Child Safety

Child Safety Protocol – Training & Match Days

Tegan Velluto

Email: childsafety@knoxunited.com

Phone: 0410 063 468

The Working with Children Check assists in protecting children from sexual or physical harm by ensuring that Club staff and volunteers who work with them are subject to a screening process.

All volunteers, coaches, assistant coaches and team managers at Knox United SC are required by law to register their WWC Checks with the Club.

Apply For A WWC Check

Provide your WWC Check

To provide details of your WWC Check to the Club, go to My Details and click on Change Details (or the Pen icon).

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The following matters are derived from the Victorian Government’s Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority. These actions are prohibited and may, depending on the specific circumstances, constitute Misconduct in accordance with the FV GDT:

• Ignore or disregard any suspected or disclosed child abuse;
• Put a minor at risk of abuse;
• Speak to a minor in a way that is or could be construed by any observer as overly harsh, threatening, intimidating, shaming, derogatory, demeaning, or humiliating. Some examples are offensive swearing in the presence of a minor, or intimidatory language and gestures directed at a minor;
• Express inappropriate personal views on cultures, race or sexuality in the presence of a minor (unless the minor is a member of your family);
• Discuss sexual activities with a minor (unless it is a specific job requirement and the person is trained to discuss these matters, or the minor is a member of your family), or engage in any sexually-oriented conversations with a minor;
• Have contact with a minor outside of Club activities or events without the Club’s knowledge and/or consent;
• Have any online contact with a minor (including by social media, email, instant messaging etc.) or their family without the Club or Team’s knowledge and/or consent;
• Exchange personal contact details such as phone number, social networking sites or email addresses with a minor (unless the minor is a member of your family) without the Club or Team’s knowledge and/or consent;
• Use, possess, or be under the influence of illegal drugs while in the presence of a minor;
• Use, possess, or be under the influence of alcohol while supervising a minor (unless the minor is a member of your family or your contact with the minor is accidental/incidental and you are not performing your professional obligations);
• Provide or allow a minor to consume illegal drugs;
• Discriminate against any minor, including because of age, gender, race, culture, vulnerability, sexuality, ethnicity or disability;
• Engage in rough physical games (outside of what is reasonably considered appropriate in a Club training session), hold, massage, kiss, cuddle or touch a minor in an inappropriate and/or culturally insensitive way (unless the minor is a member of your family and you comply with all relevant legislation);
• Take a minor to their home or encourage meetings outside Club activities or events (unless the child is a member of your family or parental permission has been provided) without the Club or Team’s knowledge and/or consent;
• Photograph or video a minor inappropriately, or in circumstances where you have been requested to cease;
• Be naked in the presence of a minor (unless the minor is a member of your family);
• Possess sexually oriented or morally inappropriate printed materials (magazines, cards, videos, films, messages, clothing, etc.) in the presence of a minor;
• Sleep in the same bed, sleeping bag or tent with a minor (unless the minor is a member of your family);
• Engage in sexual contact with a minor.

Any violation of this Code of Conduct by a committee member, volunteer, employee, coach, manager, player, parent or guardian or other Club Associate at the Club may be dealt with as a disciplinary matter by the Club, or may be referred to the FV as Misconduct under the FV GDT provisions.

In serious cases, including those that may constitute criminal behaviour, the matter may also be reported to Victoria Police or other relevant authorities.