Parent/carer approval
The parent/carer must be provided with relevant details about the nature of the activity and the host organisation’s arrangements for supervising the student, including details of travel arrangements.
The parent/carer must approve and consent to the following:
- their child to undertake school community work
- their child travelling in a vehicle with the host organisation or nominated workplace supervisor(s) of the host organisation
- the travel arrangements for their child for travel to and from the placement
- the school providing their child’s personal and health information — relevant to the school community work, to the host organisation
Schools must use the Victorian government school arrangement form for school community use and the Confidential Medical Information Form for School Community Work to obtain parent/carer approval and consent. See the following chapters or the Resources tab for copies of these forms.
Guidance chapter on the parent/carer approval required for their child to participate in school community work
Reviewed 27 May 2020