Casey Panthers Soccer Club
Safety Policy
Casey Panthers Soccer Club is committed to the health, safety and wellbeing of its players and volunteers.
1) Player Drop Offs and Pick-ups
The parent or guardian of a Sub-Junior or Junior player must accompany their child and present them to the coach or
team manager for training sessions and matches.
The coach or team manager must wait with a Sub-junior or Junior player until their parent or guardian arrives to pick
them up at the conclusion of training sessions and matches.
2) Cancellation of Training
The Club at its discretion will cancel training if it deems the ground conditions or playing surface to be unsafe.
The Club will endeavor to notify members in advance; however in some instances training is cancelled at short notice.
Members are advised that if the ground lights are off, training has been cancelled.
3) Ground and playing conditions
Team coaches and managers have a duty of care to ensure the playing surface is acceptably safe for players,
spectators and themselves.
4) Safety Officer
The club will endeavor to provide a Safety Officer who will promote First Aid Courses, restock First Aid Supplies and
provide coaches with current Health and Safety information as provided by the FFV. Full details of the Safety Officer’s
role are provided in the Safety Officer’s Position Description.
5) Injuries
The club will provide each team with Injury Report Forms so that any injuries can be notified to the club in a timely
manner.
Head injuries – the club will follow current guidelines from FFA in regard to Concussion and to make Safety Officer and
coaches aware of these guidelines.
6) Fire and Emergency Evacuation Procedures
In the event of a fire or other emergency in the clubrooms, the building must be evacuated immediately.
In the event of a fire, which ever Committee members are present will assume the role of fire warden. They should
raise the alarm and instruct all persons to evacuate the building and proceed to the emergency assembly point. They
should check that the clubrooms have been completely vacated.
If capable, a committee member should use the fire equipment located in the clubrooms to extinguish the fire.
Whichever committee members are available must notify the appropriate emergency department and assist the
injured.
No one is to re-enter the building until informed that it is safe to do so by the attending emergency service personnel.
7) Working with Children
The Club requires that all officials obtain a Working with Children Check. These include:
 All coaches
 All team managers
The secretary is responsible for ensuring that all relevant Club Officials have completed a Working with Children Check
and that a current register is maintained.
This Privacy Statement was last amended on 5th October 2014.