This declaration must be completed by students undertaking unpaid tertiary practicum placement with the Department of Education (the Department) where the person is required to hold a NSW Working with Children Check clearance under the Child Protection (Working with Children) Regulation 2013. See the Department's Working with Children Check Procedure for more details.
Please select the name that was used on your NSW WWCC Clearance from the above
Identity document: Upload Government-issued photo identity document with full name, date of birth and current residential address and, if relevant, change of name document. The Department may verify any document with the issuing authority. Click here for guide to Identity Documents
Note:
Privacy Statement
The information collected on this declaration document and from identification documents you provide will be used by the Department to manage risk associated with its legal obligation to ensure the protection of children and young persons in its care, creating your department identity, email address and for purposes related to your engagement with the Department to enable you to complete your practicum.
The Department will use this information to verify your identity and NSW Working With Children Check (WWCC) clearance and to check the Department's business systems, to ensure that there is no barrier to engaging the person.
If you are cleared for engagement, this information will be entered onto the Department's database and you will be allocated a unique employee identification number and provided with an email address etc.
All information you provide will be used, disclosed and stored consistent with the NSW privacy and other relevant law. Identification documents are viewed to verify your identity and check details recorded on the declaration form. The completed declaration form and a record of the database check will be filed by the school/business area in secure storage for seven years from date of inactivity and then destroyed. You may request access to this information from the school or business centre at which it is held. The Department will not disclose the information to another agency or person unless required or authorised by law.
Failure to provide information required to complete this declaration and identity check may result in declination of your request to work as a volunteer or contractor.