We welcome all parents and carers who are able to make a commitment to volunteering at our school. Being part of your child’s educational journey is an important part of their success in their own education. We welcome and invite volunteers to be part of not only your own child’s educational journey, but that of other children as well.

There are many roles that can be undertaken as a volunteer such as, in classroom helpers program that includes helping our students with reading, writing and numeracy. As well as supporting our incursions, excursions, and camps that are regularly organised to ensure our students are participating in a holistic education that includes extracurricular activities.

If you are interested in becoming part of the volunteer helpers program, please follow the steps below:-

STEP 1: Working with Childs Check

It is a requirement by law that all school volunteers have a valid Working with Children Check (WWCC) to be able to work with students. The WWCC is a screening process for assessing or re-assessing people who work with or care for children in Victoria. All information and applying for a volunteer WWCC can be obtained here:- Working with Children Check | vic.gov.au (www.vic.gov.au) . Please be mindful that this process can take a long time and it is advisable that if you are wanting to apply that a minimum of 3 weeks is needed but may take even longer.

Once you have your WWCC, this will need to be handed into the office so a photocopy can be taken and kept on file.

STEP 2: Child Safety Induction pack  

The Child Safety Induction pack supports the importance of our school's commitmment to child safety and promoting child safety within our community. It outlines the purpose and ensures our volunteers are familiar with our school's policies and procedures relating to child safety. Below are the policies that you will be able to access and read from the induction pack. 

• Volunteers Policy
• Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy
• Child Safety Code of Conduct
• Child Safety Responding and Reporting Obligations Policy and Procedures

STEP 3: Watch the online Volunteers Induction Module on Child Safe Standards

The Child Safe Standards presentation will discuss the requirements of all staff, volunteers, and School Council members of PVSPS by observing the Child Safe Principles and expectations for appropriate behaviour towards and in the company of children. This Module will run for approximately 25 minutes. Pleae click HERE to access the training module. 

Then watch the following 5 minute video:- PROTECT: Identifying Signs of Abuse

STEP 4: 

Complete the survey on Google Forms by clicking HERE. 

Once this quiz is completed, Leadership will be able to confirm your ability to volunteer in our school. You will need to let The Assistant Principal know at the school office. This will be checked and confirmed with an invitations to come in and sign a confidentiality agreements as the Child Safe Standards Code of Conduct form.  

STEP 5: Sign and date

Ensure that once you have completed steps 1 – 4, you then sign and date the Confidentiality Agreement and the Child Safe Standards Code of Conduct form at the office. These forms will be available for you in hard copy once the Child Safe Standards module has been completed.  

Please Note:

The Department of Education requires all volunteers must be inducted before helping and supporting our children. Therefore, our Volunteer Induction Process is required annually. All 5 steps must be completed along with the short survey to ensure you have completed the Child Safe Standards Induction. 

Child Safety Induction Pack - Volunteers

Purpose

Thank you for your interest in volunteering at our school. The purpose of this induction pack is to ensure Pascoe Vale South Primary School volunteers are familiar with our policies and procedures relating to child safety and understand the important role they play in maintaining and promoting the safety of our students.

Volunteers must read the suite of policies and procedures in the links below before commencing any work where children are likely to be present.

Key messages

• Pascoe Vale South Primary School is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children. We want children attending our school to be safe, happy and respected.
• We are committed to creating inclusive environment where diversity is supported and students feel safe to bring their whole selves to school.
• Allegations and concerns relating to the safety and wellbeing of our school community will be treated very seriously and consistently with our policies and procedures.
• We are committed to preventing child abuse, identifying risks early and removing and reducing these risks.
• Everyone has a role to ensure children are safe – if something doesn’t feel right, speak up. If you have any concerns about any inappropriate behaviours in the school community you should speak to the Principal and/or Assistant Principal. If this would not be appropriate in the circumstances, you can contact the North West Regional Office of the Department of Education and Training on 1300 338 691.

Induction materials – must read

This induction pack contains the following documents that all new volunteers must read and familiarise themselves with. Please click on the hyperlinks to access each document. If you would prefer a hard copy of this pack, please contact the team in the office who will happily provide you with one.

• Pascoe Vale South Primary School Volunteers Policy
• Pascoe Vale South Primary School Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy
• Pascoe Vale South Primary School Child Safety Responding and Reporting Obligations Policy and Procedures
• Pascoe Vale South Primary School Child Safety Code of Conduct
• PROTECT: Four Critical Actions for Schools – Responding to incidents, disclosures and suspicions of child abuse
• PROTECT: Identify child abuse

Contact

We value your feedback on ways we can continue to improve and strengthen our child safety approach and encourage you to contact the Principals with any comments or questions.