Resources

Where an individual is being considered for employment to provide care to children in residential care, a number of mandatory probity checks are required to be completed. This document explains this in more detail.

An overview of the register including who the register is intended to capture, the type of information to be recorded, minimum probity requirements, consent and access.

These notes provide an interpretation of relevant Residential Care Workers Register requirements including business rules and minimum probity checks in relation to the engagement of individuals to work in a residential setting.

Guide to apply for and maintain accreditation to provide statutory out-of-home care and adoption services. 

Presentation to help designated agencies to provide consistent information to authorised carers, care applicants and their household members about the Carers Register. Available in Arabic (عربي), Filipino, Indonesian(bahasa Indonesia), Greek (Ελληνικά), Turkish (Türkçe), Vietnamese (tiếng Việt) and Samoan (Gagana Sāmoa)

A presentation to help designated agencies to provide consistent information to authorised carers, care applicants and their household members about the Carers Register.

NSW Carers Register resource. Designated agencies must exchange information they hold relating to an authorised carer, carer applicant or household member when requested by another designated agency. 

Translated information for carers about the NSW Carers Register and what data is recorded. Available in Arabic (عربي), Filipino, Greek (Ελληνικά), Turkish (Türkçe), Vietnamese (tiếng Việt), Samoan (Gagana Sāmoa), Indonesian (bahasa Indonesia) and Swahili (Kiswahili). 

Checklist to help designated agencies decide whether an individual can be given provisional authorisation as a carer. 

Checklists of information that designated agencies must provide about the Carers Register to carers, carer applicants and their household members.