bullying misconduct sexual harassment racism conflict theft brief interruption to the supply of a utility intruders first aid minor flooding minor property damage absenteeism. Any non-critical incident that deteriorates, resulting in serious injury or harm, puts the safety of students, staff or visitors at significant risk, or poses a real threat to property or the school environment, should be treated as a Critical Incident and reported immediately to the Directorate. PROCEDURES Determining the level of criticality The definitions in the Critical/Non-Critical Incident Management and Reporting policy provide a clear description of a critical incident and a non-critical incident. If there remains any doubt in the mind of the principal or their delegate about the level of criticality, they should err on the side of caution and treat the incident as critical. In situations where an incident of bullying, sexual harassment, racism or harassment escalates to the point where it poses a significant immediate threat to the safety of staff and/or students, or the situation becomes violent, it should be treated as a critical incident. Reporting The fact sheet Determining Incident Criticality (Appendix 1), and flow chart Critical Incident Reporting Process (available internally through Index), enable principals to determine which incidents must be reported immediately to the Directorate and the mandated reporting process to be followed. Any incident involving international students outside of activities organised or directly related to educational outcomes must be reported immediately to the Deputy Director General Education Strategy. In the case of a critical incident principals must phone their School Network Leader (SNL) and/or Executive Officer, Office for Schools, then complete: Notification of a Critical Incident form (available internally through Index). The completed notification form must be forwarded by email to the School Network Leader (SNL) and/or Executive Officer as soon as possible on the day the incident occurred. If any incident is also a Notifiable Incident ) under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011, Worksafe ACT must be contacted, in the first instance, by telephone on (02) 6207 3000. If the incident involves a staff member, the SNL and People and Performance must be contacted as soon as possible. If the incident involves a student, the
bullying misconduct sexual harassment racism conflict theft brief interruption to the supply of a utility intruders first aid minor flooding minor property damage absenteeism. Any non-critical incident that deteriorates, resulting in serious injury or harm, puts the safety of students, staff or visitors at significant risk, or poses a real threat to property or the school environment, should be treated as a Critical Incident and reported immediately to the Directorate. PROCEDURES Determining the level of criticality The definitions in the Critical/Non-Critical Incident Management and Reporting policy provide a clear description of a critical incident and a non-critical incident. If there remains any doubt in the mind of the principal or their delegate about the level of criticality, they should err on the side of caution and treat the incident as critical. In situations where an incident of bullying, sexual harassment, racism or harassment escalates to the point where it poses a significant immediate threat to the safety of staff and/or students, or the situation becomes violent, it should be treated as a critical incident. Reporting The fact sheet Determining Incident Criticality (Appendix 1), and flow chart Critical Incident Reporting Process (available internally through Index), enable principals to determine which incidents must be reported immediately to the Directorate and the mandated reporting process to be followed. Any incident involving international students outside of activities organised or directly related to educational outcomes must be reported immediately to the Deputy Director General Education Strategy. In the case of a critical incident principals must phone their School Network Leader (SNL) and/or Executive Officer, Office for Schools, then complete: Notification of a Critical Incident form (available internally through Index). The completed notification form must be forwarded by email to the School Network Leader (SNL) and/or Executive Officer as soon as possible on the day the incident occurred. If any incident is also a Notifiable Incident ) under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011, Worksafe ACT must be contacted, in the first instance, by telephone on (02) 6207 3000. If the incident involves a staff member, the SNL and People and Performance must be contacted as soon as possible. If the incident involves a student, the
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