{"id":921,"date":"2020-04-25T03:45:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T03:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dgn8hvux.dreamwp.com\/?page_id=921"},"modified":"2021-10-06T10:10:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T23:10:38","slug":"child-safety-code-of-conduct","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eism.org\/index.php\/child-safety-code-of-conduct\/","title":{"rendered":"Child Safety – Code of Conduct"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Safeguarding Children and Young People<\/span> at <\/span>EI<\/span>S<\/span>M<\/span> Events<\/span>
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The <\/span>Eastern Independent <\/span>Schools <\/span>Melbourne <\/span>(<\/span>EI<\/span>S<\/span>M<\/span>) provides the opportunity for students of member Colleges<\/span><\/p>

  • to enjoy and experience sport through representing their school,<\/span><\/li>
  • to strive for their personal best through individual and team based competition, <\/span><\/li>
  • to feel <\/span>valued, make new friends and social connections<\/span>, <\/span>develop a sense of self through mastery of skill <\/span>and involvement in teams<\/span><\/li>
  • to improve their physical fitness, health and well being<\/span><\/li><\/ul>

    Through the participation in sport <\/span>within <\/span>EI<\/span>S<\/span>M <\/span>we aim to develop:<\/span><\/p>

    • sportsmanship, including the ability to win with modesty, lose with dignity and accept decisions <\/span><\/li>
    • interpersonal skills, where students learn appropriate communication skills and behaviours within their <\/span>team and towards their opposition <\/span><\/li>
    • suitable competiti<\/span>ons that allow for new skills and\/or refine already existing skills<\/span><\/li>
    • students develop a <\/span>connectedness to their own College and <\/span>develop friendships\/ connections with <\/span>students <\/span>from other associated <\/span>Colleges <\/span><\/li>
    • students develop a sense of pride through represent<\/span>ing themselves and their College out in the community<\/span><\/li>
    • a range of students develop leadership skills<\/span><\/li>
    • staff have an opportunity to interact with students in a positive manner.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>

      Purpose<\/span><\/p>

      This Code of Conduct has a specific focus on safeguarding children and you<\/span>ng peopl<\/span>e <\/span>at <\/span>EISM <\/span>Events <\/span>against <\/span>sexual, physical, psychological and emotional abuse or neglect. It is intended to complement <\/span>other professional <\/span>and\/or <\/span>occupational <\/span>codes<\/span>. <\/span>All staff, volunteers, contractors, and board members at <\/span>EI<\/span>S<\/span>M <\/span>are expected to acti<\/span>vely contribute to a school <\/span>sporting association <\/span>culture that respects the dignity of its members and affirms the values of care for others, <\/span>compassion and justice. They are required to observe child safe principles and expectations for appropriate <\/span>behaviour towards and in the company of children, as noted below.<\/span><\/p>

      Acceptable behaviours<\/span><\/p>

      All staff, volunteers, contractors, <\/span>visitors, parents\/guardians <\/span>and board members are responsible for supporting the <\/span>safety of children <\/span>within our association <\/span>by:<\/span><\/p>

      • adhering to the <\/span>EISM <\/span>Child Safety Policy <\/span>and upholding the associations commitment to child safety at all <\/span>times<\/span><\/li>
      • taking all reasonable steps to protect the young people at our events from abuse<\/span><\/li>
      • treating everyone in the <\/span>EISM <\/span>community with respect, modelling <\/span>positive and respectful relationships and <\/span>acting in manner that sustain a safe and positive environment<\/span><\/li>
      • promoting the cultural safety, participation and empowerment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander <\/span>young people<\/span><\/li>
      • promoting the cultural safety partic<\/span>ipation and empowerment of young people with culturally and \/or <\/span>linguistically diverse backgrounds<\/span><\/li>
      • promoting the safety, participation and empowerment of young people with a disability<\/span><\/li>
      • if an allegation of child abuse is made, ensuring as quickly as pos<\/span>sible that the young person\/people are <\/span>safe in accordance with the <\/span>EISM <\/span>Child Safety Policy<\/span><\/li>
      • ensuring that this Code of Conduct is followed in any interactions with students from every associated <\/span>member school of <\/span>EISM <\/span>when attending any <\/span>EISM <\/span>event<\/span><\/li><\/ul>

        Unacceptable behaviours<\/span><\/p>

        All staff, volunteers, contractors, <\/span>visitors, parents\/guardians <\/span>and board members <\/span>must <\/span>NOT<\/span>:<\/span><\/p>

        • exhibit behaviours with young people which may be construed as unnecessarily physical<\/span><\/li>
        • engage in open discussions of a mature or adult nature <\/span>in the presence of young people<\/span><\/li>
        • use inappropriate language in the presence of young people <\/span><\/li>
        • express personal views on culture, race or sexuality in the presence of young people<\/span><\/li>
        • discriminate against any young person on the basis of age, gender, race, cultu<\/span>re, vulnerability, sexuality, <\/span>ethnicity or disability<\/span><\/li>
        • photograph or video a young person without the consent of the parent or guardian<\/span><\/li>
        • consume alcohol or take illicit drugs under any circumstances at an event where students are present.<\/span><\/li>
        • work with any young <\/span>person while under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs<\/span><\/li><\/ul>

          Responsibilities in matters of Child Safety: <\/span><\/p>

          All staff, volunteers, contractors, <\/span>visitors, parents\/guardians <\/span>and board <\/span>members <\/span>are responsible <\/span>for<\/span>:<\/span><\/p>

          • listening and responding to concerns of young people; particularly if they are telling <\/span>y<\/span>ou that they or <\/span>another young person have been abused or that they are worried about their safety\/the safety of another <\/span>young person<\/span><\/li>
          • reporting any allegations of child <\/span>abuse as outlined in <\/span>the <\/span>EISM <\/span>Child Protection <\/span>\u2013<\/span>Reporting Obligations<\/span><\/li>
          • understanding and complying with all reporting obligations as they relate to <\/span>mandatory <\/span>reporting and <\/span>reporting under the Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) and as contained in the <\/span>EISM <\/span>Child Safety Policy<\/span><\/li>
          • reporting any child safety concerns as outlined in the <\/span>EISM <\/span>Child Protection <\/span>\u2013<\/span>Reporting Obligations<\/span><\/li>
          • ensuring as far as practical that adults are not alone with a young person<\/span><\/li>
          • ensuring child safety protocols<\/span>(as stipulated in the EISM <\/span>Child Safety Policy)<\/span>at all <\/span>EISM <\/span>events and <\/span>venues are implemented<\/span><\/li>
          • ensuring risk assessments at all <\/span>EISM <\/span>events and venues incorporate child safety <\/span><\/li><\/ul>

            All staff, volunteers, contractors, <\/span>visitors, parents\/guardians <\/span>and board <\/span>members <\/span>must NOT<\/span>:<\/span><\/p>

            • ignore or <\/span>disregard any suspected or disclosed child abuse<\/span><\/li>
            • put young people at risk of abuse<\/span><\/li>
            • initiate unnecessary physical contact with a young person or do things of a personal nature that a young <\/span>person can do for themselves, such as toileting or changing clothes<\/span><\/li>
            • exchange personal contact details such as phone number, social networking sites or personal email <\/span>addresses with a young person <\/span><\/li><\/ul>

              Full details of the following are available on the EISM Website (<\/span>www.eism.org):<\/span>–<\/span><\/p>

              • EISM <\/span>Child Safety Policy<\/span><\/li>
              • EISM Child Protection <\/span>\u2013<\/span>Reporting Obligations<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                Child Safety -Code of Conduct Safeguarding Children and Young People at EISM Events The Eastern Independent Schools Melbourne (EISM) provides the opportunity for students of member Colleges to enjoy and experience sport through representing their school, to strive for their personal best through individual and team based competition, to feel valued, make new friends and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"David Chung","author_link":"https:\/\/eism.org\/index.php\/author\/david\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Child Safety -Code of Conduct Safeguarding Children and Young People at EISM Events The Eastern Independent Schools Melbourne (EISM) provides the opportunity for students of member Colleges to enjoy and experience sport through representing their school, to strive for their personal best through individual and team based competition, to feel valued, make new friends and…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eism.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/921"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eism.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eism.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eism.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eism.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=921"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/eism.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4331,"href":"https:\/\/eism.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/921\/revisions\/4331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eism.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}