If I were the manager I would... “help them learn, show them around, tell them the places they can go to and not. Give them a smile.” 8 year-old young person
Safe environments - physical and online
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National Principle 8: Physical and online environments promote safety and wellbeing while minimising the opportunity for children and young people to be harmed.
Creating safer environments draws on crime prevention research that emphasises reducing opportunities for potential offending behaviours by making the crime more risky and increasing the effort to commit crime.1
Child safe and friendly organisations will consider how their physical and online spaces are designed or adjusted to increase child safety while also supporting the healthy development of children and young people and positive interactions. Amongst other measures, organisations should develop risk management plans that address physical and online risks, including risks arising from child to child and adult to child interactions and the state and nature of physical spaces.
Children have the right to get information that is important to their wellbeing from radio, newspapers, books, computers and other sources. Adults should make sure that the information children get is not harmful, and help them find and understand the information they need. (Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 17)
Commissioner's resources
National Principles for Child Safe Organisations WA: Guidelines
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National resources
Checklist of online safety - Australian Human Rights Commission
Resources for educators - Office of the Children’s eSafety Commissioner
Other resources and examples
Guidelines for photographing children - Department of Sport and Recreation WA
Kidsafe WA - Information and services to promote safety and prevent childhood injuries and accidents in WA.
R U Legal – Legal Aid WA. Advice and education for parents and young people about cyberbullying, sexting, image based abuse.
Risk management - NSW Office of the Children's Guardian
Risk management and mitigation - Commissioner for Children and Young People Victoria
Social media - Play by the Rules
ThinkUKnow online safety - Australian Federal Police and partners
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Endnotes
- Wortley RK and Smallbone SW 2006, Situational Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse, Criminal Justice Press, New York, USA.