“Make sure everyone is friendly. Hire people you trust and know they won’t do any harm to children.” 14 year-old young person
Child friendly complaint processes and reporting
Managing staff and volunteers
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Organisations, services and facilities for children and young people should meet standards, particularly in the areas of safety, health, number and suitability of staff, as well as supervision. (Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 3.3)
Commissioner's resources
Checklist for staff and volunteers
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Creating child safe organisations: Report on consultation with children and young people
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National Principles for Child Safe Organisations WA: Guidelines
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National resources
Child Safe Code of Conduct example - Australian Human Rights Commission
Western Australian resources
Child Safety: Working with Children Check - Government of Western Australia
Other resources and examples
Child and Youth Risk Management Strategy Toolkit - Queensland Government
Child Safe, Child Friendly Risk Management Framework - Uniting Care Queensland
Human Resources Practices for Child Safe Organisations - Victorian Government
Explore the National Principles
Endnotes
- Munro E & Fish A 2015, Hear no evil, see no evil: Understanding failure to identify and report child sexual abuse in institutional contexts, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Sydney, p. 36.