Which roles don’t qualify for a volunteer police check?

Non-employment reasons that do not meet the Volunteer check type include:

• tenancy (rental) purposes
• social media participation reasons
• insurance related purposes or to support business that operate on private premises
• placing an Au Pair or overseas students in a family home
• participation in television productions
• family day care providers (operating on a commercial basis) who require checks for any residents on the premises where in-home care is being provided to children.

* A volunteer check cannot be submitted for applicants applying for the Australian Government’s Work for the Dole Scheme.

Although in these instances the individuals are not seeking employment, they do receive personal benefits, payments or entitlements as a result of the activity that they are undertaking, and/or they are not undertaking an activity which enhances or extends benefit to the community at large.

To check who can get a volunteer check, see who can request a volunteer police check.

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