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Legislative changes to Working with Children Act 2005
As you may be aware, changes to the Working with Children Act 2005 are coming into effect from 1 August 2017.
More information on these changes can be found here:
http://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/home/about+the+check/purpose/changes+to+legislation
The Working with Children Check Unit has developed a number of resources for organisations to use in communications with their members and extended membership.
The resources can be accessed here:
http://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/toolkit/toolkit+for+organisations
Two short information videos have also been developed and are available on our YouTube channel here:
1. Supervision https://youtu.be/MFM3CfM-uLY
2. Direct contact https://youtu.be/GZ5TAtvtXSs
We encourage you to make use of these materials.
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