Child Safeguarding

How do we deliver on this Commitment?

To keep this commitment, the College maintains a Child Safeguarding Program that relates to all aspects of child safety and protecting students from abuse or other harm. This Program is designed to create and maintain a child safe environment and culture at the College and includes:

• Child Safe Codes of Conduct
   
• Clear information as to what constitutes child abuse and other harm and associated key indicators of abuse or other harm
   
• Clear procedures for reporting child safety incidents or concerns internally, and for responding to allegations of child abuse or other harm
   
• Strategies to support, encourage and enable Staff, volunteers, contractors, parents/carers and students to understand, identify, discuss and report child safety matters
   
• Procedures for recruiting and screening members of the Executive Leadership Team, staff, volunteers and contractors
   
• Procedures for reporting to external agencies, including Mandatory Notifications to the Department for Child Protection and Reporting to Police

• Pastoral Care strategies designed to empower students and keep them safe
   
• Strategies to support and encourage the participation and inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, students from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and students living with disability
   
• Child safeguarding training
   
• Information regarding the steps to take after a disclosure of abuse or other harm to protect, support and assist students
   
• Guidelines on  record keeping and confidentiality
   

• Policies to ensure compliance with all relevant laws, regulations and standards

• A system for continuous review and improvement.