{"id":5975,"date":"2017-07-23T12:28:27","date_gmt":"2017-07-23T02:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/?p=5975"},"modified":"2017-07-23T12:28:27","modified_gmt":"2017-07-23T02:28:27","slug":"update-to-working-with-children-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/?p=5975","title":{"rendered":"Update to Working With Children Check"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/img_6762.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"416\" height=\"119\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/img_6762.png?resize=416%2C119\" title=\"\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/img_6762.png?w=416 416w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/img_6762.png?resize=100%2C29 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/img_6762.png?resize=300%2C86 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/img_6762.png?resize=200%2C57 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><\/a>The Working with Children Check (WWC) was implemented to protect our children from harm from Physical Contact to face-to-face communication.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Currently, all Centre and Club committee members, chief officials, coaches and volunteers without children at the Centre require a current WWC Check.<\/p>\n<p>Now with technology playing a huge part in our children&#8217;s lives, the WWC Check will change to incorporate electronic, written and oral communication to protect children from on-line predators. This change will take effect from 1 August 2017.<\/p>\n<p>For Knox LAC, this means that whoever manages websites and social media for the Centre or its Clubs must also have a current WWC Check.<\/p>\n<p>In preparation for the new season, we will be working with committees to ensure appropriate people have a current WWC Check.<\/p>\n<p>To apply for the WWC Check (it&#8217;s free!), please go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au\/\">www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions regarding the WWC Check, please contact Rebecca Prys at <a href=\"http:\/\/mailto:childprotection@klac23.org.au\">childprotection@klac23.org.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Working with Children Check (WWC) was implemented to protect our children from harm from Physical Contact to face-to-face communication.&nbsp; Currently, all Centre and Club committee members, chief officials, coaches and volunteers without children at the Centre require a current &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/?p=5975\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5971,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/img_6762.png?fit=416%2C119","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3RmIv-1yn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}