Paparoa Street School
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Paparoa Street School values the support of volunteers and their contribution to school-related activities. We aim to strengthen the partnership between home and kura and foster an inclusive kura culture through volunteer involvement. We inform our kura community about events and activities that may need volunteer support. The kura reserves the right to select the most appropriate volunteers or decline offers of help at any time.
The poari matua has a primary duty of care to ensure the health and safety of all workers and others who may be affected by kura operations (Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, s 36). To exercise good practice, we apply the same duty of care to all volunteers involved with our kura. Volunteers are informed of their roles and responsibilities and are expected to support ākonga wellbeing and safety.
Volunteer roles and responsibilities
As appropriate, the kura communicates with volunteers to inform them about:
Volunteers should check with the kura before bringing dependants (i.e. other tamariki) with them to a kura activity.
All volunteers are expected to follow relevant kura policies and procedures, including but not limited to:
We encourage volunteers to raise any questions, concerns, or conflicts of interest with an appropriate kaimahi. See Raising Concerns and Complaints and Conflicts of Interest.
Health and safety
Under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, the poari matua as the 
PCBU has a responsibility to provide a safe environment and minimise or eliminate risks, including those associated with volunteer involvement. See Risk Management.
The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 defines different types of volunteers and outlines their health and safety responsibilities. We expect all volunteers to:
Ākonga wellbeing and child protection
Volunteers are not required to be safety checked or police vetted by law, although the poari matua or management may choose to police vet volunteers as we determine necessary.
At our kura, we police vet parent volunteers for camps and overnight activities.
See Police Vetting and Safety Checking.
Paparoa Street School kaimahi monitor activities that involve volunteers, including ensuring volunteers are not left alone with ākonga where possible. If we are considering using private vehicles to transport ākonga, our EOTC guidelines apply – see EOTC Transport.
If a volunteer becomes aware of an issue that may affect ākonga wellbeing and/or safety, they are expected to raise this with the appropriate kaimahi. See Child Protection and Responding to Ākonga Wellbeing Concerns.
Hei mihi | Acknowledgement SchoolDocs appreciates the professional advice of the Anderson Lloyd legal team (Dunedin) in reviewing this Volunteer Involvement policy. |
Release history: Term 3 2024, Term 1 2020
