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The Child Safety Commissioner

The Office of the Child Safety Commissioner is an organisation that makes children a priority. The Commissioner provides advice to both the Minister for Community Services and the Minister for Children on issues impacting on the lives of children, in particular vulnerable children. This is achieved through listening to children, advocating on their behalf, being impartial, leading on child-safe practices, acting with integrity, and being held accountable.

Our core functions include:

	Promoting child-safe environments
	Monitoring Victoria's out-of-home care system
	Conducting inquiries into the deaths of children known to the child protection service system and into other matters referred by the Minister for Children
	Reviewing the administration of the Working with Children Act 2005 and educating and informing the community about the Act

what we're currently doing
	5 August, 2008ariety of out-of home care settings such as foster care and residential care to listen to their views and experiences
	Distributing and promoting our recent publications: Great Expectations, Calmer Classrooms, Wise choices: Safe children to parents, educators, health and welfare professionals and CALD communities
	Looking at the impact of frequency of court-ordered access on infants
	Facilitating a partnership between DHS and agencies to coordinate a debutante ball for young people in care.
	Developing a series of resources for grandparents and relative carers
	Preparing a resource for parents of shool aged children on the impact of abuse and neglect
	Facilitating a Horn of Africa forum to promote and showcase educational opportunities for young refugees
	Workshopping research findings on how youth are being portrayed by the media