Our Gymnastics Partnerships
We believe that the key to happy, healthy and motivated to learn high performance gymnasts is the successful partnership of gymnast, parent, coach and management.
For this partnership to flourish there needs to be mutual trust, open communication, and a shared vision. We have developed a comprehensive framework of contact points for this partnership to ensure our gymnasts thrive.
Child Wellbeing and Safeguarding Manager
Waverley's Child Safeguarding and Wellbeing Manager (CSWM) champions our Child Centred, Child Safe value to ensure the ongoing safety, protection and well-being of our gymnasts. The CSWM leads the development, implementation and oversight of all child safeguarding policies, procedures and initiatives and ensures that the perspectives and needs of children and young people remain at the forefront of our organisations operations and decision making. The CSWM responds to all child safeguarding and wellbeing queries, embeds a strong parent, coach and athlete partnership, and oversees the child safety training and education of our teams.
Our Child Safeguarding Manager is contactable via:
If you are a child or young person looking to share your concerns or worries with our Child Wellbeing Manager, you may contact them through email, phone number or our Concerns and Worries Form made specially for kids!
Child Safe Champions
Our WGC Child Safe Champions act as gymnast representatives and provide a valuable link between gymnasts and staff. They are trained to support their teammates, help any gymnast that has questions or voice concerns, and contribute to overall well-being at WGC. Given the large number of gymnasts that display the important attributes required of a Child Safe Champion, these positions are rotated annually to optimise gymnast involvement and collaboration.
Child Safeguarding Policies and Procedures
WGC is committed to maintaining comprehensive and up to date policies and procedures that ensure compliance with all regulations and reflect best practice standards across our programs. Our Child Safeguarding policy framework underpins the safeguarding and well-being of our gymnasts and members and promotes a culture of integrity, continuous improvement and excellence. Within this framework, WGC have squad-specific policies tailored to the unique needs of our squad program regarding training expectations and behaviours, travel guidelines, locker room etiquette and our High-Performance Support Program.
Squad-specific policies include:
Waverley's Child Safeguarding Compliance
As part of WGC’s strong commitment to the safety and wellbeing of its gymnasts, WGC engaged a full child safe audit to ensure compliance with the Australian and Victorian Child Safe Standards, as well as all Gymnastics Australia Child Safety Policies.
After an extensive 12 month review of WGC's policies, procedures and initiatives, including staff, gymnast, and parent surveys, policy reveiws and on-site inspections, child protection experts and award-winning firm ‘Child Safeguard’ certified WGC as 100% compliant with all the National and Victorian Child Safe standards as well as all Gymnastics Australia and Gymnastics Victoria Child Safeguarding policies.