Have your say on disability worker registration standards in Victoria.
The Disability Worker Regulation Scheme includes voluntary disability worker registration in Victoria. This involves the Disability Worker Registration Board of Victoria setting registration standards for registered Victorian disability workers and registering Victorian disability workers.
Disability worker registration aims to increase safeguards across the entire disability community by improving the quality and safety of disability services. The Disability Worker Registration Board of Victoria is responsible for setting registration standards, assessing skills, experience and suitability for registration and registering disability workers that meet set standards for registration.
You can read more about the Scheme here: https://www.vdwc.vic.gov.au/about
Consultation purpose
The Board and the Commission are consulting to review the disability worker registration standards set when disability worker registration commenced in 2021. We seek your feedback on proposed revisions to the standards to ensure they function effectively. The three standards under review are:
- Criminal history
- English language requirements
- Continuing professional development (also known as CPD)
Documents
The consultation paper and the proposed standards provide information on the consultation. The documents are also available in Easy Read and Auslan versions.
- Consultation paper PDF/Word: Easy Read or Auslan
- Proposed criminal history standard PDF/Word: Easy Read or Auslan
- Proposed English language requirements standard PDF/Word: Easy Read or Auslan
- Proposed continuing professional development (CPD) standard PDF/Word: Easy Read or Auslan
How to participate
To have your say on the proposed changes to the registration standards, we encourage you to read the consultation paper and the proposed standards and:
- Complete the survey to answer the consultation questions by clicking the buttons below, or
- Upload a video submission (Click the link below to receive instructions on how to upload your video), or
- Send a written submission via email to consultation@vdwc.vic.gov.au, or
- Complete the Easy Read survey PDF version and email to consultation@vdwc.vic.gov.au
If you have any questions or need help to access the survey, or information to make an oral submission, please email us at consultation@vdwc.vic.gov.au or call (03) 9595 1044. One of our team members will get back to you.
Please note by participating in the consultation you are consenting to the privacy collection notice.
Online information webinar
If you were unable to attend the online information session or would like to watch it again, please click here.
Consultation timeline
- Consultation opens - 11 November 2024
- Consultation information webinar - 19 November 2024. To register please click here
- Consultation closes - 13 December 2024
- Report on feedback from consultation published - First half of 2025
- Updates to registration standards completed - prior to the 2025-26 registration period commencing
Privacy collection notice
The Commission protects the privacy of your personal information. To read our privacy collection notice, click here.
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Please call us through the national translating and interpreting service on 131 450.
Deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired?
Please contact us through the national replay service website, which can be accessed at www.accesshub.gov.au/about-the-nrs
Frequently asked questions
The registration standards have been in effect since 2021. We want to ensure they are operating as intended. We also want to explore how we can make them better. Page 3 of the consultation paper tells you more about why.
If you need help or have a question about the consultation, please contact us via consultation@vdwc.vic.gov.au or call us on (03) 9595 1044. One of our team members will get back to you.
You can also watch the recording on our online information session. To view please click here.
No. This consultation is about the Disability Worker Regulation Scheme (the Scheme) which regulates all disability workers in Victoria. It was established by the Disability Service Safeguards Act 2018 (Vic). You can read more about this on page 3 of the consultation paper.