Child Safe Standards
Child Safe Standard #4
Screening, supervision, training and other human resource practices that reduce the risk of child abuse
Child Safe Standard 4 requires Monty PS to use policies and procedures for recruitment, supervision, training and managing performance that support a child safe school environment. Strong human resource practices promote child safe school environments and reduce the risk of child abuse.
Monty PS already has a number of recruitment and screening practices that reduce the risk of child abuse.
1. Each job or category of jobs for school staff that involves child-connected work must have a clear statement that sets out:
a) the job’s requirements, duties and responsibilities regarding child safety; and
b) the job occupant’s essential or relevant qualifications, experience and attributes in relation to child safety.
2. All applicants for jobs that involve child-connected work for the school must be informed about the school’s child safety practices (including the code of conduct).
3. In accordance with any applicable legal requirement or school policy, the school must make reasonable efforts to gather, verify and record the following information about a person whom it proposes to engage to perform child connected work:
a) Working with Children Check status, or similar check;
b) proof of personal identity and any professional or other qualifications;
c) the person’s history of work involving children; and
d) references that address the person’s suitability for the job and working with children.
4. The school must ensure that appropriate supervision or support arrangements are in place in relation to:
a) the induction of new school staff into the school’s policies, codes, practices, and procedures governing child safety and child connected work; and
b) monitoring and assessing a job occupant’ s continuing suitability for child connected work.
5. The school must implement practices that enable the school governing authority to be satisfied that people engaged in child - connected work perform appropriately in relation to child safety.
You can find the following policies regarding volunteer work at MPS on our school website:
MPS Parent Helpers Code of Conduct Policy
If you are needing a Working with Children Check (WWCC), please apply through the following website:
http://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/
