The club’s coaches, committee and its delegates (including Team Managers and Welfare Officer) will intervene where club members are not following the code of conduct
The disciplinary process is a combination of immediate action to stop incidents as they happen, and further steps which include conversations
Ultimately, club members may be suspended from the club if a resolution is not found
Process – swimmer behaviour in training sessions
Phase 1 – for incidents as they occur, for example swimmer being disruptive in a session
The swimmer will receive a clear verbal warning from the coach, teacher or poolside assistant
Parent/carer will be informed per the supportive intervention procedure and asked to attend the following swimming session
Phase 2 – ongoing incident (e.g. swimmer continuing to disrupt the session after receiving Step 1)
The swimmer is told to leave the pool and sit on the side for 5 minutes
Parent/carer will be informed of the action taken
Phase 3 - second breach
No discussion, swimmer will be removed from the session.
Swimmer will get changed and wait by the side of the pool until the end of the session.
Parent/carer and welfare officer will be informed and the parent will be asked to talk to the welfare officer
Welfare office can delegate this if appropriate and necessary
non-swimming adults not following code of conduct or other policies
Relevant person is called to a meeting with the welfare officer and chair to discuss the issue and agree steps to resolution
If the issue cannot be resolved or continues, then the club member may be suspended from the club
Issues during pre-pool or land training will be handled in line with the swimming training sessions process with appropriate adaptations for the environment
