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Police Checks & Working with Children forms

HOMESTAY DIRECT requires all homestay families to have a current Police Check for all adults over 18 years of age residing in your home.  Police checks are required for homestays that wish to host international students over 18 years of age.  You can obtain a form either from websites below or from local police stations.

www.police.nsw.gov.au

www.police.vic.gov.au

www.police.qld.gov.au

www.police.sa.gov.au

If you are considering hosting students that are under 18 years of age we require you to obtain a Working with Children Check (WWC)  both for Victoria and NSW, if you reside in QLD you will need to obtain a Blue Card.

VIC  Working with Children Check www.justice.vic.gov.au/workingwithchildren

NSW Working with Children Check www.kids.nsw.gov.au

QLD  Blue Card www.bluecard.qld.gov.au

SA  Working with Children Check www.familiesandcommunities.sa.gov.au

Please note that you are considered a volunteer and these applications are free of charge. Please send photocopies of your PoliceCheck and/or Working with Children documents to our office for reference purposes.

For Host information Fact Sheets, please see the links below. If you have any suggestions for future fact sheets please email info@homestaydirect.com.au.

For more information regarding the tax free status of income received as a Homestay Host, see the Australian Taxation Office website: http://www.ato.gov.au

If at the weekend you require our services please leave a message on the following numbers:

  03 9670 3133 or  0414 418 377