Care worker requirements by role
What each role needs in Aged Care, Disability and Childcare: screening, qualifications and safety credentials, taken from Koora's compliance engine.
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Each page below lists what one role needs in one sector: the screening check, the qualification and the safety certificates. Every line comes from Koora's compliance engine, the same rules it tests worker records against, so the pages change when the rules do. Childcare pages break the rules down by state and territory.
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Aged Care
Residential aged care and Support at Home. Every role starts from the same screening line: a National Police Check or an NDIS Worker Screening Clearance.
- Registered Nurse
- Enrolled Nurse
- Nurse Practitioner
- Allied Health Professional
- Allied Health Assistant
- Support at Home Worker
- Lifestyle/Recreation Worker
- Leadership/Supervision
- Director/Key Personnel
- Cook/Chef
- Food Handler
- Facilities/Transport/Support
- Administration
- Placement Student
- Interpreter/Peer Worker
- Volunteer
- Agency/Relief
- Direct Care/Support Worker
- Care Manager
- Clinical Governance Lead
Disability
Registered NDIS providers. The NDIS Worker Screening Clearance is the screening line, required for risk-assessed roles.
- Registered Nurse
- Enrolled Nurse
- Nurse Practitioner
- Allied Health Professional
- Allied Health Assistant
- Behaviour Support Practitioner
- Lifestyle/Recreation Worker
- Support Coordinator
- Plan Manager
- Direct Care/Support Worker
- Leadership/Supervision
- Director/Key Personnel
- Specialised Disability Driver
- Cook/Chef
- Food Handler
- Facilities/Transport/Support
- Administration
- Placement Student
- Interpreter/Peer Worker
- Volunteer
- Agency/Relief
- Care Manager
- Clinical Governance Lead
Childcare
Education and care services under the National Quality Framework. The Working with Children Check differs by state, so each role page has a section for every state and territory.
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 everything accurate, and our compliance engine keeps up with the rules as they change. Even so, we might get a detail slightly wrong or miss something. No one's perfect. 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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