Get a digital Working with Children Check now

Add a digital Working with Children Check card to the Service Victoria app on your phone, so you can easily store and show your Check. It’s easy, private and secure. Even if your physical card is still valid, you can get a digital card too. You can keep using the physical card until it expires so long as your clearance remains valid.

The digital card is an online alternative to the physical card and will:

provide real time information about the validity of your Check
give you a convenient way to store and show your Check
reduce environmental impact.

A digital Working with Children Check card is safer than a physical card. You can’t lose it, and it shows the status of your Working with Children Check in real-time.

Applying for or renewing your Working with Children Check through Service Victoria hasn’t changed.

How to get a digital card

It takes less than 5 minutes to add a digital card to your phone. Before you start you’ll need:

Your Working with Children Check card number or application number. If you don’t know your card number, find it at service.vic.gov.au.
The Service Victoria app on your smartphone. Get the Service Victoria app from the App Store or Google Play.
A Service Victoria account. If you don’t have a Service Victoria account, create one at service.vic.gov.au/account. It’s free and takes less than 5 minutes.

Open your Service Victoria app and tap ‘My Wallet’ at the bottom of the screen. Tap ‘Working with Children Check’ and follow the instructions. Once you’ve added your digital card, tap ‘My Wallet’ to see and show it.

More information and resources

Find more information about adding your digital Working with Children Check card to the Service Victoria app at service.vic.gov.au/digitalwwcc. If you need help adding your digital card, please contact Service Victoria.

Service Victoria’s virtual assistant Vicky is available 24/7. Go to service.vic.gov.au and tap on the ‘Ask Vicky for Help’ icon at the bottom of the page.
if you still need help, type in the chatbot you want to speak to customer support. There’s a local customer support team ready to help between 8am-8pm Monday to Friday.
you can send Service Victoria a message anytime with the send a message form.

Join this free information session to understand how the blurred line between gambling and gaming is placing young people at risk of harm.

Discover the gambling-like tactics and features used by the designers of many popular online games played by young people and discover how parents and carers can help to keep them safe.

Children and young people are being exposed to gambling through gaming. This is an important presentation for parents of primary and secondary school aged children.

Session details

Date: Tuesday 14 May 2024
Time: 7.30pm to 8.45pm
Venue: Online
Cost: Free
Presenter: Penny Christie from EACH

Book online

About the presenter

Penny Christie has worked for the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation in the Gamblers Help team at EACH for almost 7 years as a Community Engagement Officer.

The role provides a platform to enable current evidence-based information sharing, about the risks and harm caused by gambling within the community.

Penny is passionate about informing young people and adults about the perils and collateral damage caused by gambling harm and how the normalisation of gambling and gaming within Australian society is driving more people to gamble.

For more information

Please contact Cathie Wills on 03 9294 5740 or email childrens.services.events@maroondah.vic.gov.au.

This session is hosted by Maroondah City Council in partnership with Knox City Council, Whitehorse City Council and Yarra Ranges Council.

When

Tuesday, 14 May 2024 | 07:30 PM - 08:45 PM

Location

Online

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