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Child Safe Specialists Australia

Locality: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Phone: +61 1300 418 807

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23.01.2022 One of the key sectors that has been affected by the restrictions of COVID-19 has been sporting organisations. Whether it is a commercial sporting organisations such as swim centres, dance schools or sporting clubs who may or may not operate facilities or sporting associations it will be incumbent upon you to start to plan now for how your sporting organisation will return to operation. Read our recent post on meeting legislative and legal obligations and helping you get back to business: https://bit.ly/3c7dXpI #smallbusiness #australia #covid19 #nationalprinciples

22.01.2022 Is your organisation acting in a child safe way? Changes to the New South Wales Reportable Conduct Scheme came into effect March 1, 2020. Contact CSSA for a health check to ensure that your organisation is compliant with these changes >> childsafespecialists.com.au #childsafety #reportableconductscheme

16.01.2022 Frequently Asked Questions: Are the Child Safe Standards / National Principles mandatory? They are not yet mandatory. In February 2019 the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) endorsed the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations and States and Territories are now developing legislation and schemes to embed these Principles.... Organisations that implement policies and procedures prior to becoming mandatory Principles will be demonstrating their leadership and commitment to child safety and wellbeing. Organisations that engage with children and young people must continue to meet existing child safe requirements in their state or territory. Links to state and territory child safe requirements and resources are available here. Read more > http://bit.ly/2KA6FiD #childsafety #childsafestandards #nationalprinciples #childsafeaudit #australia #isyourorganisationactinginachildsafeway

16.01.2022 National Principle 7 for Child Safe Organisations recognises that cultural change can be achieved and maintained by training which promotes thoughts and challenges in our existing perceptions. Staff and volunteers are equipped with the knowledge, skills and awareness to keep children and young people safe through ongoing education and training. Read more about how Child Safe Specialists can prepare your staff and volunteers through training and educations >> http://bit.ly/2TuVNGk

14.01.2022 In the Post Royal Commission environment, whilst a generalisation, it appears that complaints for child related organisations are increasing as parents, guardians and staff are more attuned to identifying behaviours by children and young persons as well as educators and carers which is not appropriate. Read part one in this series designed to assist organisations evaluate and refine their approach to complaint management. > http://bit.ly/CSSA_pt1 #childsafety #complaintmanagement #investigations #royalcommission #childsafeorganisation

12.01.2022 The challenges faced in child safety and complaints management is no different to similar challenges faced by law enforcement and regulatory agencies when operating a risk-based approach. Read part one in our mini series > http://bit.ly/CSSA_pt1 #childsafety #complaintmanagement #investigations #royalcommission #childsafeorganisation #regulatory #lawenforcement

11.01.2022 Are the National Principles the same as the National Child Safe Standards? Read our #frequentlyaskedquestions to learn more > http://bit.ly/37HOxgI #childsafety #childsafestandards #nationalprinciples #FAQs

10.01.2022 Today marks the start of National Child Protection Week Australia wide which focusses on offering the best practices in prevention of child abuse. Recently established, Child Safe Specialists Australia was created to instruct and guide organisations in responding to the ten Child Safe Standards from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. In response, our mission is to:... 1. Work with organisations to ensure standards and practices are embedded within their policies, practices and procedures. 2. Support organisations to create and nurture a culture that prioritises and promotes the safety and wellbeing of children. 3. Develop the skills of your staff and community to embed and maintain a child safe culture. Read more > http://bit.ly/CSSACPW Contact Child Safe Specialists Australia today for a confidential conversation. #childprotectionweek2019 #ChildProtectionWeek #chiildsafety #royalcommission

08.01.2022 Nemesis Consultancy Group are proud to announce our latest additions to our suite of capability - Child Safe Specialists Australia and National Workplace Investigations. Nemesis has grown rapidly in the past decade and specialises in #riskmanagement, online investigations, #surveillance and #investigations. Recently, owing to the rapid rate of growth, Nemesis suite of capability managed by Peter Moroney now extends to include the speciality businesses of National Workplace In...vestigations and Child Safe Specialists Australia. Child Safe Specialists Australia specialises in the provision of child protection services to child related organisations. It was created to instruct and guide organisations in responding to the standards from the #RoyalCommission. National Workplace Investigations conducts investigations into #workplacemisconduct. This includes codes of conduct breaches, thefts, assaults, fraud, conflicts of interest and breaches of contract and fiduciary duties. Our suite of services, including our sister company The Australian Institute for Security and Investigation Training (AISIT) is designed to provide a full service offering across audit, investigations, risk management, prevention and accredited #training. Read more: http://bit.ly/32YTvCu

07.01.2022 What are the Child Safe Standards for? In December 2017 the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse released its final report, which included findings regarding the failure of institutions and organisations across a number of sectors to protect children from abuse and/or to support or respond adequately to children in circumstances where instances of abuse became known to them. Read more of our frequently asked questions --> http://bit.ly/2KA6FiD... #childsafety #childsafestandards #nationalprinciples #FAQs

07.01.2022 The benefits of taking a proactive regulatory approach to Child Safety in 2019 In 2019, the landscape for child related organisations has and continues to change for child based organisations. A key driver in this change is the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and particularly the National Child Safe Standards. The embedding of the Child Safe Standards in an organisation requires an evaluation of the core aspects of th...e business and how it and its staff ensure this occurs in everyday practices. There are many lessons child related organisations can learn from Australian regulators who have and continue to refine to embed good governance processes in everything they do and how they regulate their area of operation. These approaches are particularly relevant to larger child related organisations or systems where they have many services representing their business and their risk is significantly spread often across jurisdictions. Key aspects a child related business should consider is: The area of quality assurance is implicit in the operation of many areas of regulation such as the National Law for Childcare, School Registration and Work, Health and Safety. In a Child Safe context it is suggested the area of quality assurance is much deeper in the sense that the quality assurance is seeking to drive and regulate human behaviours to ensure appropriate choices are made. There are many challenges in this process, not the least being the children being cared for who may act in unpredictable manners. This is because whilst if the same process is followed each time to make a shoe in a child related services this same process may not achieve the same outcome. A lesson organisations may benefit from considering is identifying strategically their compliance and enforcement approach and then considering how they practices fit into this. This demonstrates the importance of having a whole of business process to child safety. A key aspect of this is the audit and quality assurance approach which should seek to audit clearly relevant aspects of the business in high risk areas to ensure standards are being met. This approach must be structured to demonstrate good compliance practices and involve a 360 degree snapshot of the business which focuses particularly on key risk areas. At Child Safe Specialists we have expertise in conducting such reviews and assisting your business meet its legislative requirements. Contact us today to discuss this further.

07.01.2022 Frequently Asked Questions: Which of my staff do the Child Safe Standards apply to? The Child Safe Standards all to all staff members and personnel associated with the organisation including, board members, senior personnel through to volunteers and contractors and in some cases parents. For example, where they take an active participation in the organisations activities. Similarly whilst the Standards/National Principles dont apply to children perse an organisations abilit...y to comply with these requires children to be educated and model acceptable behaviours and be active participants in relevant child safe processes. Read More > http://bit.ly/38SzQI2 #childsafe #childsafestandards #nationalprinciples

03.01.2022 How Does Your Organisation Address Child Related Risk? With the pending mandatory ten standards developed by the Royal Commission, Child Safe Specialists Australia find that a growing area of concern is the unknown around child interactions. Our Canberra manager, Jon Sleeman comments - A growing area of reportable conduct is that involving physical interactions with students and whether this is in the course of a normal interaction or is conducted in such a way that will bre...ach the Code of Conduct and/reportable conduct legislation A key tension in this particular area is the knowledge staff have of complex needs and how they interact with said student. Whilst this might be a grey area to a degree, it is important organisations that have regular teachings and interactions with children and your persons have clear processes in this area and ensure that staff are provided sufficient information to enable them to address any situations appropriately, mitigate risks and avoid being the subject of reportable conduct. Have your say on our new website: http://bit.ly/33BzDqn #chiildsafety #training #royalcommission

01.01.2022 What is a child safe organisation? Organisations that work with children and young people have a responsibility to ensure that they are safe under the supervision and in the environment of the organisation. Child Safe Specialists Australia (CSSA) work with organisations to ensure that they are preventing harm by practicing good risk management and have embedded child safe cultures within their policies and procedures. Child safe organisations create cultures, adopt policies ...and must take action to prevent harm to children, including child sexual abuse as per the standards outlined by the Royal Commission which have been adopted as the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations. We define a child safe organisation as one that consciously creates cultures that reduce the likelihood of harm to children and reviews and embeds cultures that decrease the risk of such harm. A key aspect of this is you do what you say and what you do is appropriate for the level of risk and harm and In accordance with legislative requirements and the wellbeing of relevant parties. Learn More > http://bit.ly/2NJYsKO

01.01.2022 The Evolving Regulatory Impact on Organisations Regulatory impact on organisations has changed over the last ten years with many organisations subject to Regulatory scrutiny adopting risk based methodologies to enable their organisations to comply but also to take into account the practicalities of effectively running their business enterprise. Recently the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse has made recommendations which reference Child Safety S...Continue reading