14.2.1. Age Managers

The Age Manager has one of the most important jobs in Surf Life Saving – Age Managers are responsible for the caring and nurturing of our future surf lifesavers. The role of an Age Manager is to both develop our Junior Activities members into surf lifesavers and to provide a supportive environment in which they can learn and grow.
Age Managers are:

• Responsible for the care, safety, wellbeing and development of the Junior Activities members
• Responsible for facilitating the development of surf lifesaving skills (movement skills, surf awareness, etc.) and personal skills (e.g. confidence, teamwork, leadership)
• Fundamental in the delivery of a learning program that encourages and develops young surf lifesavers
• Responsible to seek out and utilise expertise from within your club for the delivery of programs
  

Age Manager Prerequisites

At a minimum all age managers must meet the below prerequisites.

Age Managers must:

• Be a Current Financial Member
• Minimum 16 years of age or 18 years for U6 & U7 age groups
• Hold valid Working with Children Blue Card (over 18 years)
• Complete Child Youth Risk Management Strategies Training (CYRMS)
• Complete Child Safe Awareness Course (All members must complete CYRMS & CSA)
• Must must-watch yearly proficiency video via the hub into the req section
  

How to Endorse Age Managers

To endorse Age Managers, we ask that each season, your Junior Committee list and suggest key Age Managers who will undertake this important role. Once agreed upon at a Junior meeting these Members must also be endorsed and minuted by your senior Club Committee/Board at either a meeting or via flying minute. A copy of your senior minutes or a snipped section showing endorsement must then be forwarded to your Branch office.

Following the endorsement process, they must be noted under “other” in the notes section.
Before a Member is noted in SurfGuard, they must meet all prerequisites, complete the “Endorsed Age Manager Code of Conduct” (formerly the ‘JAAO Code of Conduct’), and submit it to their Club. This must be kept on file for a minimum of twelve months.

When allocating your endorsed Age Managers – these will also be the people you allocate award approval access to within the Nipper App. All other Age Managers will require attendance access only.

Endorsed Age Managers must, like the old JAAO, be 18 years of age, financial, hold a Blue Card, have completed the relevant child safety courses, and now hold a current Age Managers award and watch the Age Manager proficiency video for that season.

All new documents can be found on the SLSQ Website here: LINK TO ENDORSED AMs

Refer to SLSQ Website for further information and requirements for Age Managers.