulnerable people accessing Maccabi services, events and activities.
Each State and Territory in Australia has laws about safeguarding children. While they vary slightly, it’s important to ensure you are familiar with the requirements in your state.
The table below has the links to each state’s screening unit.
| State | Name of the check | Link to Government Screening Unit |
| New South Wales | Working with children check | NSW Office of the Children’s Guardian |
| Victoria | Working with children check | Department of Justice and Regulation, Working with Children Check Unit |
| Western Australia | Working with children check | Department for Child Protection & Family Support |
| Queensland | Blue Card Check | Blue Card Services |
Across all the states, the laws set out the individual obligations. Working With Children Check (WWCC) applies to adults who work with children or are engaged in volunteer roles involving children (under 18 years of age). It is the responsibility of the individual to keep their WWCC details up to date including the renewal.
This check plays a crucial part in safeguarding children involved in Maccabi and in providing a safe and child friendly environment. It is an offence for a person to carry out child-related work without holding a current WWCC.
Legal Responsibilities: Maccabi, your Club, and you
All Maccabi organisations including clubs and events have a legal obligation to ensure that their club/event are compliant with their child safety legislation. Organisations are legally responsible to ensure that any paid staff member or volunteer involved in child related work i.e. coach, team manager or committee member has a cleared verification WWCC.
Solely accepting someone’s WWCC number is legally not sufficient for an organisation to be compliant. It is the responsibility of the organisation to complete the verification and keep all the records.
All Maccabi clubs at the beginning of each season are to submit the name and contact details of the Club’s Integrity Officer and Club’s Compliance Officer. These positions can be the same person but need to be a committee member that does not hold another position on the committee. Details can be emailed to integritymanager@maccabi.com.au
The verification process for each state can be found here:
