• National Police Check for Volunteers Project
• Working with Children Checks
• Do you need both checks?

National Police Check for Volunteers Project

The Department for Communities, together with the Western Australian Police, has developed a program enabling eligible Western Australian volunteers and volunteering organisations to receive a National Police Check at a reduced fee of $11.00 per person checked. The program has recently been extended to include any organisation involving volunteers, including state government and private sector organisations.

How to Register

NOTE: Only organisations, not individual volunteers, are able to register for the program. 

STEP 1: Organisations wishing to register for the program need to download an Information Package and complete the Registration Form. The Information Package contains all you need to join the program.

Information Package (PDF, 111kb)

STEP 2: Post or fax the completed Registration Form to the contact details provided.

STEP 3: If you are eligible for the program, you will be contacted via email by the WA Police, and provided with an electronic spreadsheet for use when requesting Police Checks from the WA Police.

STEP 4: Request individual or multiple police checks by completing the spreadsheet provided by the WA Police.

For each check, a Consent Form will need to be completed by the volunteer and stored at the organisation.

Consent Form (PDF, 476kb)

Please note, this form is not to be sent to the Police or Volunteering Secretariat but kept by the organisation.


Pending Charges on National Police Check for Volunteers
As of 1 April 2007 the existence of pending charges still to come before the courts was added to the information included in the National Police Check for Volunteers, bringing the program into line with criminal release practices in other states and territories. Click here for further information.

For further information please contact the Community Participation unit on (08) 6217 8500 or email us.

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Working with Children Checks

Are you involved in child related work? The Working with Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004 introduces compulsory criminal record checking to ensure a consistent and high standard of checking for certain people who work with children, including volunteers.

For more information about the Working with Children Check and how to apply, the Working with Children Screening Unit  can be contacted during the hours of 8.30am - 4.30pm on:

Do you need both checks?