Anybody can report suspicions of child abuse or neglect to the statutory child protection authority in their state. For a full breakdown of existing laws and how they apply to your organisation, refer to the free Child Protection Toolkit.
WEBINAR: Privacy and Child Safety: Managing Competing Obligations. Navagating between competing obligations is always tricky, but the stakes are particulary high when privacy and child safety come into conflict. What do you do in this situation? This webinar, presented by Moores and Our Community, will help you to understand your obligations.
Look and understand the risk management process at www.ourcommunity.com.au and this will help prevent people being injured and save you from unnecessary concern and grief. While this checklist deals mainly with public safety there are other risks involved that you should attempt to identify that may deal with finance, planning, staff, law etc.
For a full breakdown of existing laws and how they apply to your organisation, refer to the free Child Protection Toolkit. The Royal Commission's recommendations are just that - merely recommendations - and the proposed national standards will come into effect only if the federal and state governments pass relevant legisation.
Now we bring you our analysis and preview our updates to our existing Child Protection Toolkit, which will be published very soon. But first, a note of thanks. Major reform is already happening, and will continue to happen, because of the bravery of survivors and reporters of child abuse.
Child safety requires a whole of organisation commitment to, and responsibility for, the protection of children and a visible child safe culture. Your board is responsible for leading this culture. A free two hour workshop is being held locally that will help support you become aware of what you need to do:
A tech consultant who was sexually abused as a schoolboy says his latest invention is a "passion project" aimed at making sure other children don't suffer what he did. Duty of Care is a web-based platform designed to help organisations to manage Working with Children (WWC) checks.
Child Protection and Family Support, Tim Reid, Department of Health. Northern Territory: Senior Officers of the Department of the Chief Minister. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS THE CURRENT PROJECT WAS FOUNDED IN THE ?AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE? OF THE STATE PREMIERS AND TERRITORY CHIEF MINISTERS TO COOPERATE BY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE IN THE GATHERING OF THE
The partnership launch is marked by the release today of the 2018 version of the Child Safety Toolkit: How to Create a Child Safe Organisation, which spells out the practical steps every every not-for-profit organisation can take to ensure the children within their care are protected from harm.
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