Club Policies
Players Code Of Conduct
This Code of Conduct applies to all of our Players.
• Play by the rules (of both the laws of the Game and the rules of my club).
• Never argue with an official. If you disagree, discuss the matter with your coach or teacher after the game.
• Control your temper. Verbal abuse of officials or other players, or provoking an opponent is not acceptable.
• Work equally hard for yourself and for your team. Your team’s performance will benefit, so will you.
• Be a good sport. Applaud all good plays whether they be by your team, opponent or the other team.
• Treat all players as you would like to be treated. Do not interfere with, bully or take unfair advantage of another player.
• Cooperate with your coach, team mates and opponents. Without them there would no competition.
• Play for the “fun of it” and not just to please parents and coaches.
• Avoid using derogatory language.
• Be prepared to take responsibility for your actions.
Racial and Religious Tolerance Policy
- The Claremont, Subiaco and West Perth District Football Development Councils and affiliated clubs are committed to an environment which promotes racial and religious tolerance by prohibiting certain conduct and providing a means of redress for victims of racial and religious vilification and/or racial discrimination.
- The Claremont, Subiaco and West Perth District Football Development Councils and affiliated clubs will ensure that this Policy is communicated to spectators and participants of the organisation/s. It will also ensure that participants of the organisation/s receive antiracial and religious vilification and racial discrimination training on an annual basis.
- Nothing in this Policy prevents a person lodging a complaint in relation to racial and religious vilification and/or racial discrimination under the legislation. In the event a complaint is made under this policy the organisation/s shall ensure that the parties are informed of their rights.
Section 2- Definitions
In this Policy-
“complaints process” means the procedure outlined in sections 6, 7 and 8 of this Policy.
“Organisation/s” means the West Perth District Football Development Council and Affiliated Clubs.
“engage in conduct” includes use of the internet or email to publish or transmit statements or other material.
“detriment” includes humiliation and denigration.
“discrimination” means for the purpose of this Policy, conduct based on a person’s race, religion, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin. Discrimination may be direct or indirect. Direct discrimination means treating or proposing to treat another person less favourably on the basis of a person’s race, religion, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin. Indirect discrimination means imposing or intending to impose a requirement that a person of a particular race, religion, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin cannot comply with, but which a higher proportion of people without that attribute (or with a different attribute) can, when it is not reasonable in the circumstances to do so.
“participant” includes a player, director, officer, employee, volunteer to and agent of a Football Club that participates in the League.
“spectator” is a person that attends a football game or event conducted by a Club or the League.
Section 3- Prohibited Conduct
3.1 Racial and Religious Vilification
No person in his/her capacity as a spectator or participant in the course of carrying out his/her duties or functions as or incidental to being a participant shall engage in conduct that offends, humiliates, intimidates, contempt’s, ridicules, incites, threatens, disparages, vilifies or insults another person on the basis of that person’s race, religion, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin.
3.2 Serious Racial and Religious Vilification
No person in his/her capacity as a spectator or participant in the course of carrying out his/her duties of functions as or incidental to being a participant shall intentionally engage in conduct that he/she knows Is likely to incite hatred against another person, or threaten physical harm or incite hatred in others to cause physical harm to a person or to a person’s property because of that person’s race, religion, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin.
3.3 Racial and Religious discrimination
No person in his/her capacity as a spectator or participant in the course of carrying out his/her duties or functions as or incidental to being a participant shall engage in conduct that discriminates, directly or indirectly against another person on the basis of that person’s race, religion, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin.
3.4 Victimisation
3.4.1 No person in his/her capacity as a spectator or participant in the course of carrying out his/her duties or functions as or incidental to being a participant shall victimise another person.
3.4.2 A person will victimise another person (the victim) if:
(a) the person subjects or threatens to subject the victim to any detriment because the victim (or a person associated with the victim) intends to or has lodged a complaint in contravention of this Policy; or
(b) the person assists, requests, induces, encourages or authorises another person to subject the victim to any detriment because the victim (or a person associated with the victim) intends to or has lodged a complaint in contravention of this Policy.
Section 4- Authorised Persons
4.1 Affiliated Clubs will appoint a Complaints Officer (the Club’s Complaints Officer) to ensure that any breach of this Policy is responded to in an equitable and prompt manner.
4.2 The President of the Club (the President) is the senior decision-maker in the relevant Clubs Complaints Process. Therefore, should the President be absent for a significant period, he/she must nominate a person to act on his/her behalf should the process need to be enacted.
Section 5- Confidentiality and Records
5.1 Confidentiality must be maintained throughout the complaints process. All parties to a complaint, the President (or Delegate), the Club’s Complaints Officer, any witnesses and the Conciliator must all agree, in writing, to the maintenance of confidentiality. No person involved in the complaints process shall publicly comment on any aspect of the complaints process without the prior written agreement of all parties.
5.2 The Club shall ensure that any documents relating to a complaint shall remain confidential and be retained for 7 years from the date that the complaint is made.
Section 6- Inter club Breach of the Policy
In the event that it is alleged that a spectator or participant from another Club has contravened this Policy:
6.1 an Umpire, spectator or participant of the Club may by 5.00pm on the first working day following the day on which the contravention is alleged to have occurred, lodge a complaint in writing with Complaint’s Officer of the Club;
6.2 the Complaint’s Officer of the Club where the complaint was made shall, by 5.00pm on the next working day following the day that the complaint was lodged with the Club, lodge the complaint with the West Perth District Football Development Council Complaints Officer;
6.3 the Club’s Complaints Officer will take no further action once the complaint has been lodged with the West Perth District Football Development Council unless otherwise instructed by the West Perth District Football Development Council’s Complaints Officer.
Section 7- Intra Club Breach of the Policy
In the event that it is alleged that a participant of the Club has contravened this Policy an umpire, spectator or participant may by 5.00pm on the first working day following the day on which the contravention is alleged to have occurred, lodge a complaint in writing with the Club’s Complaints Officer.
Section 8- Management of Intra Club Complaints
The Club’s Complaints Officer shall:
8.1 make every effort to ensure that:
8.1.1 confidentiality is maintained at all times during the complaints process and that the outcome of the complaints process remains confidential;
8.1.2 any breach of confidentiality is referred to the Club Board no later than 5pm on the next working day following the day that the breach was discovered;
8.2 inform the person alleged to have contravened the Policy (the respondent) of the complaint and provide the respondent with an opportunity to respond to it;
8.3 inform only the President of the Club or Nominee, that a Complaint has been received by the Complaints Officer;
8.4 obtain written statements from any witnesses identified by both parties to the complaint;
8.5 where available, obtain any other evidence;
8.6 arrange for the complaint to be conciliated, by an independent conciliator agreed upon by both parties;
8.7 take all steps necessary for the complaint to be conciliated within 5 working days from the day on which the incident is alleged to have occurred;
8.8 refer the complaint to the League’s Tribunal:
8.8.1 when the complainant informs the Complaints Officer that the matter has not been resolved through conciliation. The Complaints Officer will if requested by the complainant, take all steps necessary for the complaint to be referred to League’s Tribunal within 5 working days from when the conciliation failed;
8.8.2 directly when a respondent has previously taken part in conciliation as a respondent of a complaint;
8.8.3 when both the Club’s Complaints Officer and President have determined that the complaint was lacking in substance and was made veraciously;
8.8.4 when both the Club’s Complaints Officer and President determine that the complaint could be considered as “serious”, he/she will take all steps necessary for the complaint to be referred to the League’s Tribunal within 5 working days from the day on which the incident is alleged to have occurred;
8.9 ensure that any time limit referred to in this Policy may be extended by the Club if in the opinion of the President of the Club it is just and equitable to do so;
8.10 ensure that where a matter is resolved by conciliation the only public statement that shall be made shall be agreed to by both parties to the complaint and the Club’s President and that the terms of any settlement are finalised to the satisfaction of the complainant and respondent and signed by the parties and the conciliator.
Section 9- Club’s Liability
The Club may be vicariously liable for conduct engaged in by a participant which if found to have contravened this Policy, if the Club is unable to establish that it took reasonable precautions to prevent the participant from engaging in that conduct.
Section 10- Monitoring and Review of the Policy
The Policy will be monitored on an ongoing basis by the West Perth District Football Development Council and Affiliated Clubs.
Bullying Policy
Every person in sport, in every role, has the right to participate in an environment that is fun, safe and healthy, and to be treated with respect, dignity and fairness. Bullying denies participants these rights and can result in feelings of disgrace, embarrassment, shame or intimidation. Bullying can also affect an individual’s athletic performance, level of enjoyment, work or school life, academic achievement and physical and mental health. Research has shown that one in six Australian students are bullied every week, and are three times more likely to develop depressive illnesses. Bullying can occur both on and off the sports pitch and can involve athletes, parents, coaches, spectators or umpires. It is prohibited by most sporting organisations under their Code of Conduct and can result in penalties and punishments being applied. Some forms of bullying constitute assault, harassment or discrimination under federal and state legislation and are therefore illegal.
What is bullying
Bullying is deliberately hurting a specific person either physically, verbally, psychologically or socially. It involves a power imbalance where one person has power or strength (e.g. physical, mental, social or financial) over another. It can be carried out by one person or several people who are either actively or passively involved. In a sports context bullying can take many forms, for example:
• a parent telling their child that they are incompetent, hopeless, useless, etc.;
• a coach alienating an athlete (adult or child);
• several people ganging-up on an individual team member;
• spectators verbally abusing players from the opposition;
• an athlete calling a referee names and using put-downs;
• a parent intimidating a young coach.
Bullying can be a ‘one-off’ incident, but usually involves repeated actions or incidences. It can occur everywhere: at home, school, work, playgrounds, while participating in sport, when using public transport or walking to or from home. An individual may bully their victim face to face or use technology such as a mobile phone or computer.
Types of bullying
Bullies may use one or several types of bullying to hurt their victim.
Physical – pushing, shoving, punching, hitting, kicking, taking away a person’s belongings (this may also constitute assault).
Verbal – name calling, banter, threatening, teasing, intimidating, yelling abuse, using put-downs.
Psychological – ganging up, preventing a person from going somewhere, taking a person’s possessions, sending hostile or nasty emails or text messages.
Socially – excluding, alienating, ignoring, and spreading rumours.
Bullying behaviour is damaging to all involved: the bully, victim, family members, those that witness the behaviour and the sporting organisation involved. Athletes, parents, coaches, administrators and sporting organisations all have an ethical (and possibly a legal) responsibility to take action to prevent bullying occurring in sport and manage it, should it occur.
The effects of bullying – why certain people bully and are bullied?
People that bully may:
• pick a victim randomly, or carefully choose their victim;
• find that they get what they want by bullying (power, acceptance, admiration);
• have been bullied themselves;
• be arrogant, aggressive or impulsive;
• enjoy having power over others;
• enjoy doing it and not care that they cause their victim distress;
• believe that some people deserve to be bullied;
• have been influenced by aggressive ‘models’ (at home, in real life or in television or the movies);
• see their behaviour as justified or ‘pay-back’ for some treatment they have received.
Any person can be bullied. Sometimes people who are popular, smarter, and attractive or possess obvious sporting ability are victims of bullying. People can also be subject to bullying if they:
• have not had experience standing up for themselves against bullies;
• lack assertiveness, resilience and the social skills required to protect themselves against bullies;
• struggle academically or in terms of sporting ability;
• appear stressed, anxious or easily hurt or upset;
• look different or are different;
• have a disability or illness;
• lack confidence or are shy;
• have been overprotected at home.
Signs a person is being bullied
A person, especially a child, may not always ask for support when being bullied. They may feel afraid, ashamed or embarrassed and that the person they tell will think they are weak. Victims of bullying may think that they deserve to be bullied or are ‘dobbing’ by telling someone what is happening to them.
The following are signs that a person may be being bullied.
• Finds excuses for not wanting to attend training or games (e.g. feeling sick, has an injury, has too much work to do) or talking about hating their sport;
• wants to be driven to training or matches instead of walking;
• regularly the last one picked for team or group activities;
• alienated from social or shared activities;
• has bruising or other injuries;
• becomes uncharacteristically nervous, worried, shy or withdrawn;
• clothing or personal possessions are missing or are damaged;
• repeatedly ‘loses’ money or possessions;
• suddenly prone to lashing out at people either physically or verbally.
Managing Bullying
Bullying is more likely to occur in environments that are highly competitive and promote a ‘win at all cost’ mentality. By emphasising other aspects of sport such as enjoyment, team work, sportsmanship and skill development, especially at the junior level, football clubs may be able to prevent bullying behaviours. The Claremont, Subiaco and West Perth District Football Development Councils and affiliated clubs should promote their organisation/s as one that will not allow or tolerate bullying and develop Codes of Conduct and a policy that addresses bullying behaviours, such as a Member Protection Policy. A Member Protection Policy addresses a range of inappropriate behaviours including discrimination, harassment and abuse and provides a complaints process for dealing with incidents. The policy can also provide a complaint handling process so sports can deal with incidents of bullying in a practical manner that is consistent with other inappropriate behaviour.
The law
Bullying that involves physical assault is against the law. Bullying that involves, harassment or discrimination can be against the law under certain circumstances (e.g., racial and sexual harassment). Because bullying can contribute to psychological injury it may be covered under occupational health and safety legislation.
Vilification & Discrimination Policy
SECTION 1 – COMMITMENT
1.1 The Claremont, Subiaco and West Perth District Football Development Councils and affiliated clubs are committed to an environment which promotes racial and religious tolerance by prohibiting certain conduct and providing a means of redress for victims of racial and religious vilification and/or racial discrimination.
1.2 The Claremont, Subiaco and West Perth District Football Development Councils and affiliated clubs are bound by the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001 (Vic), the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth), and the Equal Opportunity Act 1995 (Vic) (the legislation). This Policy is consistent with the legislation and the Australian Football League’s Rule 30 and the Victorian Football League’s Rule 7.3. This Policy is not in substitution of the legislation.
1.3 The Club will ensure that this Policy is communicated to spectators and participants of the affiliated club. It will also ensure that participants of the Club receive anti-racial and religious vilification and racial discrimination training on an annual basis.
1.4 Nothing in this Policy prevents a person lodging a complaint in relation to racial and religious vilification and/or racial discrimination under the legislation. In the event a complaint is made under this policy the Club shall ensure that the parties are informed of their rights.
SECTION 2 – DEFINITIONS
In this Policy-
“complaints process” means the procedure outlined in sections 6, 7 and 8 of this Policy. “Club” means the Football Club.
“engage in conduct” includes use of the internet or email to publish or transmit statements or other material.
“League” means the Football League.
“detriment” includes humiliation and denigration.
“discrimination” means for the purpose of this Policy, conduct based on a person’s race, religion, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin. Discrimination may be direct or indirect. Direct discrimination means treating or proposing to treat another person less favourably on the basis of a person’s race, religion, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin. Indirect discrimination means imposing or intending to impose a requirement that a person of a particular race, religion, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin cannot comply with, but which a higher proportion of people without that attribute (or with a different attribute) can, when it is not reasonable in the circumstances to do so.
“participant” includes a player, director, officer, employee, volunteer to and agent of a Football Club that participates in the League.
“spectator” is a person that attends a football game or event conducted by a Club or the League.
SECTION 3 – PROHIBITED CONDUCT
3.1 Racial and Religious Vilification
No person in his/her capacity as a spectator or participant in the League in the course of carrying out his/her duties or functions as or incidental to being a participant in the League shall engage in conduct that offends, humiliates, intimidates, contempt’s, ridicules, incites, threatens, disparages, vilifies or insults another person on the basis of that person’s race, religion, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin.
3.2 Serious Racial and Religious Vilification
No person in his/her capacity as a spectator or participant in the Club in the course of carrying out his/her duties of functions as or incidental to being a participant in the Club shall intentionally engage in conduct that he/she knows Is likely to incite hatred against another person, or threaten physical harm or incite hatred in others to cause physical harm to a person or to a person’s property because of that person’s race, religion, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin.
3.3 Racial and Religious discrimination
No person in his/her capacity as a spectator or participant in the Club in the course of carrying out his/her duties or functions as or incidental to being a participant in the Club shall engage in conduct that discriminates, directly or indirectly against another person on the basis of that person’s race, religion, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin.
3.4 Victimisation
3.4.1 No person in his/her capacity as a spectator or participant in the Club in the course of carrying out his/her duties or functions as or incidental to being a participant in the Club shall victimise another person.
3.4.2 A person will victimise another person (the victim) if:
(a) the person subjects or threatens to subject the victim to any detriment because the victim (or a person associated with the victim) intends to or has lodged a complaint in contravention of this Policy; or
(b) the person assists, requests, induces, encourages or authorises another person to subject the victim to any detriment because the victim (or a person associated with the victim) intends to or has lodged a complaint in contravention of this Policy.
SECTION 4 – AUTHORISED PERSONS
4.1 The Club will appoint a Complaints Officer (the Club’s Complaints Officer) to ensure that any breach of this Policy is responded to in an equitable and prompt manner.
4.2 The President of the Club (the President) is the senior decision-maker in the Club’s Complaints Process. Therefore, should the President be absent for a significant period, he/ she must nominate a person to act on his/her behalf should the process need to be enacted.
SECTION 5 – CONFIDENTIALITY AND RECORDS
5.1 Confidentiality must be maintained throughout the complaints process. All parties to a complaint, the President (or Delegate), the Club’s Complaints Officer, any witnesses and the Conciliator must all agree, in writing, to the maintenance of confidentiality. No person involved in the complaints process shall publicly comment on any aspect of the complaints process without the prior written agreement of all parties.
5.2 The Club shall ensure that any documents relating to a complaint shall remain confidential and be retained for 7 years from the date that the complaint is made.
SECTION 6 – INTER CLUB BREACH OF THE POLICY
In the event that it is alleged that a spectator or participant from another Club has contravened this Policy:
6.1 an Umpire, spectator or participant of the Club may by 5.00pm on the first working day following the day on which the contravention is alleged to have occurred, lodge a complaint in writing with Complaint’s Officer of the Club;
6.2 the Complaint’s Officer of the Club where the complaint was made shall, by 5.00pm on the next working day following the day that the complaint was lodged with the Club, lodge the complaint with the League’s Complaints Officer;
6.3 the Club’s Complaints Officer will take no further action once the complaint has been lodged with the League unless otherwise instructed by the League’s Complaints Officer.
SECTION 7 – INTRA CLUB BREACH OF THE POLICY
In the event that it is alleged that a participant of the Club has contravened this Policy an umpire, spectator or participant may by 5.00pm on the first working day following the day on which the contravention is alleged to have occurred, lodge a complaint in writing with the Club’s Complaints Officer.
SECTION 8 – MANAGEMENT OF INTRA CLUB COMPLAINTS
The Club’s Complaints Officer shall:
8.1 make every effort to ensure that:
8.1.1 confidentiality is maintained at all times during the complaints process and that the outcome of the complaints process remains confidential;
8.1.2 any breach of confidentiality is referred to the League’s Tribunal no later than 5pm on the next working day following the day that the breach was discovered;
8.2 inform the person alleged to have contravened the Policy (the respondent) of the complaint and provide the respondent with an opportunity to respond to it;
8.3 inform only the President of the Club or Nominee, that a Complaint has been received by the Complaints Officer;
8.4 obtain written statements from any witnesses identified by both parties to the complaint;
8.5 where available, obtain any other evidence;
8.6 arrange for the complaint to be conciliated, by an independent conciliator agreed upon by both parties;
8.7 take all steps necessary for the complaint to be conciliated within 5 working days from the day on which the incident is alleged to have occurred;
8.8 refer the complaint to the League’s Tribunal:
8.8.1 when the complainant informs the Complaints Officer that the matter has not been resolved through conciliation. The Complaints Officer will if requested by the complainant, take all steps necessary for the complaint to be referred to League’s Tribunal within 5 working days from when the conciliation failed;
8.8.2 directly when a respondent has previously taken part in conciliation as a respondent of a complaint;
8.8.3 when both the Club’s Complaints Officer and President have determined that the complaint was lacking in substance and was made veraciously.
8.8.4 when both the Club’s Complaints Officer and President determine that under sections 24 or 25 of the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001 (Vic) the complaint could be considered as “serious”, he/she will take all steps necessary for the complaint to be referred to the League’s Tribunal within 5 working days from the day on which the incident is alleged to have occurred;
8.9 ensure that any time limit referred to in this Policy may be extended by the Club if in the opinion of the President of the Club it is just and equitable to do so;
8.10 ensure that where a matter is resolved by conciliation the only public statement that shall be made shall be agreed to by both parties to the complaint and the Club’s President and that the terms of any settlement are finalised to the satisfaction of the complainant and respondent and signed by the parties and the conciliator.
SECTION 9 – CLUB ’S LIABILITY
The Club may be vicariously liable for conduct engaged in by a participant which if found to have contravened this Policy, if the Club is unable to establish that it took reasonable precautions to prevent the participant from engaging in that conduct.
SECTION 10 – MONITORING AND REVIEW OF THE POLICY
The Policy will be monitored on an ongoing basis by the West Perth District Football Development Council and its affiliated Club’s Committee.
SECTION 11 – POLICY COMMENCEMENT
This Policy was passed by the Club’s Committee on and will take effect from it’s adoption at a club committee meeting.
Risk Management Policy
Risks are inherent in all aspects of Australian Rules football and The Claremont, Subiaco and West Perth District Football Development Councils and affiliated clubs acknowledge the role of risk management as critical to the safe and controlled provision of the sport to players, officials and spectators.
The Claremont, Subiaco and West Perth District Football Development Councils and affiliated clubs are committed to managing risk in accordance with the process described in Australian/New Zealand Standard 4360:1999 Risk Management.
This Standard requires the Claremont, Subiaco and West Perth District Football Development Councils and affiliated clubs risk management strategy be a systematic hierarchical driven process to identify, analyse, assess, communicate and treat risks that can adversely impact on the performance and standing of the organization.
The range of risks that the Football Club needs to be prepared to deal with will include:
• Public & Professional Liability responsibilities
• Occupational Health & Safety responsibilities
• Financial Management
• Organisational Management and Operational practices
PURPOSE: The purpose of this policy is to provide a framework for the elimination or control of all risks associated with the Claremont, Subiaco and West Perth District Football Development Councils and affiliated clubs activities.
SCOPE: The successful implementation of the Risk management Policy requires a consistent and systematic approach to risk management at all levels of the Club’s operation. In order to manage risk in accordance with best practice, the Club will comply with the requirements of A/NZ Standard 4360:1999 risk Management as well as the Club’s established ethical standards and values.
OBJECTIVES: The objectives of the policy are:
• Identify, report and analyse the Club’s liability associated with its range of risks
• Encourage the ongoing identification and reporting of potential risks
• Determine the magnitude of risks
• Develop a risk register
• Develop, prioritise and implement ongoing plans and strategies to address risks
• Promote and support risk management practices throughout the Club
• Gain organisational support for risk management undertakings
• Educate members on good risk management practices
• Minimise the cost of insurance claims and premiums
• Protect the Club’s corporate image as a professional, responsible and ethical organisation
The risk management system will be reviewed annually at the Annual General Meeting of the Football Club to ensure the actions remain appropriate and effective
RISK MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGY
ESTABLISH A RISK MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
A Club Risk management Committee comprising the Club’s Risk Management Officer and two additional Members, with a developed understanding of a football club’s risk issues to be formed to instigate a comprehensive risk management review of all of the Club’s activities.
RISK IDENTIFICATION
The risk management committee shall be responsible for the establishment of a Risk Register and the setting of plans and strategic timeframes for treatment of risk.
RISK ASSESSMENTS
The risk assessment analyses the exposures identified, quantifies the likelihood of certain events occurring and determines the consequences, both financial and operational.
The following are provided as a guide:
Player Safety
• The playing surface, fences and goal/behind posts
• Sufficient qualified trainers & coaches
• Medical checks on players
• Team hygiene practices
• Player change-room facilities
• Emergency medical equipment
• Availability / accessibility to emergency services
Recreation Reserve – Operational
• Public viewing areas
• Scoreboard / timekeeper facilities
• Vehicular movement and parking areas
• Public conveniences
• Crowd control
• Food/beverage handling and selling areas
Official Safety
• Secure umpire rooms
• Competent umpire escorts
General
• Money handling
• Player / Official valuables security
• Building security
SAFE OPERATING PROCEDURES
The Risk Management Committee will prepare safe operating procedures for all areas identified as presenting any risk to the organisation; other aspects that may be included are: Emergency planning; Contractor management and Visiting Club management.
MONITORING & REVIEW
It is incumbent on the Football Club’s Risk Management Committee to review the performance of the risk management systems and changes which might affect it on an annual basis.
Records are to be maintained for the following:
• Hazard identification
• Risk assessments
• Accident / incidents
• Player health monitoring
QDAFC Disability Policy
The Claremont, Subiaco and West Perth District Football Development Councils and affiliate clubs recognize that it is unlawful to treat a person with a disability less favourably than a person who does not have a disability, in the same or similar circumstances. Such discrimination is covered by the Commonwealth Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Equal Opportunity Act 1995.
Disability covers:
• Physical
• Intellectual
• Psychiatric
• Sensory
• Neurological or learning difficulties
• Presence in the body of organisms causing diseases
• Beneficiaries of workers compensation
The Claremont, Subiaco and West Perth District Football Development Councils and affiliate clubs embrace the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 premise that:
• people with disabilities are part of our diverse communities
• people with disabilities, their families and carers have a right to participate as fully as possible in the life of our communities
• people with disabilities are the primary source of information regarding the physical, social and cultural barriers to their participation in their local community.
The Claremont, Subiaco and West Perth District Football Development Councils and affiliate clubs will ensure that at all functions and events the following is supplied where possible:
1. Clearly defined disabled car parking areas
2. Disabled toilet facilities
3. Access to canteen facilities
4. Access to clubrooms
5. Access to the football oval
6. Accessible viewing areas
The Claremont, Subiaco and West Perth District Football Development Councils and affiliate clubs will ensure that we:
1. Educate Staff and Volunteers
2. Identify specific issues within our organisation that can make life unnecessarily difficult or complicated for people with disabilities
3. Develop strategies to deal with these issues
This policy will be reviewed annually by the Claremont, Subiaco and West Perth District Football Development Councils to ensure the actions remain appropriate and effective.
Healthy Club Policy
Who is affected by the Policy
This policy applies to all members, administrators, officials, coaches, players, visitors and volunteers of the Claremont, Subiaco and West Perth District Football Development Councils and affiliated clubs.
Alcohol
The Claremont, Subiaco and West Perth District Football Development Councils and affiliated clubs will promote the responsible adult use of alcohol by:
• Discouraging excessive or rapid consumption of alcohol e.g. happy hours, drinking competitions.
• Working with venue operators to ensure alcohol is not served to any person who is intoxicated or under the age of 18 years.
• Working with venue operators to promote lower pricing on low and non-alcoholic drinks and providing free un-bottled water.
• Provide responsible server training for paid staff and volunteers who serve alcoholic drinks in our bar (where The West Perth Football Club hold the liquor license)
Other Drugs
The Claremont, Subiaco and West Perth District Football Development Councils and affiliated clubs will take all reasonable care and attention to:
• Discourage the use of medications in respect of injury/recovery that would enable a participant to compete where they would not otherwise have been able.
• Monitor and control the use and administration of medications is monitored and controlled.
• Adopt and be guided by the Sports Medicine Australia policy concerning the administration of medications by non-medical personnel.
• The non-condoning use of illicit & performance-enhancing drugs.
• Contact a relevant agency and seek professional advice in the event that club personnel have reason to believe a member may be using illicit drugs (i.e. – Alcohol & Drug Information Service).
Smoking
The Claremont, Subiaco and West Perth District Football Development Councils and affiliated clubs recognise that smoking and passive smoking are hazardous to health.
We will ensure a smoke-free environment by:
• Ensuring all areas of the club, including the change rooms, offices, bar, canteen and all club functions are smoke-free.
• Not permitting the selling tobacco products on the premises.
• Prominently displaying no-smoking signage.
Sun Protection
The Claremont, Subiaco and West Perth District Football Development Councils and affiliated clubs will take all reasonable steps to address sun safe practices by:
• Ensuring adequate shade is provided.
• Following The Cancer Council Western Australia guidelines for Sun Smart clothing and hats.
• Providing or selling sunscreen to members and participants.
Sports Safety and Injury Prevention
The Claremont, Subiaco and West Perth District Football Development Councils and affiliated clubs will encourage all members to adopt practices that seek to prevent injury by:
• Encouraging warm-up, stretching and cool-down as an important component of playing and training.
• Promoting the use of protective equipment including body padding, mouth-guards, suitable clothing and footwear.
• Providing safe playing surfaces, first aid equipment and accredited First Aiders/Sports
Trainers at all training sessions and competition matches.
• Ensuring adequate public liability and player insurance for all members.
• Encouraging all players with a prior or current injury to seek professional advice from a sports medicine professional and be fully rehabilitated before returning to play.
Healthy Eating
The Claremont, Subiaco and West Perth District Football Development Councils and affiliated clubs recognise the importance of good nutrition for sports performance by:
• Ensuring when food is provided healthy alternatives in accordance with the Dietary Guidelines for children and adults are available.
• Promoting good nutrition and healthy eating messages.
• Ensuring safe food handling, service and storage practices are undertaken Non compliance strategy
The following four step non-compliance strategy will be followed if anyone breaches the Claremont, Subiaco and West Perth District Football Development Councils and affiliated clubs healthy club policy
1. Assume that the person is unaware of the policy
2. A staff member or club representative will approach the person breaching the policy and ask them to refrain from the behaviour and remind them about the policy
3. If an offence continues (i.e. someone continues to smoke in a smoke free area or is intoxicated) the most senior staff member will verbally warn them again and hand over a formally written letter. The letter will outline the healthy club policy and state that if the person continues the behaviour they will be asked to leave.
4. If the offence does continue then the patron will be escorted out of the facility by security, staff and/or a senior club representative.
Policy review
This policy will be reviewed six months after its introduction and then on annual basis thereafter. This will ensure that the policy remains current and practical. Adult players, coaches and club members are expected to set appropriate examples and act as role models for junior club members. The Claremont, Subiaco and West Perth District Football Development Councils and affiliated clubs will make information available to club members and families to promote healthy lifestyles. Anyone wishing to discuss any aspect of this policy is invited to contact any members of the relevant club/association committee.
Respect & Responsibility – Statement of Intent
The Claremont, Subiaco and West Perth District Football Development Councils and affiliated clubs hereby commit to the objective of the AFL’s Respect and Responsibility Policy to create safe, welcoming and inclusive environments for women and girls at all levels of Australian Football.
By committing to this goal, we understand that;
Violence against women is a violation of a woman’s right to physical and psychological integrity, to liberty, and all too often, to her right to life itself. It is any act of gender based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm to women.
We acknowledge that;
• In Australia and around the world, 1 in three women will experience violence at some point in their life
• That violence against women is the leading cause of death, disability and illness in young Victorian women aged 15 – 44;
• One in five Australian women reported being subject to sexual assault at some time in their adult lives; and
• Four in five Australian women who experienced sexual violence knew their attacker.
We understand that violence against women is a major public health and safety issue in Australia, and therefore affirm that our club understands its, and the wider football communities role in preventing violence against women before it occurs.
We further recognise that violence against women is caused by;
• Unequal power relations between men and women and belief in rigid gender roles;
• Holding a masculine sense of entitlement;
• Belief in the male right to control relationships: and
• Promotion of these beliefs through social structures, such as sporting clubs.
We underline our commitment to challenging these behaviours and attitudes that can cause, contribute to and condone violence against women.
We understand that creating environments where women feel safe, welcome and inclusive is both an individual and collective responsibility. In order to achieve this, we commit to;
• Having an equal representation of women and men in senior leadership positions;
• Actively recruiting women and girls to coaching roles
• Ensuring that all elements of the Member Protection Policy are adhered to at all times;
• Communicate and enforce relevant Club and League Codes of Conduct;
• Actively engage with the White Ribbon Campaign, or equivalent;
• Adherence to our Responsible Service of Alcohol obligations; and
• Enforcing Club and League Codes of Conduct, where applicable.