The Lifetime Support Authority (LSA) requires that service providers ensure that staff and people contracted to work with Lifetime Support Scheme (LSS) participants have a Working with Children Check (WWCC) and that service providers maintain this for the duration of providing services for the LSA.

A NDIS Worker Check is accepted as an alternative to the WWCC unless the service provider is working with an LSS participant under the age of 18.

LSA staff will discuss with individual service providers the screening requirements of the LSA as part of the initial contracting of services for LSS participants.

While we do not require a copy of these screenings prior to commencing working with the LSS participants, we may, at any given time, ask service providers what screening checks they have in place or request copies, and document the response in our internal system.