A new draft on the management of child safety in aquatic facilities was released this week by Royal Life Saving Society – Australia and the National Aquatic Industry Committee and is designed to help the aquatic industry understand and improve child safe practices.
The draft guideline provides owners and operators of aquatic facilities with practical guidance on how to interpret, apply and operationalise the 10 National Principles for Child Safe Organisations and the 11th Victorian Principle relating to cultural safety for Aboriginal children and young people. The new guideline will be available for consultation to subscribers to the Guidelines for Safe Pool Operations (GSPO) for the next three months. Click below to access the feedback form along with the Guidelines in the GSPO subscriber area.
CHILD SAFETY TRAINING MODULES
To support the aquatic industry in implementing the National Principles for Child Safety, Royal Life Saving last year developed and released two e-learning modules to make compliance easier. The modules are split into two stakeholder groups whose responsibilities differ: one targeted at frontline workers and the other at management level staff.
These are available through the Royal Life Saving Queensland training website www.lifesavingtraining.com.au/pd
