NDIS Worker Screening Check
An NDIS Worker Screening Check is a national criminal-history and risk-assessment check required for workers who deliver NDIS supports and services. It is more comprehensive than a standard police check. Oho can confirm an NDIS Worker Screening clearance against the official screening source.
Who needs it
Workers in risk-assessed roles delivering NDIS supports or services. The clearance is valid for five years and is recognised across all states and territories as a single national clearance, so a worker does not need a separate check per jurisdiction.
What Oho needs
The NDIS Worker Screening clearance or application number, plus the holder's name. The check itself is risk-assessed by the authorised state or territory screening unit; Oho verifies the resulting clearance.
How Oho verifies it
Oho verifies the clearance against the relevant screening source and can monitor it for status changes over its five-year life, so a clearance that is suspended or revoked is surfaced without you re-checking it manually.
Reading the result
Every check resolves to one of a few outcomes, shown with a colour so it's easy to scan:
| Outcome | Colour | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| MAY_ENGAGE | Green | Valid and current — the person is cleared for the work. |
| MAY_NOT_ENGAGE | Red | Not valid — for example expired, suspended, cancelled, or no matching record. |
| REVIEW_REQUIRED | Yellow | Valid but carries conditions worth a person reviewing before relying on it. |
| IN_PROGRESS | Grey | Still being checked — some registers take a little longer to respond. |
| ERROR | Grey | The register couldn't be reached; Oho will try again. |
Oho keeps watching afterwards and updates the outcome automatically if the status changes, and the worker's profile keeps a history of every check.