Volunteering – Important Information re COVID-19, Working with Children Check and RAN

COVID-19 Vaccination Information:

The Emergency Management (Education and Early Childhood Settings Vaccination) (COVID-19) Direction 2021  requires that, from 11 December 2021, all persons working in a South Australian Education or Early Childhood setting must:

• have received at least one dose of a Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) approved COVID-19 vaccine; and
• have received, or have evidence of a booking to receive, a second dose of a TGA approved COVID-19 vaccine within the interval after the first dose recommended by the ATAGI for that COVID-19 vaccine.

For clarity ‘work’ includes on a full time, part time, casual, contract or voluntary basis.

Working with Children Check:

Working with Children Checks issued in 2018 are only valid for 3 years.  If your DHS Working with Children Check or clearance was issued in 2018, it is valid for 3 years from the date of issue.  I may have mistakenly informed individuals that clearances that were issued in 2018 were extended to 5 years validity, but that was a system error.  Please click here and read step 2 to see how to reapply for a clearance.  Clearances issued in 2019 onwards have a 5 year validity, unless revoked prior.

Responding to Risks of Abuse, Harm and Neglect:

All our volunteers have Responding to Abuse and Neglect (RAN) training.  We need to ensure all our Volunteers in 2022 have upskilled to the new course released this year called “Responding to  Risks of Abuse, Harm and Neglect”.  This course is available via Plink!  Please click here and refer to Step 3.  Rather than create an account, please log in via your previous email and password combination.

Please contact Jan-Marie via email on dl.0637.volunteers@schools.sa.edu.au or call 8296 3614 during school hours.

Thanks to all of our amazing volunteers!

Jan-Marie