Social Services Regulator (SSR) Working with Children (WWC) Webinar

About the webinar

The Social Services Regulator (SSR) invites you to register for our webinar about the changes that are coming to the Working with Children (WWC) scheme from Monday 19 October 2026. There are two important changes you need to know about:

if you engage a worker or volunteer to do child-related work, you will need to use the new online service WWC Connect to notify the SSR when they start or stop doing child-related work
mandatory child safety training will become part of the WWC Check application and renewal process.

When is the webinar?

Wednesday 14 October from 2–2:45 pm – you must register below to watch the webinar live.
Friday 16 October – a recording of the webinar will be available to stream on the SSR website. You do not need to register for the webinar to watch the recording.

Who should attend?

Representatives of organisations that engage workers or volunteers to do child-related work.
Workers or volunteers who hold a WWC Clearance to do child-related work do not need to attend.

What is it about?

You will learn about:

why the changes are occurring
what organisations need to know
WWC Connect
mandatory child safety training
what organisations should do to prepare
where to find more information.

Who is presenting?

Jonathan Kaplan, Social Services Regulator and Jessica Low, Executive Director Worker Screening and Child Safety Reform will be joined by Juanita Pope, Chief Executive Officer of the Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS) for a Q&A session. You can submit a question when you register below. We won’t be able to answer everyone’s individual questions in the webinar but they will help us determine key themes to focus on.

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Speakers

Jonathan Kaplan

Jonathan was appointed the inaugural Social Services Regulator of Victoria in February 2024. In response to recommendations from the Rapid Child Safety Review, since February 2026 the SSR has been responsible for key child safety schemes including the WWC Check. Prior to his appointment as the Social Services Regulator, Jonathan was the CEO of the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority, which regulates education and training in schools and vocational education and training providers.

Jessica Low

Jessica is the Executive Director, Worker Screening and Child Safety Reform at the Social Services Regulator, where she is responsible for the administration of the WWC Check scheme and NDIS Check scheme, and implementation of child safety reforms recommended by the Rapid Child Safety Review. Prior to this, Jessica has held several senior roles in the Victorian public sector, most recently as the Executive Director, Policy, Strategy and System Outcomes in the Corrections and Justice Services Group of the Department of Justice and Community Safety.

Juanita Pope

Juanita was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS) in November 2023.
A lawyer and consultant specialising in the not-for-profit sector, Juanita has 20 years’ experience in not-for-profit governance and leadership.
She worked for almost a decade at Justice Connect as Head of Not-for-profit Law and, before joining VCOSS, held the role of General Counsel and Company Secretary at climate advocacy organisation The Sunrise Project. Juanita has also practiced in corporate law and at the Federal Court of Australia. She studied at the University of Melbourne (1998-2003) obtaining a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts (majoring in Australian Studies and Cultural Studies).

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Social Services Regulator (SSR) Working with Children (WWC) Webinar

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