When you apply for a Registration to Work with Vulnerable People (RWVP), you will undergo a background check and risk assessment. This is to make sure you are suitable to work or volunteer with vulnerable people (including children).
Depending on the outcome of the risk assessment, you may be refused registration.
If we intend to refuse your application: The Proposed Negative Notice
If we intend to refuse your application for RWVP, we will send you a written Proposed Negative Notice.
This Proposed Negative Notice:
- states our intention to refuse your application
- explains the reasons for our decision
- gives you the opportunity to appeal and provide us with additional information to demonstrate that you do not present an unacceptable risk of harm.
What you can do
You can either:
- do nothing. In this case, we will automatically send you a Negative Notice, refusing your application (see If we refuse your application, below)
- request that we reconsider the Proposed Negative Notice. You must do this within 20 days of receiving the Proposed Negative Notice. You can submit further information to support your application using the form in the Proposed Negative Notice.
Once we have your request, we will conduct a new risk assessment.
If you need more time to lodge a request for reconsideration (more than the 20 days), you can ask for an extension of time. You may only ask for an extension once, and this must be made in writing.
If we refuse your application: The Negative Notice
If we refuse your application for RWVP (either immediately because of a disqualifying offence; or following a Proposed Negative Notice and your appeal), we will send you a written Negative Notice.
This Negative Notice explains the reasons for our decision. We will also tell your employer that you have been refused RWVP, but not the reasons why.
This refusal means is an offence for you to to work or volunteer with vulnerable people (including children) in a regulated activity without registration. Serious penalties apply if you do.
All appeals are now lodged with the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (TASCAT).