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# Portal for Guardians - Adding a new Guardian

# Guardian Portal - Adding a new Guardian

This article will assist you with adding and managing Guardians for your Family.

### Guardians vs Nominees

There are 2 permission or authorisation levels for contact people for your Family.

* Guardians
* Nominees

###### Guardian & Nominee permissions

| Permission | Guardian | Nominee |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Access to Portal for Guardians & Smile app | YES | NO |
| View Invoices & Statements | YES | NO |
| Manage Bookings | YES | NO |
| Manage Payment Account details | YES | NO |
| Add/Edit Guardian/Nominee details | YES | NO |
| Add/Edit Child details | YES | NO |
| Sign Children in/out of Services Kiosk | YES | YES |


### Adding a new Guardian

To add a new Guardian via the Portal for Guardians:

1. Log into the Portal for Guardians 
2. Select the Family Summary tab from the left hand menu
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/5dcba586b1ba9400/image_1jx18uh.png)
3. Select the **green +** button
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/5dcba586b1ba9400/image_1hujq8.png)
4. Add in the details for the new **Guardian** including any mandatory fields
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/5dcba586b1ba9400/image_myjfe1.png)

5. Set **Guardians** required **Authorisations**, including for **Drop-off/pickup** authority, manage **Kiosk code** as required
6. Select **Save**
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/5dcba586b1ba9400/image_1viiw8w.png)

### Additional Guardian permissions

If the Guardian is going to have further permissions/restrictions on what they can action via the Guardian portal, this can be managed via the **Payment Account** section.

1. Select the **3 dot** icon next to the payment account
2. Select **Edit** from the drop-down menu

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/5dcba586b1ba9400/image_aziwdz.png)

Scroll down to **Other Details**
3. **Restrict below guardian(s) from accessing information of this payment account** - Tick if you would like to restrict a particular Guardian from this access, select the name/s
4. **Restrict the below guardian(s) from making bookings using this payment account**. - Tick if you would like to restrict the guardian/s from managing bookings for the child/ren.
5. Select **Save**
###### Guardian will still be able to access the Portal for Guardians, but have restricted access and permissions.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/5dcba586b1ba9400/image_kgl8ar.png)