You are here:HomeMissionCCDSRE Training and FormationGuidelines for Parish Catechist CoordinatorsAuthorisation of SRE Catechists AUTHORISATION AND SAFEGUARDING A Working with Children Check (WWCC) Clearance Number must be obtained and provided to the parish office and A1 and A2 forms completed. The parish office will forward these to the CCD Office. The CCD Safeguarding training then needs to be completed. Upon completion of the CCD Safeguarding training, CCD will issue a provisional authorisation card. All Special Religious Education teachers/assistants from the Catholic Diocese of Broken Bay must be in possession of this card BEFORE visiting NSW Public Schools in the Diocese. For further information on authorising catechists download 'Authorisation of SRE Catechists' Click here to access the Flowchart/Checklist for Inducting New Catechists (PDF 82.6KB) You can also refer to the CCD Authorisation webpage where you will find links to such items as the current A1 and A2 forms for new catechists, the Diocesan Code of Conduct and the Department of Education's Code of Conduct just to name a few.