Child Safe Standards

The Child Safe Standards commenced on 1 July 2022, replacing the Child Safe Standards that were established in 2016. There are 11 Child Safe Standards that aim to protect children and young people, by requiring organisations to put policies, procedures and processes in place to prevent and respond to abuse. The aim of these standards is to keep children and young people safe.

Standard 6: People working with children and young people are suitable and supported to reflect child safety and wellbeing values in practice

Our school at a minimum will ensure:

• that recruitment, including advertising, referee checks and staff and volunteer pre-employment screening, emphasise child safety and wellbeing.
• that relevant staff and volunteers have current working with children checks or equivalent background checks.
• that all staff and volunteers receive an appropriate induction and are aware of their responsibilities to children and young people, including record keeping, information sharing and reporting obligations.
• that ngoing supervision and people management is focused on child safety and wellbeing.