Working with children check - Blue Card

What is a Blue Card?

All children have the right to be safe and protected from harm. Blue Card Services administers the blue card system – Queensland’s working with children check.  Working with children checks provides a check of a person’s criminal history and is also an ongoing assessment of your eligibility to work with children while you are on placement.

If your application is approved, you will be issued with a Positive Notice and a Blue Card which allows you to work with children while on placement for 3 years.  It is your responsibility to hold a valid Blue Card for the duration of your placement.

Most students will be required to hold a valid Blue Card before the commencement and for the duration of their placement.  If you are required to hold a valid Blue Card, it is against the law for you to commence or continue your placement without one.

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