Aged Care - Screening requirements

If you want to work in a paid or volunteer aged care role, you must undergo a screening process to get a clearance. The clearance protects the safety and wellbeing of people accessing aged care.

The screening check looks into a person’s criminal and work misconduct history to make sure they are suitable for work in an aged care setting.

There are currently 2 screening options for the aged care workforce, depending on your role and whether your employer is also a registered National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) provider.

A police check is the process of checking a person has a criminal history. A police certificate is a report of a person’s criminal history.

The 2 terms are interchangeable in aged care.

NDIS Worker Screening Checks are recognised in aged care. They check your:

• national criminal history
• relevant reportable incidents
• relevant disciplinary proceedings or complaints.

You must have this check if you work or want to work in:

• a risk-assessed role with people with disability
• an aged care setting that supports NDIS participants.

Current screening requirements to work in aged care vary depending on:

• your role
• the aged care provider you work for.

Please read our Support Worker Product page for more information on screening requirement for aged care >