organisational members or participants/clients of the organisation. Training materials; travel to and from training; and venue hire also cannot be paid for with the grant. Background screening checks of volunteers Funding is available to help with the cost of background screening checks of volunteers. These include criminal record checks, police checks and police certificates, working with children checks and working with vulnerable people checks. These checks are often mandatory and/or desirable when engaging volunteers, particularly when they are working with children and/or vulnerable people. Costs are not eligible if they are already paid for from other sources or they are not reasonably costed. Multicultural Access and Equity policy Australia’s Multicultural Access and Equity Policy: Respecting diversity. Improving responsiveness obliges Australian government agencies to ensure that cultural and linguistic diversity is not a barrier for people engaging with government and accessing services to which they are entitled, for example, by providing access to language services where appropriate. Grant applicants should consider whether services, projects, activities or events may require the use of professional translating or interpreting services in order to communicate with non-English speakers. If your Application Form states that a budget is required, costs for translating and interpreting services should be included in your application. Assessment The Assessment Team may be comprised of DSS officers from each state/territory and national offices. Teams will undertake training to ensure consistent assessment for all applications received. The Assessment Team will be bound by the APS Code of Conduct and the Secretary’s Instructions. Probity The selection of funding recipients must be fair, open and demonstrate the highest level of integrity, consistent with the public interest. The following principles will be applied through all stages of the selection process: fairness and impartiality; consistency, accountability and transparency of process; security and confidentiality of information; identification and resolution of conflicts of interest; compliance with legislative obligations and government policy. These principles are intended to achieve an equitable, justifiable and sound process. Adherence to the probity principles means that everyone involved with the selection process will act: impartially; with integrity, including avoiding actual or perceived conflicts of interest.
organisational members or participants/clients of the organisation. Training materials; travel to and from training; and venue hire also cannot be paid for with the grant. Background screening checks of volunteers Funding is available to help with the cost of background screening checks of volunteers. These include criminal record checks, police checks and police certificates, working with children checks and working with vulnerable people checks. These checks are often mandatory and/or desirable when engaging volunteers, particularly when they are working with children and/or vulnerable people. Costs are not eligible if they are already paid for from other sources or they are not reasonably costed. Multicultural Access and Equity policy Australia’s Multicultural Access and Equity Policy: Respecting diversity. Improving responsiveness obliges Australian government agencies to ensure that cultural and linguistic diversity is not a barrier for people engaging with government and accessing services to which they are entitled, for example, by providing access to language services where appropriate. Grant applicants should consider whether services, projects, activities or events may require the use of professional translating or interpreting services in order to communicate with non-English speakers. If your Application Form states that a budget is required, costs for translating and interpreting services should be included in your application. Assessment The Assessment Team may be comprised of DSS officers from each state/territory and national offices. Teams will undertake training to ensure consistent assessment for all applications received. The Assessment Team will be bound by the APS Code of Conduct and the Secretary’s Instructions. Probity The selection of funding recipients must be fair, open and demonstrate the highest level of integrity, consistent with the public interest. The following principles will be applied through all stages of the selection process: fairness and impartiality; consistency, accountability and transparency of process; security and confidentiality of information; identification and resolution of conflicts of interest; compliance with legislative obligations and government policy. These principles are intended to achieve an equitable, justifiable and sound process. Adherence to the probity principles means that everyone involved with the selection process will act: impartially; with integrity, including avoiding actual or perceived conflicts of interest.
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