Working With Children Check (VIC)
A Working With Children Check (WWC) is the clearance a person must hold to do child-related work in Victoria. Victoria's register is operated through Service Victoria and the Department of Justice. Oho recognises it as a Victorian Working With Children Check and can confirm it against the official register.
Who needs it
Anyone engaged in child-related work in Victoria — employees and volunteers alike. In Victoria the check is the worker's own responsibility; there is no formal employer linkage recorded against the card.
What Oho needs
The card or application number printed on the WWC card, plus the holder's name. The surname must match the name on the register. If the surname does not match (for example, after a name change), an alternate name can be supplied and the verification retried.
How Oho verifies it
Oho queries the Victorian register in real time and returns a result in under ten seconds. Once verified, Oho re-checks it on the schedule you set up in the Verification Sources tab, so a change in status is picked up without anyone re-checking it manually. Renewals flow through automatically — when the holder renews, the updated card details and expiry are reflected in Oho on their own.
Victoria does not record an employer against the check, so the worker carries the obligation to keep it current. Oho's monitoring still surfaces any change for your records.
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.