2024 Christ Church Youth Registration (including Social Contact permissions) (v2) • Christ Church St Ives

Youth Registration & Social Contact Permission Form

Student's Details

First Name *

Preferred Name *

Last Name *

Gender *

Date of Birth *

Allergies *

School Grade in 2024 *

School Attended *

Year 12 Graduation Year *

Christ Church Youth Program your child will attend: (please tick all appropriate programs) *

Tip: Note: Senior High (years 9-12), Junior High (Years 6-8)

At Christ Church, we welcome all young people as part of our programs, no matter their abilities and needs. We invite young people to come as they are and to grow in their love and knowledge of God, including young people who have additional needs due to physical impairment, developmental delay, mental, emotional or communication disorders and/or ongoing health challenges. We'd be glad to speak further with you about any ways we can be partnering with you to provide helpful care and support for your young people - just let us know below that you'd like to speak further with the Children's, Youth & Families Team, and we'll be in touch.

I'd like to speak further with someone from the Children's, Youth & Families Team

Parent / Guardian 1 - Primary contact

First Name *

Last Name *

Phone Number

Mobile Phone *

Email Address *

Relationship to Student *

Parent / Guardian 2 - additional contact

First Name

Last Name

Home phone

Email addres

Mobile phone

Relationship to Student

Address Details

Home Address *

Home City *

Home State *

Home Zip Code *

Mailing Address - if different from home address

Mailing City

Mailing State

Mailing Zip Code

Social Media

Many of our young people are engaging on Social Media. We want to work with you to make this communication avenue as safe as we can. Whilst we do not want to assume all youth are on Social Media we recognise that many are. For youth under 13, as stated by law, our leaders will have no engagement with youth on Social Media.

As part of the Christ Church St Ives Children's, Youth & Families Social Contact Policy & Procedures, we seek your permission for the right leader(s) to interact with your child in the right ways according to specific policy guidelines.

You are welcome to read the full policy or ask further questions at any time - please contact us via youth@christchurch.com.au

For parents / guardians of children and young people of all ages:

Do you give permission for photos and/or videos of this student to be taken and used to promote activities directly related to the Christ Church St Ives Children's, Youth and Families' Ministry?

Note: This may include promotional materials in both physical and electronic formats, and use on official Christ Church social media accounts.

For parents / guardians of children in Year 6-12 during the calendar year:

If in the event our Youth programs (School Year 6-12) are unable to go ahead due to Government restrictions on gatherings and people movements (e.g. COVID-19 Restrictions), online growth groups will be arranged through Zoom or an alternative online platform.

Please choose one of the options from the drop down menu to approve or decline your child's online Growth Group participation

Do you give permission for your child (aged 13-15) to interact with their leader(s) via SMS text message, Messenger, Facebook (Friend) and / or Instagram (follow) in accordance with the Social Contact Policy?

Please note: leaders will never initiate friend or follow requests.

If yes, do you further give permission for your child's leader(s) to post group photos/videos of 3 or more youth including your child on the leader's personal social media feeds in accordance with the Social Contact Policy?

If no, the leader will be required to seek specific permission from you to post in each instance.

Please note that if you have given these permissions, we expect that you will monitor your child's device, including any SMS/ Messenger interactions with their leader(s), as we partner with you in building healthy, helpful, safe ministry relationships.

For parents / guardians of children and young people in ministry roles:

This applies where youth may also be Kids Church Leaders, or Band Members, so also have oversight from a Ministry Team Leader (Kids Church Team Leader, Music Team Leader or Band Leader) in addition to their direct year group youth leader(s).

Do you give permission for your child (aged 13-15) to interact with their relevant Ministry Team Leader(s) via SMS text message, Messenger, Facebook (friend) and/ or Instagram (follow) in accordance with the Social Contact Policy?

Additional information

For parents/ guardians of children under 13 years old - leaders will have no direct social media or other online engagement with your child, in accordance with minimum legal age requirements on social media platforms, and in accordance with the Social Contact Policy.

For parents/ guardians of young people aged 16 and over - in accordance with the Social Contact Policy, we do not seek your general permission any more for your young person to interact online with their leaders. However, please note that:

You may refuse permission by contacting CYF staff (youth@christchurch.com.au)
These interactions are still governed by the Social Contact Policy, which sets clear boundaries and principles for healthy, helpful, safe social media interaction between youth and leaders in this age group.

We are committed to keeping every person in our community safe. For information on the Safe Ministry policies and practice at Christ Church, please head to https://www.christchurch.com.au/safeministry