What are the prerequisites to becoming a volunteer or mentor?
To become a Hear For You mentor you need to:
- Be over 18 years of age.
- Be deaf or hard of hearing.
- Have a Child Protection Check number and/or be willing to acquire one.
- Have a valid NDIS Worker Screening Check and/or be willing to acquire one.
What is an NDIS Worker Screening Check?
An NDIS worker screening check is where a state or territory worker screening unit assesses whether a worker poses a threat to a person with disability.
State and territory worker screening units do the check on behalf of the NDIS Commission. The check decides if a worker is ‘cleared’ or ‘excluded’ from working in certain roles with people with disability. NDIS worker screening checks are valid for up to 5 years.
(Information taken from NDIS Commission website – Worker screening | NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission)
How do I apply?
- If eligible, an interview either in-person or over a video-call will be arranged
- You will need to undertake additional training to become a Mentor
- Contact [email protected] to express your interest
