1. Child safe environments

2. A child safe organisation A child-safe organisation has a commitment to protect children from physical, sexual, emotional and psychological harm and from neglect. This commitment is more than simply minimising the risk or danger to children. It is about building an environment that is both child-safe and child-friendly. An environment in which children feel respected, valued and encouraged to reach their full potential. This commitment needs to be part of our organisation’s culture, reflected in the policies and procedures, and is understood and embraced by all our members. We have created a child-safe organisation when our club recognises its moral and legal responsibilities to ensure that children in its care are safe and establishes a safe and positive environment for them. This approach will help our club to grow and prosper into the future

3. Club administrator’s commitment The people who run our club ensure: our club rules promote the wellbeing and safety of kids all reasonable steps are taken to ensure our staff, coaches, officials and volunteers are suitable to work with our kids all our staff, coaches, officials and volunteers receive ongoing training, support and development about working with kids our kids can get involved in helping to keep our Club Child Safe and Child Friendly everyone involved in our club knows our Child Safe rules and policies and knows where to find them.

4. Minimum requirements of our organisation Risk management plan includes risk of harm to children Child safe policy outlines organisation commitment Guidelines and procedures to support policy Codes of conduct Criminal history assessment obligations are known Clear process for dealing with criminal history information Procedure for recruiting suitable staff and volunteers Staff and volunteers actively supported Training and development provided for staff and volunteers in child protection and child safe environments Encourage participation of children in organisation Education of staff and volunteers about role and responsibility in reporting suspected abuse and neglect Further information from www.families.sa.gov.au/childsafewww.families.sa.gov.au/childsafe

5. Hockey SA Work in Progress Risk management plan Hockey SA preparing overall risk register that may be cascaded to club level Child safe policy included in the Hockey Aust Member Protection Policy Guidelines and procedures to support policy – work in progress Codes of conduct included in the Hockey Aust Member Protection Policy Criminal history assessment – free with VOAN number; Club responsibility to drive; Hockey SA procedure coming soon Clear process for dealing with criminal history information – Club responsibility to do and assess; Hockey SA procedure coming soon Procedure for recruiting – staff/volunteer management procedure needed for STARCLUB; Hockey SA model document coming soon Staff and volunteers actively supported – Club role/culture Training and development – free resources through ORS & PBTR Encourage participation of children – Club role/culture Education of staff and volunteers – free resources through ORS & PBTR Further information from www.families.sa.gov.au/childsafewww.families.sa.gov.au/childsafe

6. Other Notes Mandatory Notification: Staff and volunteers of recreation and sport groups working with children have a legal obligation to report any suspected child abuse and / or neglect based upon reasonable grounds. ORS Childsafe Officer Education: Provided free for 1 or 2 people from a club to assist with awareness in the club. National Police Check: Under the Child Protection Act 1993 all people working on a regular basis with children require a criminal history assessment to be conducted. This is valid for 3 years. Club has the responsibility to identify these people and ensure they are clear about the obligation and process. Assessment must be conducted according to the Standards set by DECD: Families SA,

7. Resources for organisations The ‘Keeping children safe in recreation and sport’ – resource booklet Play By The Rules for online training of volunteers and participants Hockey Australia / Hockey SA for policies and recommended procedures. MORE INFO COMING FROM HOCKEY SA IN COMING MONTHS Web sites - Aust Sport Commission, Sport Medicine Aust, Families SA (www.families.sa.gov.au/childsafe) Training courses for your staff and or volunteers (Coaching, complaint handling, Child Safe Officer– check ORS website for future dates) Office for Recreation and Sport www.recsport.sa.gov.au or phone (08) 7424 7622www.recsport.sa.gov.au