Getting the Balance Right – Play Australia’s recently published Risk Management Guide

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Play Australia invites you to attend a briefing and discussion on “Getting the Balance Right” our recently launched Guide on Risk Management.

 

Cost: Free for members, and $80.00 per non-member.

(If an organisation is a member, all staff members of that organisation are deemed members)

Managing risk is the key issue for everyone, but particularly those working in the Local Government, Schools and Design sectors  committed to improving the health and well-being of our community, especially our children and young people. This session will be invaluable in assisting you and your workplaces to better manage the risks involved in outdoor play, whilst promoting quality designed outdoor play spaces, and to bring greater confidence to all staff involved in this important activity.

Children and young people’s access to free space for play is rapidly shrinking. Never is this more obvious than in  urban areas in Australia where most of us live. For many children and young people designed environments such as public parks, school grounds or early childhood play areas are their main opportunities for outdoor play. This means increased responsibility for you, the play provider to provide high-quality, well-maintained play opportunities and play environments that reflect the needs of the children and young people and their families in your community.

So what is your role in this? Play providers tend to come from a diverse range of backgrounds, with wide and varied interests and expertise in play and play environments.  Whether you are in local government or early childhood, or part of a school community our responsibility to provide high-quality, well-maintained play opportunities and environments remains the same. So how are we best to approach this somewhat daunting task?

This guide encourages you to take an objective, balanced approach to play provision and risk management and as such is presented in two complementary parts; Part A. Risk / Benefit Assessment and Part B. Australian Standard AS: 4685-2014 Ready Reference. The purpose of presenting these two parts together is to give you confidence in using a truly ‘best practice’ approach to the design and management of your play environments. An approach that not only demonstrates an effective knowledge of the standards, but also asks the right questions about what makes a play environment great, in terms of play value.

Agenda

9.00 Welcome - Simon Bradley, Chair Play Australia SA & Barb Champion, Executive Director, Play Australia

9.45 Presentation on “Getting the Balance Right” – Liz Cummins, Bricolage Design and key author

10.45 Morning Tea

11.15 Case studies and discussion on implementation of the Guide - Liz Cummins and Barb Champion

1.00 Conclusion and future events Simon Bradley Interim Chair Play Australia SA followed by LUNCH

When
February 24th, 2016 from  9:00 AM to  1:00 PM
Location
Civic Centre, The City of Charles Sturt
72 Woodville Road,
Adelaide, SA
Australia
Event Fee(s)
Non Members $ 88.00 (includes GST of $ 8.00)
Non Members $ 88.00 (includes GST of $ 8.00)