Making the vulnerable safer through:

  1. Continuous validation

  2. Rapid notification

  3. Expiry management

  4. Evidence of due diligence

  5. All in one place

 

Oho closes the window of risk to a maximum of 7 days – for most organisations the risk window is at best 12 months but could be up to 3 years.

The outcomes of major incidences of reform, such as the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse, have shifted the burden of proof to organisations. Regulation in all Australian states is responding with more stringent requirements enshrined in law. For example, Victoria’s Child Safe Standards require organisations to demonstrate – at any time – they have taken every possible measure to provide a safe environment and must maintain personnel record-keeping for at least 45 years. All employers should regularly ask, ‘are we compliant’.

There is no middle ground between being certain of compliance and not. If all employees are not verifiably compliant at any point in time, the risk cannot be justified to customers, their families and fellow workers, as well as stakeholders and investors.

Australia lacks national schemes, with state agencies responsible for verifications registration in their jurisdiction but without uniform processes, requirements or integration. This is unlikely to change due the structure of federation and state responsibility for criminal law. Not only does this situation creates a complex management challenge for organisations working across state borders and/or providing services to a diverse customer base but even within states, a heavy administrative burden to ensure the workforce and volunteer base is compliant with accreditations. Until Oho.

We designed Oho to overcome these complex challenges, as well as the everyday issues faced by managers.

 

Features

Continuous validation
Put your checks on auto pilot. No more double or triple handling. Enter card details once and let Oho do the rest. Accreditations will be verified automatically every week.

Rapid notification
Never miss an important update. Gauge your organisation’s position at the Oho dashboard. Automatically receive email notifications when an accreditation is due to expire, has expired or has been revoked.

Evidence of due diligence
Say goodbye to paper based records and excel spreadsheets that can be lost or tampered with. Exceed the expectations of your auditors. Get a secure and enduring audit trail, accessible now and into the future.

Expiry management
Oho expiry management covers common accreditations you can’t verify such as National Police Checks and first aid certificates. Use common accreditations or build your own such as coach, chaplain, or crisis trainer (anything you like).

All in one place
Choose to use the Oho interface or integrate to your HR application to ensure a single source of truth for all verifiable and expiry based accreditations.

 

Accreditations covered

Currently we can verify:
  • VIC, NSW, TAS, WA, NT & SA Working with Children Check
  • ACT Working with Vulnerable People Check (expiry management only)
  • QLD Blue Card & Blue Card Exemption
  • VIC, NT, QLD, SA, TAS & WA Teachers Check
  • AHPRA Medical Registration Number
  • NDIS Worker Check
  • Right to Work (VEVO)
  • Qualifications via the Universal Student Identifier (USI)

 

Be certain. Protect your organisation and those in your care.

 

oho

Oho

Oho keeps a constant watch on your staff and volunteer accreditations.

Oho is a purpose-led social venture, established to meet the growing need for continuous monitoring of workers and volunteers who are responsible for vulnerable people. Their cloud-based national verification platform continuously monitors the registration status of people required to have verified credentials as a condition of their employment.

Verifiable credentials registers are administered by a range of state and federal government agencies. Verification is required by law; it considers the criminal history and professional conduct of workers and volunteers to ensure vulnerable people such as children, people with disability and the elderly are protected. Oho technology stores all verification records securely and transparently, establishing a secure, enduring, independent audit trail, and providing the most robust capability available. Data contributes to an overall record-keeping continuum: a permanent ledger of organisational compliance.

Compliant with privacy laws, data input during the verification process remains confidential and is not captured or shared. The verification footprint of the individual is visible, and any breach will trigger an alert for any organisation the person works for, or has worked for, in the Oho network. The Oho distributed ledger records each time accreditations are initially verified and any subsequent change in status, so compliance can be demonstrated at any time to organisation leaders, auditors and regulatory agencies.

Oho replaces inadequate paper-based or spreadsheet record-keeping, negating the common risk of periodic or the more common practice of no ongoing verification of employee credentials after onboarding.

Furthermore, Oho manages the complexity of verifying employees working in different services and sectors, in different jurisdictions and different credentials. Oho is the only provider that delivers permanent and perpetual proof of verification.

Even if one person is saved from abuse, Oho will be successful. But we have the capacity to protect millions of Australians by using technology for good.

Oho already works in the NFP space, but they are offering exclusive preferential pricing for qualified Connecting Up members.

 

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