For aged care and NDIS providers
Witnessed properly, without moving anyone.
Aged care and disability providers deal with more declarations than most: screening declarations for new staff, statements from residents and participants, documents a family member has to sign from interstate. The people signing are often the ones for whom a trip to a JP is hardest. We witness statutory declarations, affidavits and some deeds by video call with an Australian lawyer, from wherever the person is.
Where it goes wrong
Residents and participants can't easily travel
A declaration from someone in care shouldn't mean a trip to find a JP. It can be done from their room.
Staff screening has a start date
New staff often have to make a declaration before they can begin. If the JP is closed, the roster waits.
Family members are interstate
A relative signing on a resident's behalf, or supporting an application, can be witnessed from their own home in another city.
Your own staff can't witness
Providers and their employees are interested parties for most of these documents. An external legal practitioner is not.
Documents we handle
- Statutory declarations for staff screening and pre-employment checks
- Declarations for worker screening applications
- Resident and participant statutory declarations
- Declarations from family members and representatives
- Declarations supporting NDIS plan and funding applications
- Affidavits for tribunal matters
- Service and supported accommodation agreements needing a witness
- Employment agreements and deeds
Why use us
Comes to the person
A video call reaches a resident's room, a participant's home or a relative's kitchen table. A support worker can help set up the device; the practitioner takes it from there.
A lawyer as witness
Every jurisdiction we cover permits audio-visual witnessing of statutory declarations by an Australian legal practitioner, and the endorsement records who witnessed the document and how.
Clear about what we can't do
Some documents can't be witnessed online, and we say so before anyone pays. See the question below.
$39 per document
Charged only once it's witnessed, whether you book a time or connect on demand. Regular volume? Ask about monthly invoicing.
Questions
Can you witness enduring powers of attorney or advance care directives?
No. We don't witness wills, enduring powers of attorney, enduring guardianship appointments or advance care and health directives online. See a solicitor or JP in person for those. Statutory declarations, affidavits and some deeds we can do.
What if the person needs help with the device?
A support worker or family member can set up the call and stay nearby, but the practitioner needs to see the person signing on their own and be satisfied they understand what they're signing. If the practitioner isn't satisfied, the session ends and nothing is charged.
What ID does a resident need?
An Australian driver licence, an Australian passport or a foreign passport, photographed on the device along with a selfie. If the person has none of these, contact us before booking.
Regular volume?
If your organisation needs documents witnessed regularly, tell us roughly how many and we'll talk about monthly invoicing. For a single document, just start a session.