2018 Mandatory Quality Area 4 – This policy will provide guidelines for the engagement and participation of volunteers and students at Friend Street Kindergarten, while ensuring that children’s health, safety and wellbeing is protected at all times. Friend Street Kindergarten is committed to: supporting connections with educational institutions to provide opportunities for students to undertake practicum placements as part of their studies building relationships with community members and providing suitable opportunities to engage volunteers to contribute to the programs and activities of the service ensuring the health, safety and wellbeing of each child at the service through consistent compliance with this policy and procedures when engaging volunteers and students. This policy applies to the Approved Provider, Persons with Management or Control, Nominated Supervisor, Persons in day-to-day Charge, educators, students (refer to Definitions), volunteers (refer to Definitions), parents/guardians, children and others attending the programs and activities of [Service Name]. Background Students may participate in programs and activities at the service from time to time including observing and experiencing the provision of centre-based education and care. This will be encouraged and facilitated by Friend Street Kindergarten wherever appropriate and possible. Friend Street Kindergarten values the participation of parents/guardians and other family members, and the voluntary contribution they make to the education and care of their own and other children. “In genuine partnerships families and educators value each other’s knowledge and roles, communicate freely and respectfully and engage in shared decision making” (Early Years Learning Framework – refer to Sources). Friend Street Kindergarten aims to provide a range of opportunities for family members, volunteers and students to participate in programs and activities while adhering to clear guidelines regarding appropriate interactions and communication with staff, and other adults and children at the service (refer to Code of Conduct Policy). The role that volunteers play in education and care services varies and can include working with groups of children, preparing materials or food, assisting with administrative or working with individual children. The service is responsible for ensuring that volunteers are suitable to work with children, and that children’s health, safety and wellbeing is protected at all times. Volunteers should only be engaged to complement, not replace, the work of paid Accordingly, services should not engage volunteers to fill the place of an employee who is ill or on leave, or to fill a vacant budgeted position.
2018 Mandatory – Quality Area 4 This policy will provide guidelines for the engagement and participation of volunteers and students at Friend Street Kindergarten, while ensuring that children’s health, safety and wellbeing is protected at all times. Friend Street Kindergarten is committed to: supporting connections with educational institutions to provide opportunities for students to undertake practicum placements as part of their studies building relationships with community members and providing suitable opportunities to engage volunteers to contribute to the programs and activities of the service ensuring the health, safety and wellbeing of each child at the service through consistent compliance with this policy and procedures when engaging volunteers and students. This policy applies to the Approved Provider, Persons with Management or Control, Nominated Supervisor, Persons in day-to-day Charge, educators, students (refer to Definitions), volunteers (refer to Definitions), parents/guardians, children and others attending the programs and activities of [Service Name]. Background Students may participate in programs and activities at the service from time to time including observing and experiencing the provision of centre-based education and care. This will be encouraged and facilitated by Friend Street Kindergarten wherever appropriate and possible. Friend Street Kindergarten values the participation of parents/guardians and other family members, and the voluntary contribution they make to the education and care of their own and other children. “In genuine partnerships families and educators value each other’s knowledge and roles, communicate freely and respectfully and engage in shared decision making” (Early Years Learning Framework – refer to Sources). Friend Street Kindergarten aims to provide a range of opportunities for family members, volunteers and students to participate in programs and activities while adhering to clear guidelines regarding appropriate interactions and communication with staff, and other adults and children at the service (refer to Code of Conduct Policy). The role that volunteers play in education and care services varies and can include working with groups of children, preparing materials or food, assisting with administrative or working with individual children. The service is responsible for ensuring that volunteers are suitable to work with children, and that children’s health, safety and wellbeing is protected at all times. Volunteers should only be engaged to complement, not replace, the work of paid Accordingly, services should not engage volunteers to fill the place of an employee who is ill or on leave, or to fill a vacant budgeted position.
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