Creating child-safe environments publications
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A one page tip-sheet for parents that includes warning signs for parents to consider prior to leaving their children in the care of a babysitter.
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More comprehensive than the tipsheet above, this short booklet provides information for parents to consider prior to leaving their children in the care of a babysitter.
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A fridge magnet and a notepad designed for parents to share important information about their children with the babysitter
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This booklet can assist parents to identify some of the key child-safety issues when selecting activities, services or organisations for their child. The booklet looks at what child-safe principles look like in action and it provides some useful things to look for and questions to ask to be confident that your child is welcome and safe when at an activity or service.
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This guide provides practical information for a broad range of organisations and groups on how to reduce the risk of harm to children who participate in activities run by the organisation. In this context harm is defined to include physical, sexual, emotional, psychological, racial, cultural and religious abuse and neglect.
The guide includes information on:
- undertaking a child safety review
- developing a child safety policy and code of conduct
- enabling and promoting the participation of children
- choosing suitable staff and volunteers
- staff support and supervision; and
- reporting child safety concerns.
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What's inside... 22 July, 2008ren - Organisations, Employees and Volunteers National Framework aims to provide a comprehensive and cohesive national approach to strengthening the capacity of organisations and systems to increase child safety.
The National Framework has been developed through a collaborative approach between all jurisdictions and in cooperation with law enforcement, justice and education portfolios.
Implementation of the National Framework is supported by four guideline focused Schedules that will sit within the Framework. The first schedule Guidelines for Building the Capacity of Child-Safe Organisations has beenlaunched with the Framework document. Work will continue over the coming year on the three other Schedules:
- Evidence-Based Guide for Risk Assessment and Decision-Making when undertaking Background Checking;
- Guidelines for Exclusion of Person from Employment/Volunteering in Child-Related Areas; and
- Guidelines for Information Sharing across Jurisdictions.
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This guide is based on the belief that protecting children from harm requires informed decision-making about whether certain people pose a risk of harm to children in workplace settings.
Schedule One expresses national agreement about broad principles, guidelines and key elements to promote risk assessment and decision-making that is ethical, rigorous, consistent and evidence-based.
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Schedule Two provides information to assist organisations to make decisions about the suitability of staff or volunteers to work/volunteer in child-related services.
- Background checking and risk assessment - Meaning and principles
- What is required for competent risk assessment and decision-making?
- Who should undergo a background check and risk assessment?
- What is assessed?
- How can background checking and risk assessment be responsive to culture, particularly indigenous culture?
- Natural justice and procedural fairness.
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