Volunteers

Catherine McAuley School has many opportunities for the community to be involved to support the learning of our students at our school. We value our volunteers and rely on support of Parents, Grandparents and Friends for our activities. Volunteer activities include but are not limited to: listening to students read, Breakfast Club, sports coaches, School Board members, parent helpers, parents accompanying staff on excursions and the CMCT.

We welcome interest in assisting our school and it is part of our responsibilities to ensure all volunteers are properly trained and made aware of Work, Health and Safety issues relating to the tasks they may perform. In meeting these responsibilities, the school has an obligation to ensure all persons who wish to work with students in a voluntary capacity are deemed as having the appropriate character to do so, as the safety and welfare of students is always paramount.

If you are a current Volunteer, or would like to become a Volunteer, the school requires you to participate in mandatory child protection training. The training entitled ‘Responding to Risks of Harm, Abuse and Neglect-Education and Care’ is a compulsory program for all workers in schools. We can help arrange this training for interested people.

Volunteers are required to hold a obtain a valid and current Working with Children Check (WWCC) prior to commencement, and for ongoing WWCC at regular intervals as requested.

Volunteers do not need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 at our school but are strongly encouraged to have and maintain an Up-To-Date Vaccination Status in accordance with the ATAGI statement.

Becoming a Registered Volunteer in our school community is a simple process. If you would like further information about the process of becoming a volunteer in our school, please contact the Coordinator of our Registered Volunteers, Trish Jones, Executive Assistant on 8284 1666.

If you would like to register your expression of interest to volunteer, simply complete the form below.