Child Safeguarding Netball Victoria
As an affiliate under Netball Victoria, we follow the Netball Australia policy.
CHILD SAFETY
Dandenong Netball Association is a Child Safe Organisation. We commit to providing a safe environment for children in netball and we follow the principles and benchmarks Netball Victoria has in place.
Our Association agrees to comply with the Child Safety Standards through the Child Safety in Netball Code of Conduct and the Child Safety in Netball Policy.
The first step of the Child Safety policy requires that all individuals 18 years of age or older, who are in positions of responsibility where they have any interaction with junior members 17 years of age and younger, must have an approved Victorian Working With Children Check. These positions include Coaches, Team Managers, Umpires, Committee Members and Competition Staff.
Dandenong & District Netball Association agrees to comply with the Child Safety Standards through the Child Safety in Netball Code of Conduct and the Child Safety in Netball Policy.
Children Images Guidelines
/files/39447/files/taking_images_of_children fact sheet (play by the rules).pdf
For more information about the Working With Children Check, go to the following link:
Cyberbullying Photography Social Media
Photographs of Children and Young People
Dandenong & District Netball Association provide Children and Young People to whom a service is delivered to may be photographed while involved in an NV or Affiliate’s service, program, activity, event or facility only if:
D&DNA requests prior approval has been granted by their parents/guardian and by NV or the
relevant Affiliate;
- the context is directly related to participation in Netball;
- the Child or Young Person is appropriately dressed and posed; and
- the image is taken in the presence of other Persons in Positions of
Responsibility and Authority.
- Except in the case of Children and Young People and/or their parents/carers distributing photos of themselves or their own children to each other or to others, images are not to be distributed (including an attachment to an email) to anyone outside Persons in Positions of
- Responsibility and Authority other than the child photographed or their parent/carer, without knowledge and approval of a Senior Person
HOW TO DEAL WITH BREACHES OF THIS POLICY
Any Registered Member who feels that they have been the victim of such misuses of technology should save and store the offending material on their computer, mobile phone or other device.
If the content is of a sexually explicit nature, the Police should be informed immediately by the member (or parent in the case of a minor), followed by a report to the relevant Organising Body.
For all other instances of cyberbullying, the recipient and/or other person having knowledge of such behaviour, should print a copy of the material and immediately report the incident following the procedure listed below. The member affected should also report the abuse to the Internet site, if applicable, or the relevant telecommunications provider, in the case of mobile phone abuse.
PROCEDURE
All reports of cyberbullying and other online or mobile telephone harassment will be investigated fully and may result in a notification to Police where an Organising Body is legally obliged to do so. A notification to Police by an individual will not override an Organising Body’s responsibility to fully investigate a complaint, if one has been lodged with the Organising Body, and such investigation will be conducted alongside any Police investigation.
A Registered Member may make a complaint relating to Cybersafety if the conduct the subject of the complaint occurred before, during or after a Tournament, Competition, Activity or Event arranged by an Organising Body.
A Registered Member may make a complaints under Netball Victoria’s Competition Regulations, if the behavior the subject of the complaint occurred before, during or after a Tournament, Competition, Activity or Event arranged by an Organising Body.
A complaint may also be made under Netball Australia’s Member Protection Policy or Netball Victoria’s Member Protection Charter if the behavior the subject of the complaint is general in nature and/or ongoing and does not apply to a particular Tournament, Competition, Activity or Event arranged by an Organising Body.
PENALTIES
Under Netball Victoria’s Competition Regulations, a proven charge of an online breach of code of conduct, as per this policy, may attract one or more of the following penalties:
(a) A warning;
(b) A monetary fine;
(c) Suspension;
(d) Disqualification; and/or
(e) Any other such penalty as the Hearing Officer or Hearing Panel considers appropriate.
