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Looking after children

Two quite different things sit under this heading, and the difference is who has checked the person.

Registered service, or private arrangement

A registered service — outside school hours care, a family day care scheme — screens its staff, is rated, and is regulated. It may also attract the Child Care Subsidy.

A private arrangement is you and another person. Depending on the state and the circumstances, a Working with Children Check may not be legally required for it at all. That does not mean you should not ask for one; only that nobody else is going to.

AskFam has checked neither. Anything you see here is a public listing, or somebody describing themselves.

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