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Water safety team roles and requirements

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The Department for Education has well-defined roles and responsibilities that its staff have towards the safety and wellbeing of young people.

Instructor requirements

Instructors and assistant instructors must have a working with children check from the Department for Human Services (DHS) before they can be employed by the water safety team. All staff must also have training in responding to child abuse and neglect.

Child safety policies

ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï uses guidelines such as the protective practices for staff in their interactions with children and young people guidelines (PDF 3 MB)

There is information on protective practices guidelines for parents and caregivers.

The water safety team also use the guidelines in the photography and water safety programs (PDF 86 KB) .

Water Safety Team

Phone: 8416 5920
Fax: 8115 5558
Email: Educationswimaquatics [at] sa.gov.au