5. Processes for responding to No formalised processes for Staff and volunteers provided The process for responding and A feedback process is in place and reporting suspected child responding and/or reporting with a clear statement of their reporting is regularly highlighted for staff, volunteers and service abuse suspected abuse are in place responding and reporting to staff through supervision and users which includes policies and responsibilities during the other guidance procedures for responding to induction process and suspected child abuse The process for responding and understand the process for reporting is incorporated into Strategies to make people feel investigating child abuse, when existing incident reporting safe to report suspected abuse Organisational responses to to report to police, the arrangements are in place, such as publicising reports of suspected child abuse Commission or other regulators. avenues for reporting concerns are reviewed to drive continuous to service users improvement Staff and volunteers are trained to understand and address the Staff and volunteers are trained An identified child safety barriers faced by Aboriginal to identify signs of children at risk champion provides a single point children, children from culturally of abuse of contact for child safety and/or linguistically diverse concerns for staff, volunteers and backgrounds and children with a service users disability when reporting child safety concerns Children are aware of who and how they can report abuse. 6. Strategies to identify and No formal strategies are in place A clear plan/process is in place The risk of child abuse is Continuous improvement reduce or remove the risk of to address the risk of abuse for evaluating the risk of child embedded within broader risk processes include how risks of abuse abuse posed by situations and management documentation with child abuse are managed. or activities appropriate to the responsibility for risk Strategies to address the risk of organisation, its services and the management clearly assigned abuse are informal or not Planned reinforcement of children who use these services consistently applied organisational strategies to (including identification of higher Staff and volunteers are trained reduce risk of abuse of children. risk groups such as children with to identify child abuse risks, such a disability). as out-of-sight spaces and Child safety risks are reviewed personal care tasks and are known to staff and Processes for removing or management reducing these risks are recorded and clearly communicated An identified child safety champion is identified to coordinate or lead the continuous improvement activities
5. Processes for responding to and reporting suspected child abuse No formalised processes for responding and/or reporting suspected abuse are in place The process for responding and reporting is incorporated into existing incident reporting arrangements Staff and volunteers provided with a clear statement of their responding and reporting responsibilities during the induction process and understand the process for investigating child abuse, when to report to police, the Commission or other regulators. Staff and volunteers are trained to understand and address the barriers faced by Aboriginal children, children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and children with a disability when reporting child safety concerns Children are aware of who and how they can report abuse. The process for responding and reporting is regularly highlighted to staff through supervision and other guidance Strategies to make people feel safe to report suspected abuse are in place, such as publicising avenues for reporting concerns to service users Staff and volunteers are trained to identify signs of children at risk of abuse A feedback process is in place for staff, volunteers and service users which includes policies and procedures for responding to suspected child abuse Organisational responses to reports of suspected child abuse are reviewed to drive continuous improvement An identified child safety champion provides a single point of contact for child safety concerns for staff, volunteers and service users 6. Strategies to identify and reduce or remove the risk of abuse No formal strategies are in place to address the risk of abuse or Strategies to address the risk of abuse are informal or not consistently applied A clear plan/process is in place for evaluating the risk of child abuse posed by situations and activities appropriate to the organisation, its services and the children who use these services (including identification of higher risk groups such as children with a disability). Processes for removing or reducing these risks are recorded and clearly communicated The risk of child abuse is embedded within broader risk management documentation with responsibility for risk management clearly assigned Staff and volunteers are trained to identify child abuse risks, such as out-of-sight spaces and personal care tasks Continuous improvement processes include how risks of child abuse are managed. Planned reinforcement of organisational strategies to reduce risk of abuse of children. Child safety risks are reviewed and are known to staff and management An identified child safety champion is identified to coordinate or lead the continuous improvement activities
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