Australian Child Safe Consultancy is a team of specialists in the child protection work place.

The Australian government has been clear with its response in its support to The Royal Commission into Institutional responses to child sexual abuse. It will require organisations (paid or voluntary) who deliver services to children and young people to comply and maintain specific standards.

Australian Child Safe Consultancy can help mitigate risk with our one stop shop approach. We can help you by providing a review of any of your existing child safe policies as well as writing them for you. Additionally, we provide policy training to staff as well as annual auditing for compliance purposes.

At Australian Child Safe Consultancy, we continuously invest time in our customer’s requirements. We ensure we tailor solutions to meet our customers’ needs while delivering exceptional user-friendly outcomes without compromising quality.

Contact Australian Child Safe Consultancy today to discuss your needs.

Australians have been rightly shocked at the disclosures and responses to sexual abuse at the hands of institutions, organisations and individuals to whom the care, social, recreational and educational development of our children were entrusted to. Many of these disclosures came to the public attention through media releases as victims of abuse sought redress through Legal proceedings.

In June 2018 The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse handed down its Final Report and Recommendations. These recommendations place responsibilities on all organisations, schools, religions institutions, service/sports clubs, small businesses as well as individuals who provide services to children and young people to adopt the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations.

Australian Child Safe Consultancy can support your business to meet its obligations to children, families, staff and funding partners to provide a work environment that has a child safety policy as its focus.

Australian Child Safe Consultancy has staff who are specialised in providing Child Protection Policy Framework for local, State and National Organisations, Business and Service Providers.

Our staff can assist you to:

• Understand the requirements of a Child Safe Framework
• Conduct child safe risk assessments
• Develop protocols and policies that meet your obligations
• Audit compliance of your Child Safe Policy
• Provide Child Safety Policy training for your staff
• Provide annual reviews of compliance
• Ensure you are meeting your States requirements for Mandatory Reporting and Screening of Employees

Established under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (NDIS Act), the NDIS is the primary funding body to individuals and agencies to provide individualised support for people with disability, their families and carers. The NDIS provides all Australians with a permanent and significant disability, aged under 65, with the reasonable and necessary supports they need to live an ordinary life.

If you provide services under the NDIS or apply for a Commonwealth Grant where you provide services to children or activities that have contact with children then you will need to demonstrate that you comply with child safe obligations as defined under the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

Talk to Australian Child Safe Consultancy to ensure you and your organisation are Child Safe Compliant.

- How does The Royal Commission into Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse impact on my staff?

If your organisation employs or provides a service to children or young people then according to The Royal Commission into Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse there are certain standards you must maintain if you are to continue in this field.

- Do I need a child safe policy?

The Royal Commission into Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse requires all organisations who work with children to be transparent in upholding the rights of the child and this is best done with a child safe policy.

- My organisation is just made up of volunteers; surely I don’t need a child safe policy?

As a result of the findings of The Royal Commission into Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse where it looked extensively into voluntary organisations such as sporting and social groups it found a number organisations did not have sufficient policies in mitigating the risk of child abuse in their service.

- My staff have a working with children’s check isn’t that enough?

No, The Royal Commission into Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse clearly states it is no longer enough just to have a working with children’s check. Each organisation must have clearly written standards when working with children. It is equally important these standards are understood by all staff.

- What would happened if I ignore The Royal Commission into Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse recommendations?

It is highly likely the standards, which have been recommended to Federal government, will be enacted in each state and territory jurisdiction. This being the case, once enacted, you may find your organisation in breach of state or territory laws.

- My organisation operates across more than one state or territory, how will this work for us?

As this is a Federal government initiative it is likely it will be picked up at by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) and will therefore be implemented nationally by each state and territory. It is highly likely the states and territories will have a more uniform approach to Child Safe issues.

- Who will know if my organisation has a child safe policy or not?

According to the recommendations of The Royal Commission into Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse there will be a requirement of an audit into both policy as well practice for staff.

- Ok so I need a Child Safe Policy, how do I ensure my staff are aware of its contents and implement it in their practice?

From a risk management perspective, Training is the key to help mitigate the risk and is also a recommendation of The Royal Commission into Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse.

- My staff and I are so stretched as it is how can I possibly get on top the new requirements?

At Australian Child Safe Consultancy we are a one stop shop. We can help write the policy help implement it, train staff and audit your organisations child safe practice.

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