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Frequently Asked Questions
Alternative Identification Requirements
- Identification requirements for blue card applications
- Applicants who do not have the required identification documents
- Information for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants who do not have the required identification documents
Babysitting
Billeting
Board Members
Bus Drivers
- Employed in a commercial bus company
- Employed in a school
- Volunteer in a child care centre
- Paid employee of a child care centre
Child Care
- Paid employee at a child care centre to operate a playgroup
- Paid employee working for a service provider engaged by a child care centre
- Parent volunteering at their child's playgroup
- Providing health and/or support services to children with a disability
- Self employed contractor going into a child care centre
- Family Day Care
- Family Day Care - Adult Occupant
- Volunteer at a child care centre
- Member of management committee or sub committee at a child care centre
Children with a disability
Churches, clubs, associations
- Paid employee at a church, club, association or similar entity
- Volunteer at a Police Citizens Youth Club
- Volunteer at Blue Light Association Incorporated
- Volunteer in child related activities at a church, club, association or similar entity
Contractors
- Self employed contractor going into a school
- Paid employee working for a service provider engaged by a school
- Self employed contractor going into a boarding school
- Paid employee working for a service provider engaged by a boarding school
- Self employed contractor going into a child care centre
- Paid employee working for a service provider engaged by a child care centre
Directors of a Non-State School governing body
- I am a director of a Non-State school’s governing body. Do I need a blue card?
- I am a director of a Non-State school governing body and my blue card has expired. What do I do?
- I am a director of a Non-State school governing body and I need to renew my blue card. What do I do?
- If I am a director of a Non-State school governing body and I resign as director because my blue card has expired. Can I be re-appointed as a director if I obtain a current blue card?
- I am a registered teacher and I want to become a director of a Non-State school’s governing body. Do I need a blue card?
- How do I know if I am a ‘disqualified person’?
- I have been convicted of a disqualifying offence but would like to commence regulated child-related employment. Can I apply for a blue card?
- Can a disqualified person ever obtain a blue card?
- How do I make an application for an ‘eligibility declaration’?
- What if I have a blue card and am charged with a disqualifying offence or placed under a temporary offender prohibition order?
- Volunteer assisting children and young people through a school, church, club, association or sport and recreation facility
- Volunteer assisting children and young people - not through a club or organisation
- Paid employee assisting children and young people
- Registered teacher assisting children and young people at a school
- Registered teacher assisting children and young people not at a school
- Participants who are over 18 years of age and are volunteering in child-related activities as part of the award program
- Self employed person assisting children and young people
- Employee of the Department of Communities
- State Award Committee members
- Requirement for licensed operator's to develop and implement a child protection risk management strategy
- Licensed operator's required to develop and implement a child protection risk management strategy
- Grandparent going into a school or church, club, association or similar entity to participate in activities
- Grandparent going into a school or church, club, association or similar entity to observe
- Health services
- Counselling services
- Support services
- Registered health practitioners
- Registered health practitioners going into schools
- Massage therapists working for an organisation
- Massage therapists running their own business
- Providing personal care to a child with a disability
- Registered nurse working in a public hospital
- Registered nurse working in a private hospital or for an agency
- Applying for a blue card
- Adult living in a home where a home stay service is provided
- Family day care service operating a home stay
- Home stay provider awaiting outcome of blue card application
- Home stay provider awaiting outcome of adult resident's blue card application
- Home stay provider awaiting outcome of a blue card renewal
- Short term visitors staying at a home in which a home stay service is provided
- Home stay student staying with a friend's family
- Relative or friend minding home stay children
- Parent accompanying child on a study tour
- Person accompanying child on a study tour who is not a parent
- Overseas teacher accompanying students on recreational activities on a study tour
- Overseas teacher accompanying students to a school on a study tour
- Bus driver transporting children on a study tour
- Registered teacher providing a home stay service
- Registered health practitioner residing in a home where a child accommodation service is provided
- Overseas student over 18 living in a home where a home stay service is provided
- Members of Parliament regularly engaging with children in their official capacity
- Members of Parliament visiting schools infrequently
- Members of Parliament engaging in child-related activities outside their official capacity
- Employees of Queensland Parliamentary Service engaging in the provision of child-related services at Parliament House
- Registered nurse working in a public hospital
- Registered nurse working in a private hospital or for an agency
- Ordinary member of a P&C at a state school
- Ordinary member of a P&F at a non state school
- Volunteer parent at the out of school hours care service operated by the P&C
- Office holder of P&C where P&C operates an out of school hours care service
- Ordinary member of P&C where P&C operates an out of school hours care service
- Hobby photographer at sports clubs
- Employed photographer going into schools
- Self employed photographer in sport and active recreation
- Employed photographer in sport and active recreation
- Volunteer family member attending a playgroup
- Adult (other than a relative of the child) attending a playgroup to provide services to children
- Adult volunteering with the organisation who holds a position of responsibility in addition to their involvement in their child’s playgroup
- Paid employee at a child care centre to operate a playgroup
- Parent volunteering at their child's playgroup
- School aged student doing work experience to sample employment
- School based apprenticeships or traineeship
- Student undertaking the work experience as a requirement of a course of study for a higher education award
- Work experience provider
- Employed supervisor of work experience student
- school aged student doing work experience to sample employment
- student undertaking the work experience as a requirement of a course of study for a higher education award
- work experience provider
- employed supervisor of work experience student
Disqualified Persons
Duke of Edinburgh's Award
Executive Officers
Guest Speakers
Grandparents
Health, counselling and support services
Homestay
Massage Therapists
Members of Parliament
Nurses
Parents & Citizens / Parents & Friends Associations
Photographers
Playgroup
Registered Health Practitioners
Santas
Santa’s Helpers
Students
Teaching
Tertiary Educators
Work Experience
Last Updated: December 17, 2008
