The Safe Clubs 4 Kids initiative encourages and supports the sport and active recreation industry to create and maintain safe environments for children and young people.

Children should be able to grow and develop in a safe environment without the risk of harm. Most people who volunteer or work with children are safe and do so to make a positive contribution and help children develop to their full potential.

History shows that child abuse occurs across all sectors of the community, including the area of sport and active recreation. However, by taking a few simple steps such as the Safe Clubs 4 Kids 4 considerations, you can adopt a proactive approach to creating a safe environment for children and young people.

Everyone can play a part in keeping children safe whilst having fun in the sport and active recreation environment.

CAWA Member
Protection Officer
Kerry Fullarton 

                                                          telephone

(08) 9274 3958

[email protected]

The Working with Children (WWC) Check is a compulsory screening strategy for people engaging in child-related work in Western Australia (WA) and the Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands. A person is in ’child-related work’ if the usual duties of their work involves, or is likely to involve contact with a child in connection with specified categories of work. It includes child-related work carried out by paid employees, volunteers, unpaid people and the self-employed.

In a lot of cases, parents volunteering in connection with their child’s activity are exempt (although this does not apply to some of the categories); however they should still be required to complete the non-WWC Check screening process. More information can be found here.

Only those in child-related work under the Act may apply.

Applicants will be issued with either:

• An Assessment Notice in the form of a WWC Card enabling them to be in all types of child-related work for three years unless there are new offences of concern.
• An Interim Negative Notice, which prohibits them from child-related work until a final decision is made on their application.
• A Negative Notice, which prohibits them from child-related work.

There are set obligations and strong penalties for non–compliance including for employers and volunteer co-coordinators.

For more information
visit the Working
With Children website

or telephone
1800 883 979 (toll free)

Child Safe Environment Guidelines