New Rules and Oversight for Child and Disability Service Workers

Social Services Regulation Amendment (Child Safety, Complaints and Worker Regulation) Bill 2025

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Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

The Social Services Regulator has coercive powers to compel the production of information, documents, and evidence.
It is a criminal offence for a person to perform child-related work without a valid Working With Children (WWC) clearance.
Employers and agencies face criminal liability for engaging or offering the services of a person who lacks a WWC clearance for child-related work.
Providing false or misleading information during worker screening is a criminal offence.
The regulator can take immediate action to impose restrictions on registered disability workers or students.
Heads of entities must notify the Commission when a reportable allegation is made.
Heads of entities are required to provide a response regarding reportable allegations.

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