To work for Gateway Health you must pass relevant employment checks.
Police checks
Please note that a disclosable outcome on your police check does not preclude you from employment with Gateway Health. We acknowledge that clients can benefit from working with an employee who has a lived experience and strong boundaries.
Additionally, we recognise that recovery from drug and alcohol abuse is a journey and therefore applicants may have a police record. Your police check will be strictly confidential and if you have any concerns about a disclosable outcome please discuss this with our People Working Well team.
National police check – Must be completed at the commencement of employment. This will be rechecked every 3 years.
You are required to provide copies of:
- Passport or Birth Certificate (extract not acceptable)
- Drivers Licence
- Medicare card
- Bank (debit/credit) card
International police check – Required for any staff member who has lived or worked outside of Australia for a period of 12 months or more within the past 10 years. If it is not possible to obtain a police check from the relevant country, then two statutory declarations will be required from people who personally knew the individual while they were residing in that country, confirming their criminal history status and character.
Working with Children Check
You must hold or be willing to gain a Victorian Working with Children Check which renews every 5 years. Some roles require you to hold a NSW Working with Children Check, also to be renewed every 5 years.
- If you already have a Working with Children Check please supply it with your job application or email to recruitment@gatewayhealth.org.au.
- If you do not have a Working with Children Check you need to apply for one when you have received your verbal offer.
- Victoria – Apply via the Working with Children Victoria portal – You are required to pay the tax-deductible cost of $126.40. Ensure you apply as an employee and nominate Gateway Health as your employer. For the line of work select option 40 from the dropdown list.
- NSW – Submit the Application for a NSW Working With Children Check registration – You are required to pay the tax-deductible cost of $80.00. You will need to print your completed application and take a copy to an RTA along with proof of ID.
NDIS Worker Screen Check
The NDIS Worker Screening is done through police and other background checks and aims to ensure that NDIS workers do not present an unreasonable risk to NDIS participants, protecting people with disabilities from harm.
You can apply for your NDIS Check online at Service Victoria. Set aside 30 minutes where you are unlikely to be interrupted and have access to both a computer and a mobile phone. You will be required to access your email during the screening process.
Note: There have been reported issues when using some smartphones. It is recommended to use the latest operating system (14.0 and 13.0) and the Safari browser for Apple devices and version 11 and 10 operating system with the Chrome browser for Android devices.
- Register or login to your Service Victoria account
- Verify your identity
- Submit your identification documents for your police check and any other background checks –
- You will need at least 3 different identity documents. This includes at least one commencement document, for example, a birth certificate, an Australian passport, an ImmiCard, or a foreign passport linked to a valid Australian visa.
- A passport-style photograph is required. If you have a digital passport photo on your phone that can be used, otherwise you can take a photo on your phone. Photos are more successful if taken outside against a white solid background.
- You will need to use your smartphone to take photos of your documents and to confirm you are the person in your identity documents. Your documents can be photographed laying down on a plain coloured surface. Any reflection will result in the image not being accepted.
- Use documents that list your name in exactly the same way. If the name on your documents does not match, you will need an additional document showing your change of name.
- The Service Victoria webpage must remain open on your computer during the ID verification process.
- Enter your work details
- Review and provide consent for the checks
- Pay for your application – The cost is $119.40, paid at the time of application however this is tax-deductible.
Your application will then be sent to the NDIS Worker Screening Unit in Victoria to assess.
The NDIS Worker Screening Unit will send you an email confirming that your application has been received and explaining what will happen next.