HAMPTON HAMMERS

Induction for Coaches & Volunteers

(Updated Jan 2026)

 

All committee members, volunteers, team managers and coaches at Hampton Hammers Netball Club (HHNC) must understand their responsibilities to children and how to create a safe environment for them. This outlines your role and your responsibilities under Bayside & District Netball Association Inc (BDNA) to enable you to fully understand your responsibilities to children and how to create a safe environment for them.

At HHNC a child safe culture is championed and modelled at all levels and is understood to be the responsibility of everyone in our netball community. HHNC adopts and supports the following Netball Victoria Commitment to Child Safety

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Netball Victoria Commitment to Safeguarding Children & Young People

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Every person in the netball community has a responsibility to understand their role in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people in our care. Netball Victoria is committed to promoting and protecting the rights of children, and preventing abuse from occurring by fostering a culture where children feel safe and empowered. We also seek to ensure the cultural safety of First Nations children, children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and children with a disability.

 

Child Safeguarding Policy

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The Netball Australia Child Safeguarding Policy outlines the expected behaviour for interactions within Netball in Victoria. The primary aim of the Policy is to protect and safeguard Children and Young People.

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All people involved in Netball should:

• Provide a safe environment for Children and Young People in Netball and comply with this Policy.

• Ensure that any physical contact with others is appropriate to the situation and necessary for the person’s skill development within Netball.

• Refrain from intimate relations with persons with whom you have a position of authority over.

• Report breaches of the Policy to the appropriate Person(s) in a Position Responsibility and of Authority.

 

This Code is to be followed at all times by all Members and all people involved in any way with Netball and includes the following items:

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• Positive Guidance

• Adhering to Role Boundaries

• WWCC

• Use of language and tone of voice

• Supervision of young people

• Use of electronic communications

• Giving gifts to children and young people

• Photographs of children and young people

• Physical contact with children and young people

• Sexual misconduct and relationships

• Change room arrangements

• Use, possession or supply of alcohol or drugs

• Transporting Children

To read more information about each of these topics click here to download the Netball Australia Child Safeguarding Policy

 

Child Safety Cultural Respect & Diversity

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At Bayside & District there is an expectation that all members and all people involved in any way with Netball adhere to our organisation’s commitment to respecting and valuing aboriginal children.

This includes that :-

Staff and volunteers must encourage and support children to express their culture and enjoy their cultural rights

Staff and volunteers must actively support and facilitate participation and inclusion within the organisation by aboriginal children and their families

Staff and volunteers must understand that racism will not be tolerated with our organisation

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Child Safety in Netball Complaints Process

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Where a complaint, incident or matter arises which may be dealt with under this Child Safeguarding Policy, then it is to be resolved in accordance with the processes in this Policy, to the exclusion of all other NV or Netball Australia disciplinary or grievance

policies or processes.

 

Please refer to our website for full details pertaining to Child Safety, complaint management & record keeping at Bayside District Netball..For any concerns in relation to child safety, complaint or incident reporting please email out Complaints Officer Cathie Beven - support@baysidedistrictnetball.com.au

 

Other Resources

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NV Child Safeguarding Resource Hub

https://vic.netball.com.au/child-safety-netball

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Commission for Children & Young People

https://ccyp.vic.gov.au/resources/

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Sport & Recreation Fair Play Code -

https://sport.vic.gov.au/publications-and-resources/community-sport-resources/fair-play-code

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Department of Health & Human Services – Child Protection -

https://services.dffh.vic.gov.au/child-protection-contacts

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Education & Training Opportunities

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Play By the Rules – Child Protection Online Training

https://www.playbytherules.net.au/online-courses/child-protection-and-safeguarding-course

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Netball Victoria Child Safety Webinars

https://vic.netball.com.au/child-safeguarding-training

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