POLICE CHECK POLICY - Australian Red Cross

POLICE CHECK POLICY2. SCOPEThis policy applies to all Red Cross people - existing and prospective staff, volunteers, boardmembers, state / territory advisory board members, committee members and office bearersand any member who as a volunteer, is involved in or wishes to be involved in providingservices to vulnerable people.3. DEFINITIONS‘agency personnel (AP)’‘applicant’designated Human Resources staff who are authorised torequest police checks, handle Police History Information(PHI) and other data relevant to applicants.an individual who provides written informed consent toauthorise Red Cross to conduct a police check of their name‘authorised officer (AO)’‘CrimTrac Agency(CrimTrac)’‘disclosable outcome’‘National Police HistoryCheck (NPHC)’The Recruitment Manager, Human Resources who is amember of the Human Resources leadership teaman Australian government executive agency, established byagreement between the Commonwealth, states andterritories in July 2000record of court convictions and findings of guilt, to whichprovisions of relevant spent convictions / non-disclosablelegislation and / or information release policies have beenappliedotherwise known as a ‘police check’NCHC is requested when an informed consent form has beencompleted by the person whose name will be checked andidentity has been established using the Austrac 100-pointcheck methodologyThis is an uncontrolled document – please access the intranet for the current versionDocument number: HR ATT 04Authorised by: Chris Steinfort – Director, Human ResourcesDate: 13 March 2013Australian Red Crosspage 2 of 6