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Regulated Employment

The Commission’s regulated employment functions include:

  • Administering the blue card system for certain types of child-related employment
  • Education and assisting service providers and the community to comply with legislative obligations
  • Monitoring blue card holders on a daily basis for changes in criminal history, and
  • Preventing high-risk individuals from providing child-related services.

The blue card employment screening system directly contributes to safer service environments for children and young people in Queensland.

Individuals in service environments monitored on a daily basis

Child care Churches,
Clubs and
Associations		 Foster / kinship carers
and licensed care services		 Health, Counselling
and Support Services		 School employees Sport and active
recreation		 State and local
government
employees		 Child accomodation
and homestay		 Private teaching,
coaching and tutoring		 Disability services Other Applications in progress
Child care 86407
Churches, Clubs and Associations 159472
Foster / kinship carers and licensed care services 23587
Health, Counselling and Support Services 77022
School employees 130567
Sport and active recreation 57452
State and local
government employees		 20241
Child accomodation
and homestay		 29503
Private teaching,
coaching and tutoring		 28152
Disability services 31380
Other 13134
Applications in progress 5090

The Commission issues blue cards (or exemption cards for registered teachers and serving police officers) to individuals, which makes them eligible to work in any of the child-related environments regulated by the blue card system. As at 31 December 2012, the Commission’s records indicate that blue card and exemption cards were being used to work across the categories indicated in the graph above.

Applicants’ and card holders’ police information is monitored on a daily basis through an electronic interface with the Queensland Police Service. If there is any change in an applicants’ or card holders’ police information, the Commission can take immediate steps to protect children from harm.

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Number of blue card applications received

Number of blue card applications processed
Jan – Mar 2012 89095
Apr - Jun 2012 56966
Jul - Sep 2012 43821
Oct - Dec 2012 35718

Every month, the Commission processes a large volume of blue and exemption card applications and authorisations from people seeking to work in regulated service environments.

The number of blue card and exemption applications processed between October and December 2012 is 35, 718.

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Helping people with the Blue Card system

Jan – Mar 2012 Apr – Jun 2012 Jul – Sept 2012 Oct – Dec 2012
incoming enquiries 35426 26430 19760 15031
outgoing stakeholder engagement 4564 6731 4942 3786
free blue card system presentations 1401 1500 903 564
targeted education, training and awareness activities 41 54 52 40

Between October to December 2012 the Commission:

  • responded to 15,031 incoming enquiries from the public through our dedicated blue card contact centre and webmaster enquiry service
  • engaged with 3,786 stakeholders through outgoing correspondence
  • met with 564 community organisations and participants at free blue card system presentations, and
  • facilitated 40 targeted education, training and awareness activities throughout the state, including in rural and remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

Click here for more information about child and youth risk management strategies.

Disclaimer: data updated as at 31 December 2012

Last Updated: February 27, 2013