Any information you provide is subject to the confidentiality provisions of the Children and People Act 2008 and the Information Privacy Act 2014. Further information about Community Service Directorate’s privacy policy is at: / We will not disclose your name and contact details to any person or organisation unless required to by law or unless you have consented to the disclosure. What does Community Services Directorate do with an allegation? We will let you know that we have received the allegation, and we may ask you for more information. If there is an immediate risk to a child, we may refer the allegation to ACT Policing. We may also refer the allegation to Child and Youth Protection Services as a Child Concern Report. We will then confirm if the allegation involves reportable conduct by a Community Services Directorate employee. If it is not reportable conduct, but involves possible misconduct by an employee, we will it to another area of the directorate for investigation. If the allegation involves reportable conduct, but not by a Community Services Directorate employee, the allegation may be referred to Access Canberra as part of the Working with Vulnerable People Scheme. Where it is reportable conduct by a Community Services Directorate employee, we will notify the ACT Ombudsman of the allegation and refer it to the Professional Standards Unit in Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Directorate (CMTEDD) for investigation. Any further action taken will depend on the outcome of this investigation. Under the Information Privacy Act 2014, we are unable to inform you of the outcome of the investigation and any action we take in relation to an allegation. We also remind you that under section 17P of the Ombudsman Act 1989 (ACT) it is an offence to make a false or misleading allegation against another person. The maximum penalty for which is 100 penalty units (at the time of writing, a penalty unit is $150), imprisonment for 12 months or both.
Any information you provide is subject to the confidentiality provisions of the Children and People Act 2008 and the Information Privacy Act 2014. Further information about Community Service Directorate’s privacy policy is at: / We will not disclose your name and contact details to any person or organisation unless required to by law or unless you have consented to the disclosure. What does Community Services Directorate do with an allegation? We will let you know that we have received the allegation, and we may ask you for more information. If there is an immediate risk to a child, we may refer the allegation to ACT Policing. We may also refer the allegation to Child and Youth Protection Services as a Child Concern Report. We will then confirm if the allegation involves reportable conduct by a Community Services Directorate employee. If it is not reportable conduct, but involves possible misconduct by an employee, we will it to another area of the directorate for investigation. If the allegation involves reportable conduct, but not by a Community Services Directorate employee, the allegation may be referred to Access Canberra as part of the Working with Vulnerable People Scheme. Where it is reportable conduct by a Community Services Directorate employee, we will notify the ACT Ombudsman of the allegation and refer it to the Professional Standards Unit in Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Directorate (CMTEDD) for investigation. Any further action taken will depend on the outcome of this investigation. Under the Information Privacy Act 2014, we are unable to inform you of the outcome of the investigation and any action we take in relation to an allegation. We also remind you that under section 17P of the Ombudsman Act 1989 (ACT) it is an offence to make a false or misleading allegation against another person. The maximum penalty for which is 100 penalty units (at the time of writing, a penalty unit is $150), imprisonment for 12 months or both.