Child Safeguarding

At St Joseph's, we are committed to creating and maintaining a safe environment for children and young people, adhering to the Child Safe Standards and relevant legislation.

There are 11 Child Safe Standards - we will explore each one and how St Joseph's addresses the standards.

Standard 4 - Family Engagement

Standard 4 of the Victorian Child Safe Standards focuses on family and community engagement in promoting child safety and wellbeing. It requires organizations to actively involve families and communities in decisions affecting children and to maintain open communication about their child safety practices.

Ways St Joseph's achieves this standard:

• Policies
• Behaviour Frameworks
• Code of Conduct for all (staff, students and families)
• Risk Registers
• Community Events
• Digital Literacy and Safety information sessions
• Wellbeing initiatives
• Assembly
• Learning conversations & PSG meetings

Volunteers

We love to include parents and supporters in the life of our school.

If you would like to support events at St Joseph's, you are required to hold a Working With Children Check.

To apply for a Working with Children Card, you will need to:

• Prove your identity with documents using your phone
• Fill out an online form
• Pay if you need to (volunteer checks are free)
• Consent to us passing your info on to do your check.

We welcome volunteers to our school.

Volunteers at St Joseph's that need Working with Children Checks:

• School Advisory Council members
• Parents and Friends Association members
• Parents/community members that wish to help with school lunches
• Parents/community members that would like to support sporting events.
• Classroom helpers