Under the Child Safe Standards, volunteers must receive induction and training in child safety that is appropriate to their role and responsibilities.
Thank you for your interest in volunteering at St Anthony’s Primary School.
The purpose of the induction is to ensure St Anthony’s Primary School volunteers are familiar with our policies and procedures relating to child safety and understand the important role they play in maintaining and promoting the safety of our students.
Volunteers are an essential support to programs operating at our school. In keeping in line with MACS (Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools) policies for supporting Child Safety, this induction has been put together to ensure you, as a volunteer, understand and successfully meet all child safety obligations when volunteering at our school.
Examples of volunteers:
- Parent / Carers / Guardians
- Family Members
- Community Members
Examples of types of volunteer work includes:
- Parents and Friends
- Assisting in a classroom
- Gardening/ Grounds Clean Up
- School Events, Graduation
- School Excursions / Incursions
Below is all of the Child Safety Induction information and related policies.
Upon reading all of the related policies below and completing the Volunteer Application & Induction, you are agreeing to understanding your obligations of child safety when volunteering at St Anthony’s Primary School.
PLEASE READ AND FAMILIARISE YOURSELF WITH ALL 10 SECTIONS – BEFORE COMPLETING VOLUNTEER INDUCTION.
Do I Need a Working With Children Check?
Working with Children Checks are required by law for people who engage in child-related work (whether paid or unpaid) as defined in the Worker Screening Act 2020 (Vic).
Where prospective volunteers are required under the law and this policy to have a WWC Clearance, the principal has the discretion to accept evidence of a WWC check application in order to commence volunteer work, provided the volunteer provides the school with evidence of the application outcome (clearance or exclusion) as soon as practicable after the applicant receives it.
Considering our legal obligations, and our commitment to ensuring that St Anthony’s Primary School is a child safe environment, we will require volunteers to obtain a WWC Clearance and produce their valid card to the office for verification in the following circumstances:
- Parent/family volunteers who are assisting with any classroom or school activities involving direct contact with children in circumstances where the volunteer’s child is not participating, or does not ordinarily participate in, the activity.
- Parent/family volunteers who assist with excursions (including swimming), camps and similar events, regardless of whether their own child is participating or not.
- Parent/family volunteers who regularly assist in school activities, regardless of whether their own child is participating or not
Thank you for completing our Volunteer Induction Process. You will receive an email confirmation when your application has been approved. (Time will depend on how quickly your referees respond)