Waverley Little Athletics Centre Inc.

WAVERLEY LITTLE ATHLETICS CENTRE is a CHILD SAFE ORGANISATION

Kids, we expect you to enjoy doing athletics in a fun, safe environment with your friends.

Our Committee, Age Group Leaders, Officials, Coaches and Families are all responsible to make sure this happens. We all need to follow the LAVic Child Safe Code of Conduct.

If there are any issues, please contact our Child Safety Officers for Season 2023/24:

Caitlin Brusco or Linh Andree

Please refer to WLAC Child Safe Policy, LAVic Child Safe Policy and LAVic's Child Safe page for further details: https://lavic.com.au/child-safe/

CHILD SAFE ORGANISATION & CHILD SAFE STANDARDS

The safety of our athletes and families is paramount and as an organisation providing services and facilities specifically for children, we are required to meet Victorian Government Child Safe Standards from 1 January 2017.

The original 7 Child Safe Standards were recently replaced by 11 Standards, that came into effect on 1 July 2022.

The 11 new standards are outlined in this handout. The 4 major changes concentrated on:

• The prescribed involvement of families and communities in an organisation's efforts to keep children & young people safe
• A great focus on Indigenous children & young people
• Greater emphasis on managing risk in online environments
• Clarity on the governance, systems and proceses to be used to keep children & young people safe

More information can be found on LAVic website and Victorian Government Commission for Children and Young People website.

WORKING WITH CHILDREN CHECK (WWCC)

The Victorian Government introduced the Working with Children Act which came into effect on 1 July 2009.  The WWC Check applies to adults who are engaged in volunteer roles involving children.

Please refer to the LAVic WWCC Handout and Working with Children Check website for full details and exemptions.

• Any parent who intends to enter their child in a Region or State event do not require a WWC Check as they will be required to be present and officiate on the day their child is participating.
• However, if they volunteer to be a Key Official, by nominating to the Region or the LAVic for State events then they are required to have a WWC Check, as they could be officiating on the day when their child is not participating.
• Any person who does not have a 'closely related' child at the Centre must have a WWCC - e.g. Coaches and Walk Judges.
• Waverley Little Athletics Centre requests that all Committee Members, Coaches, Age Group Leaders and Key Officials have a WWC check.

How do I get a WWC check?

Volunteer WWC check are free and can be applied for online: Working with Children Check website. 

I already have a WWC Check

That's great!  Please ensure that you update your WWC details to include:

Waverley Little Athletics Centre Inc.
PO BOX 12
Glen Waverley VIC 3150

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Little Athletics Victoria - Waverley 34
Locked Bag 1011
Port Melbourne VIC 3207

Phone: 03 9960 8600
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Please log into the Working with Children Check website to update details of your WWCC and also show your WWCC card to a committee member, so that we can add it to our records.

Last Updated: 14/10/2023 13:07:21

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