COACHES AND MANAGERS

WORKING WITH CHILDREN – ALL TEAMS WITH PLAYERS U18 YEARS OF AGE

Football NSW requires all adults volunteering to assist with teams that contain players under the age of 18yrs old to obtain a Working with Children Check (WWC).

The WWC legislation provides exemptions from the requirement to obtain a WWC Number for certain categories of individuals, including:

1. Volunteer parents or close relatives coaching or managing their own child’s or close relative’s team;
2. Referees; and
3. Persons aged under 18 years of age.

Football NSW recognising that the WWC are only part of an organisation’s tools for promoting a child safe environment, the Board of Football NSW was concerned that these exemptions, particularly the first two, meant that a significant and important portion of the membership was not being subjected to the WWC. Accordingly, under their Working with Children Check Policy, the following require a WWC Number as a condition of registration:

1. Volunteer parents or close relatives coaching or managing their own child’s or close relative’s team;
2. Referees
3. All workers and volunteers involved in any official club, association etc. event or activity that involves over[1]night stays, tours or camps involving overnight accommodation.

All persons aged under 18 years of age, remain exempt.

How to Apply for a Working with Children Check

1. Go to Apply for a Working with Children Check (WWCC) | Service NSW
2. Complete the online application form
3. Take your email receipt, your proof of identity documents and fee (if applicable) to a Service NSW Centre.
4. WWC Screening will then commence
5. Give your APP/WWC Number to your club, association, referee branch, futsal centre to verify your details and clearance in the online verification system.

Apply for a working with children Check

Once the check is completed you will receive an APP number that will begins with WWC.

Please forward the APP/WWC number along with your surname, date of birth & team name to Stephanie Wilcox at

mpio@moorebanksoccer.com.au

If you have already got a current WWC number, please forward to details to the above email address.

All information and outcomes will be treated in the strictest confidence.