Register of Banned Workers
Regulator lists of people prohibited from care work, checked at source as part of screening and monitoring.
A register of banned workers is a list maintained by a regulator naming people who have been prohibited from working in a care setting because of misconduct. In Aged Care, banning orders are published by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. In disability, the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission keeps a register of banning orders. These lists let providers confirm that a worker is not barred before they start, and they can change at any time.
Because a banning order can be issued after someone is already employed, checking once at hire is not enough. A worker who was eligible last year may appear on a register today. This is why ban screening is treated as ongoing monitoring rather than a single point-in-time check.
For workers, being on a register means you cannot legally be engaged in the affected sector. For providers, checking these registers at source and rechecking them over time is part of meeting your screening obligations. Koora rechecks ban registers as part of ongoing compliance monitoring so a status change surfaces rather than sitting unnoticed in a filing cabinet.
This is general information, not compliance advice. Always confirm requirements with the relevant regulator, and remember that providers keep the legal responsibility to sight credentials and decide who can work.
We work hard to keep it accurate, but the rules change and we will not always get every detail right. If you think something here needs updating, email us at resources@koora.care. We would genuinely rather know, because we all do better when we help each other get it right.
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