Accreditation Pathway
Coach Development Program
Becoming a coach is a great way to share your netball passion, learn more about the game and develop the next generation of players and coaches. The club assists with coach development and education, teaming young coaches with a mentor and providing opportunities to attend coaching courses.
Allstars Netball Club coaches are required, as a minimum to have Foundation level coaching accreditation – for further details on the Coaching Accreditation levels click here.
Allstars will cover the cost of the Netball Queensland Membership, Coaching Accreditation and any courses for our Club Coaches.
Coaching Code of Behaviour
The role of a coach also comes with responsibilities including abiding by the Club’s Code of Conduct.
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Working with Children Requirements
The Club will require any person volunteering to work with the juniors to provide full name and WWC Check card number and expiry date. A photocopy of the card will be required to be kept with the register maintained by the Club.
It is a requirement of Netball Australia that NPNC must enquire into the background of those applying for, undertaking or remaining in any work (paid or voluntary) that involves direct and unsupervised contact with people under the age of 18 years.
As such all volunteers working with children under the age of 18 years of age will be required by the Club to complete a Blue Card Application.
The purpose of the blue card system is to promote safety for children and young people in environments where they are required to be (such as schools and child care centres) and those that promote their physical, social and cultural development (such as sporting or community groups). In these environments, parents and carers are often required to entrust the care of their children to other adults and it is therefore vital that these environments are appropriately regulated so that any risks of harm to children and young people are minimised.
Volunteers, trainee students, paid employees and people operating a business may need a blue card to work with children in certain environments. If you are a registered teacher or police officer in Queensland, you will no longer apply for a blue card and should instead apply for an exemption card when providing regulated services which are outside of your professional duties.
What is a blue card? Blue cards are issued by the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian once it has carried out the blue card check to see if a person is eligible to work in the areas of child-related work covered by the Commission’s Act. If a person is eligible, they are issued a positive notice letter and a blue card.