Requesting External Services

To engage external therapist support at Wauchope High School:

Parents please fill in a Parent/carer request and return to the office.

If the school is in agreement with the request, progress to step 2.

Step 2:

The office then contacts the therapist requesting all documents.

Therapists must complete and return:

1. A Service Providers Consent Form
2. Current child protection training -  must be done every year
3. Declaration for Child related workers.

Therapists must read:

1. Code of Conduct policy
2. Controversial issues in schools policies and procedures
3. Allegations against Employees in the area of child protection
4. Principal letter
5. Macleay Valley Public Schools Guidelines

Therapists must provide evidence of:

1. Public liability no less than 20 million.
2. Personal indemnity no less than 2 million.
3. Workers compensation or personal insurance.
4. Mandatory child protection training certificate- for current year.
5. WWCC number of each member of staff attending this site.
6. 2x Government issued identification types, such as Driver's License and Medicare card.

Step 3:

Please email a copy of the completed paperwork to the school email. Our school will be in contact regarding a school induction on site.

After a suitable time has been negotiated, therapy can commence. 

Therapy is not to commence until therapists have received an email or phone call approving the request. 

This process is to be completed at the beginning of each school year.