Assistant Principal

Volunteers Policy

Link: Volunteers-Policy.pdf (elthamhs.vic.edu.au)

Eltham High School recognises the valuable contribution that volunteers provide to our school community and the work that we do. The Volunteers Policy outlines the processes that Eltham High School will follow to recruit, screen, supervise and manage volunteers to provide a child safe environment, and to explain the legal rights of volunteers. To ensure that we are meeting our legal obligations under the Working with Children Act 2005 (VIC) and the Child Safe Standards, Eltham High School is required to undertake suitability checks which in most cases will involve asking for evidence of a Working with Children (WWC) Clearance and may also involve undertaking reference, proof of identity, qualification and work history involving children checks.

Visitors to School Policy

Link: Visitors-to-the-School-Policy.pdf (elthamhs.vic.edu.au)

Eltham High School strives to create an open and inclusive school community and encourages parents and carers to be actively involved in their child’s development and education. We aim to provide a safe and secure learning and teaching environment for students and staff by establishing processes to monitor and manage visitors to the school. Our policy outlines requirements for visitors to the school, such as visiting during the school’s hours of instruction, sign-in procedures and requirements for Working with Children Check cards.

We further encourage all visitors to familiarise themselves with our school’s Statement of Values, Child Safe Policy, Statement of Commitment to Child Safety, and Child Safe Code of Conduct.

FRAN MULLINS, Assistant Principal