The Department of Communities says its Working with Children (WWC) Screening Unit is undertaking a proactive advertising and awareness campaign.
The Department said the aim of the campaign was to increase the compliance of people in child-related work, protecting more children in the process.
It said in a statement that the campaign consisted of four one-minute infographic videos produced to educate people about their responsibilities under the Working with Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004.
“The videos will run on social media and digital advertising platforms such as Facebook and Gumtree, where people often advertise services such as child-minding, tutoring, coaching and children’s party services,” the statement said.
“The campaign continues recent work done to examine 230 advertisements placed in newspapers and on Gumtree and Facebook by self-employed people in child-related work.”
It said the audit resulted in the removal of 52 advertisements following contact from the WWC Screening Unit while a further 32 were referred to the compliance team for investigation.
The WWC Screening Unit is part of the Department of Communities and is the regulator of the WWC Check in Western Australia and the Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
“This campaign serves as a reminder that it’s up to all of us to keep children’s safety in mind,” the statement said.
