26Authorisation of interstate residential care workers—the Act, s 137

26 Authorisation of interstate residential care workers—the Act, s 137

26 Authorisation of interstate residential care workers—the Act, s 137

(1) For the purpose of a designated agency making arrangements for a child or young person to be provided with residential care by an interstate agency, an interstate residential care worker is taken to be an authorised carer if the interstate agency satisfies the designated agency that all persons employed or engaged by the interstate agency to provide residential care to children and young people—

(a) have been assessed as capable and suitable to provide the care, and

(b) hold a current WWCCC or its equivalent in the relevant State, and

(c) have undergone a nationwide criminal record check and the outcome of the check was satisfactory.

(2) An interstate residential care worker taken to be authorised under this section is not taken to be authorised for the purpose of providing out-of-home care in New South Wales.

(3) In this section—

interstate agency means—

(a) the child welfare agency of another State, or

(b) a service provider funded by or contracted by the child welfare agency of another State to provide residential care to children and young people.

interstate residential care worker means a person who is employed or engaged to provide residential care by an interstate agency.

State has the same meaning as in the Act, Chapter 14A.