Child Safety Officer PD
Objective:
- To assist the club in creating a safe environment for children by managing the club’s Child Safety program
Responsibilities:
- Monitor the child safety requirements imposed by the Federal Government, State Government, and peak sporting body including:
- The Child Safety standards
- Mandatory reporting requirements
- National Integrity Framework
- Help the club achieve the Child Safety Standards by adhering to the compliance indicators provided by the Commission for Children and Young People
- Promptly and thoroughly respond to any complaints made by staff, volunteers, parents or children; by following the club’s approved complaints response process.
🚸 Our club is committed to child safety and wellbeing. We have zero tolerance for child abuse.
We respect and celebrate First Nations peoples and we encourage them to share their culture. We have zero tolerance for racism.
We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment and promoting cultural safety for children.
All volunteers & staff are required to comply with the following child safety requirements:
- Adhere to the club’s Code of Conduct and Child Safety & Wellbeing policy
- Support children to express their culture and enjoy their cultural rights
- Support and respond to children who are experiencing vulnerability
- Act on incidents of racism
- Notify the club’s Child Safety Officer (or Committee) about any new risks or hazards to child safety
- Notify the club’s Child Safety Officer (or Committee) about any child safety-related concerns
This role has the following child safety and wellbeing requirements:
The person in this role must:
- undergo a child safety screening and referee checking process before commencing in their role
- undergo a short induction on the club’s child safety practices
- undergo child safety training in all aspects relevant to the club’s child safety requirements
- have the skills to be respectful to children, help them feel psychologically safe, and comply with the club’s child safety practices
- have a strong awareness of the diverse needs of children.
This role has specific responsibilities to help keep children safe. This role may have direct contact with vulnerable children including access to their personal information.
Disclaimer: While care has been taken to prepare all Pro Sport Coach resources, templates, systems, information, and training (“Content”), it is provided as general information only. This Content is not a substitute for legal, medical, or financial advice. The information contained in this content is not specific to your individual needs, and care must be taken when using it to ensure your compliance with any laws, rules, or standards that apply to you and your organisation. Relevant laws and standards may differ across States, Territories, and other jurisdictions, and, these laws and standards may have changed since this Content was created. It is recommended that you seek legal advice to help you adhere to any applicable laws before using this content. Pro Sport Coach does not warrant the accuracy, subsistence, or completeness of the information in this content and by using this content you agree to waive your right to receive damages from Pro Sport Coach and its directors arising out of any inaccuracies or omissions in connection with this content. By using or relying on this content, you agree to indemnify Pro Sport Coach of any costs, liabilities, or damages that arise from your use or reliance on this content.
Do you need a WWCC? What are the exemptions we should be aware of?
The Victorian Government provides a helpful tool where it asks you several questions to determine if you need a check. You can use this tool here:
Many clubs are unaware that there are a range of exemptions available which means not everyone who works with children will automatically need a check. However, the Child Safety Standards still require you to take risk management approach to volunteering and you may determine that a WWCC is a good way to reduce certain risks.
The key issue at stake for clubs is that there are many helper-type volunteering roles in clubs that are hard to fill. For example, in junior matches you often need scorers, marshals, and/or goal umpires, which, if we legally needed to have WWCC’s completed before individuals can help, it makes life very difficult! However, with there being several exemptions, (for example, parents might not need a check if they are volunteering in activities that their child normally participates in), it provides some very useful flexibility to fill these occasional roles.
The link below provides some information about the various exemptions (although please note that there are other categories of people who don’t need a check, such as those who are only in contact with children in an incidental manner – use the ‘Do I need a check?’ tool (above) to explore this more).
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Child Safety Officer - PD
- To assist the club in creating a safe environment for children by managing the club’s Child Safety program
- Monitor the child safety requirements imposed by the Federal Government, State Government, and peak sporting body including:
- The Child Safety standards
- Mandatory reporting requirements
- National Integrity Framework
- Help the club achieve the Child Safety Standards by adhering to the compliance indicators provided by the Commission for Children and Young People
- Promptly and thoroughly respond to any complaints made by staff, volunteers, parents or children; by following the club’s approved complaints response process.
🚸 Our club is committed to child safety and wellbeing. We have zero tolerance for child abuse.
We respect and celebrate First Nations peoples and we encourage them to share their culture. We have zero tolerance for racism.
We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment and promoting cultural safety for children.
All volunteers & staff are required to comply with the following child safety requirements:
- Adhere to the club’s Code of Conduct and Child Safety & Wellbeing policy
- Support children to express their culture and enjoy their cultural rights
- Support and respond to children who are experiencing vulnerability
- Act on incidents of racism
- Notify the club’s Child Safety Officer (or Committee) about any new risks or hazards to child safety
- Notify the club’s Child Safety Officer (or Committee) about any child safety-related concerns
This role has the following child safety and wellbeing requirements:
The person in this role must:
- undergo a child safety screening and referee checking process before commencing in their role
- undergo a short induction on the club’s child safety practices
- undergo child safety training in all aspects relevant to the club’s child safety requirements
- have the skills to be respectful to children, help them feel psychologically safe, and comply with the club’s child safety practices
- have a strong awareness of the diverse needs of children.
This role has specific responsibilities to help keep children safe. This role may have direct contact with vulnerable children including access to their personal information.
Disclaimer: While care has been taken to prepare all Pro Sport Coach resources, templates, systems, information, and training (“Content”), it is provided as general information only. This Content is not a substitute for legal, medical, or financial advice. The information contained in this content is not specific to your individual needs, and care must be taken when using it to ensure your compliance with any laws, rules, or standards that apply to you and your organisation. Relevant laws and standards may differ across States, Territories, and other jurisdictions, and, these laws and standards may have changed since this Content was created. It is recommended that you seek legal advice to help you adhere to any applicable laws before using this content. Pro Sport Coach does not warrant the accuracy, subsistence, or completeness of the information in this content and by using this content you agree to waive your right to receive damages from Pro Sport Coach and its directors arising out of any inaccuracies or omissions in connection with this content. By using or relying on this content, you agree to indemnify Pro Sport Coach of any costs, liabilities, or damages that arise from your use or reliance on this content.
Do you need a WWCC? What are the exemptions we should be aware of?
The Victorian Government provides a helpful tool where it asks you several questions to determine if you need a check. You can use this tool here:
Many clubs are unaware that there are a range of exemptions available which means not everyone who works with children will automatically need a check. However, the Child Safety Standards still require you to take risk management approach to volunteering and you may determine that a WWCC is a good way to reduce certain risks.
The key issue at stake for clubs is that there are many helper-type volunteering roles in clubs that are hard to fill. For example, in junior matches you often need scorers, marshals, and/or goal umpires, which, if we legally needed to have WWCC’s completed before individuals can help, it makes life very difficult! However, with there being several exemptions, (for example, parents might not need a check if they are volunteering in activities that their child normally participates in), it provides some very useful flexibility to fill these occasional roles.
The link below provides some information about the various exemptions (although please note that there are other categories of people who don’t need a check, such as those who are only in contact with children in an incidental manner – use the ‘Do I need a check?’ tool (above) to explore this more).
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