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Paid employee at a church, club, association or similar entity

I am a paid employee of a church, club, association or similar entity. Do I need a blue card?

Yes, if your work is regular (according to the test below), and you are not exempt under the 'churches, clubs, associations involving children' category of regulated employment.

You need a blue card if your employment usually includes, or is likely to include, providing a service or conducting activities directed mainly towards children, at a church, club, association or similar entity, and you carry out, or are likely to carry out, that work over 12 months for:

• eight consecutive days, or
• once a week, each week, over four weeks, or
• once a fortnight, each fortnight, over eight weeks, or
• once a month, each month, over six months.

However, you do not need a blue card if you are:

• under 18 and working as a volunteer (except a ‘trainee student’ working as part of a course of study with an ‘education provider’ as defined in the Act);
• a volunteer parent of a child receiving the same or similar service or taking part in the same or similar activity in which the parent is involved in a church, club, association or other entity;
• an employee of a government entity whose employment includes (or is likely to include) providing a child related service or conducting child related activities at a church, club, association or similar entity;
• a volunteer guest of a school or registered charity, incorporated association or corporation for 10 days or less on no more than two occasions per year for the purpose of observing or supplying information or entertainment to 10 or more people, who is unlikely to be physically present with a child while no other adult is present; or
• a volunteer performing the function of employment for 10 days or less on no more than two occasions per year, at a national or state event, attended by more than 100 people which is organised by a school or recognised body (operating at a state or national level) for a sporting, cultural or skill based activity, who is unlikely to be physically present with a child while no other adult is present.

You can apply for a blue card by submitting a Paid Employment (P) Application Form and the prescribed fee. Your employer must complete the employer details on the application form and sight your proof of identification documents to verify your identity.

Note

As a paid employee you may begin or continue work while your application is being processed.

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Last Updated: June 25, 2008

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