CHILD SAFE GUARDING
Policy
Iodasa is committed to the protection of its members- many of which are children. ( A child means a child or young person, or two or more children or young persons, who is or are under the age of 18 years).
As part of this commitment, Iodasa abides by and is guided by Australian Sailings Child Safe Guarding obligations and proceedures as managed through the National Integrity Framework (NIF)'s for Sports Integrity . More details on the obligations for all involved can be found detailed on the Australian Sailings Gateway Here.
Specifically links to the following:-
Every organisation and participants must accept their commitment to child safeguarding.
IODASA's Code of Conduct
By taking out membership with IODASA - sailors , parents, supporters, volunteers and officials alike, are agreeing to abide by IODASAs codes of conduct. These can be found following or within our ABOUT web pagetab.
Education
To assist parents , volunteers and members to understand their individial obligations regarding Child Safe guarding we ask that all parent / volunteers/ officials associated with Iodasa events undertake the online course for Child Safeguarding This course is prepared and administerd by Sports Integrity Australia.
A link to Australian Sailings Child Safeguarding Page can be found HERE. This page will further explain obligations on Child Safeguarding.
What is Bullying?
The Fair Work Act defines ‘bullying’ as repeated unreasonable behaviour towards another person or group which creates a risk to health and safety’. Bullying is deliberately hurting a specific person either physically, verbally, psychologically or socially. It can be carried out by one person or several people who are either actively or passively involved. In a sporting context bullying can take many forms, for example:
- an official being aggressive or intimidating to others
- a parent telling a child that they are incompetent, hopeless, useless, etc.
- a coach alienating an athlete (adult or child)
- several people ganging-up on an individual team member
- an athlete calling a referee names and using offensive language
- an administrator mocking or humiliating a young coach.1
Not all behaviour that makes an individual upset or anxious is bullying. For example, if someone makes an inappropriate comment but it is made once and is not repeated, this is not bullying. A one-off incident of inappropriate behaviour, however, may constitute a breach of a Code of Conduct.
Reporting
Reporting of incidents involving children is via compliance with the current version of Australian Sailings CHILD SAFEGUARDING POLICY
Should you wish to report a believed breech of the IODASA Code of Conduct to us, please email optisouthaustralia@gmail.com.
To assit with the handling of your concern, please find attached a template outlying basic information to be provided.
For serious incidents involvoing Child Safet Gurading and the required criteria met as per the Child Safeguarding Policy - a report can be made at MAKE AN INTEGRITY COMPLAINT OR REPORT | Sport Integrity Australia
Sport Integrity Australia offer a safe place for people to raise concerns about behaviour they’ve witnessed or experienced in sport. You can make an integrity complaint or report an issue via their website or call 1300 027 232, where bullying is based on protected characteristics.
