A nationally coordinated criminal history check (police check) is a collation of police and conviction history information about an individual that has been determined releasable by Australia’s police agencies and made available to you by the ACIC. The police check involves processing an individual’s biographic details, including name and date of birth, against information held by the ACIC through the National Police Checking Service Support System (NSS).
DPI Consulting TA AuthNTick is approved to conduct National Police checks and Australian Federal Police checks. Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) has accredited a number of organisations to help you apply for and submit a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check. These organisations are entrusted with direct access to the National Police Checking Service (NPCS or Service) and play a vital role to help safeguard the Australian community. AuthNTick T/A DPI Consulting is authorised to submit checks on behalf of organisations to screen their employees (Legal Entity Customers).
Why I may need a Police Check?
A Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check helps organisations make informed decisions about the suitability of applicants for a range of employment, registration or licensing entitlements, including:
- recruitment, job applications and pre-employment screening
- volunteer and not for profit positions
- working with children or vulnerable people
- immigration and citizenship
- visa applications
- adoption applications
- occupation related licensing
- firearm licensing.
Police checks are important because they help protect the community by providing police and conviction information to inform decision making. Police checks are used by many organisations to minimise the risk of employing or granting entitlement to an unsuitable person.
Police checks are valid at the time the information is released by police and should not be relied upon outside this release period. The following state and territory screening units are the only organisations allowed, under the legislation, to conduct working with children checks
| Australian Capital Territory | Access Canberra – Working with Vulnerable People |
| New South Wales | Office of the Children’s Guardian |
| Northern Territory | Northern Territory Government |
| Queensland | Queensland Government Department of Justice and Attorney- General – Blue Card Services |
| South Australia | Department for Communities and Social Inclusion |
| Tasmania | Department of Justice |
| Victoria | Justice and Regulation |
| Western Australia | Department of Communities |