Child Safeguarding information
“Creating a child safe sport is everyone’s responsibility. Motorcycling Tasmania is committed to Child Safety. We believe children, young people and all members should feel safe, included and encouraged”
The MTAS website contains pages, links and videos to assist in understanding the Tasmanian Child and Youth Safe Standards, these standards aim to create environments where every young person in our sport feels valued, supported, and protected, and also how to report a concern.
Who is it for?
The MTAS Safe Sport hub has a information specially for:
- Young riders – helping them know their rights and helping feel empowered to provide feedback or report an issue
- Parents Guardians – understand how to support safe participation and how to report concerns
- Officials and Coaches – supporting them to stay informed, discover training and more
- Clubs, volunteers and committee members – support them to help achieve a safe and inclusive culture, reporting requirements
Email: admin@mtas.org.au
The Child and Youth Safe Standards are 10 principles that:
promote the safety and wellbeing of children and young people
prevent abuse and harm to children and young people
create a benchmark that organisations that engage with children and young people
need to meet
ensure organisations that engage with children and young people embed strategies
in their day-to-day practice to realise these things.
In putting the Standards into practice, organisations must also give effect to
something called the Universal Principle for Aboriginal Cultural Safety. The Universal
Principle says organisations must provide an environment that ensures that the right
to Cultural Safety of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander children and young people is
respected.
For further information on the National Principles explore these resources
Office of the Independent Regulator website
Poster – Child Safe and Youth Standards
Explainer videos – these are the NSW standards, they are similar to Tasmania’s and
these videos help provide an overview.
Motorcycling Tasmania is committed to fulfilling these policies
MTAS Child Safeguarding Management Policy
What is Reportable Conduct?
The definition of reportable conduct under the Reportable Conduct Scheme includes a range of conduct committed against, or in
the presence of, children and young people, and is broader than suspected criminal behaviour alone.
This includes grooming, physical violence, relevant offences, sexual offences and sexual misconduct, significant emotional or
psychological harm and significant neglect – click here to download a factsheet that outlines which each of these mean.
Child Safe Practices
All MTAS Clubs and members are covered by and adhere to the MTAS Safeguarding Children policy.
The Child Safe Practices the principles discussed above and this policy are designed to prevent children from harm.
Practices covered by the policy include
Professional boundaries
Use of language
Tone of voice
Positive guidance
Supervision
Online Communication
transport of children
If you feel there has been a breach of the policy, report it to your help hero or Motorcycling Tasmania office.
MTAS reccomends the review of the below links for detailed information on child safeguarding in our sport:
Child safeguarding information
Parents, Guardians Information
Child Safeguarding – Club information
Safeguarding children education