Child Safety
Warragul Swimming Club takes the safety of it’s members seriously and as such has adopted Swimming Australia Safeguarding Children and Young People Policy. This policy aims to ensure that Swimming is safe, fair and in inclusive environment for all Children and Young People associated with Swimming.
This includes the introduction of a requirement of completion of the ‘Play by the Rules’ modules for all coaches and committee members. The club is aware that there are regular occasions where parents are asked to volunteer to help for example during club nights and swimming meets. We have decided, due to the high level of parental involvement, to join many other sporting clubs and require all parents and guardians of members who have regular contact with the club submit a current working with children’s check upon registration. This can be completed via: www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au.
Additionally, we phased in a requirement for parents to complete the ‘Play by the Rules’ online course which only takes around 30 minutes and can be accessed here: https://www.playbytherules.net.au/online-courses/child-protection-online-course. A certificate is generated after completion of the online course which can be emailed along with a copy of the Working with Children’s Check. to the Club Secretary for registration.
Our Child Safety Officer is Christine Backman (0413 229 508), for a full outline of our policy please refer to our Parent Handbook.
To report a child safety incident, please click below and provide the relevant information: