Victoria’s Disability Worker Regulation Scheme is being established under the Disability Service Safeguards Act 2018.
The Act:
- creates a voluntary registration scheme for disability workers, commencing 1 July 2021
- provides a way to make a complaint about any disability worker in Victoria
- requires all unregistered disability workers to comply with a code of conduct
- creates the Victorian Disability Worker Commission, the Victorian Disability Worker Commissioner and the Disability Worker Registration Board as regulators of the scheme.
The Scheme is designed to protect vulnerable people from harm and neglect by stopping people who pose a serious risk of harm from providing disability services.