The Altona Pirates Basketball Club (Altona Pirates) is committed to child safety, preventing child abuse and identifying risks early, and removing and reducing these risks.
We have zero tolerance of child abuse, and all allegations and safety concerns will be treated very seriously and consistently with our robust policies and procedures.
We want children to be safe, happy and empowered.
We support and respect all children, as well as our staff and volunteers.
We are committed to the safety, participation and empowerment of all children.
We have legal and moral obligations to contact authorities when we are worried about a child’s safety, which we follow rigorously.
We have robust human resources and recruitment practices for all staff and volunteers.
We are committed to regularly training and educating our staff and volunteers on child abuse risks.
We have specific policies, procedures and training in place that support our leadership team, staff and volunteers to achieve these commitments.
We seek to empower children to be vital and active participants in the Altona Pirates. We seek to involve them when making decisions, especially about matters that directly affect them. We listen to their views and respect what they have to say.
We promote diversity and tolerance at the Altona Pirates, and people from all walks of life and cultural backgrounds are welcome. In particular, we:
- promote the cultural safety, participation and empowerment of Aboriginal children
- promote the cultural safety, participation and empowerment of children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds
- ensure that children with a disability are safe and can participate equally.
To support our commitment to the safety of children the committee have ratified the following policies and procedures
- Altona Pirates Child Safety Policy
- Altona Pirates Statement of Commitment to Child Safety
- Altona Pirates Members Protection Declaration
and developed the following guides;
- Responding to suspicions and allegations of abuse and harm guide
- Promoting good practice in keeping children safe from abuse guide