At our recent CRT Network Coordinators' Meeting (12th April) at the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT), Hannah Galloway reminded us all of our professional obligations, "Duty of Care" as teachers.
Let us take this awareness with us, to every educational environment where we teach, this term.
Let us take this awareness with us, to every educational environment where we teach, this term.
Mandatory reporting[1]
“Mandatory
reporters must make a report to the Department of Health and Human Services
(DHHS) (Child Protection) as soon as practicable if, in the course of practising
their profession or carrying out their duties, they form reasonable belief that
a child or young person is in need of protection, as a result of physical
injury or sexual abuse, and the child’s parents are unable or unwilling to
protect the child from that abuse.
A mandatory
reporter who fails to comply with these reporting obligations may be committing
a criminal offence.”
Child Safe Standards[2]
Victoria has
introduced compulsory minimum standards for organisations that provide services
for children to help protect children from abuse.
From 1
January 2017, organisations that provide services for children are required to
comply with the standards. For more information about the organisations that
are required to adopt the standards, visit the Commission for Children and Young People website
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The
standards aim to drive cultural change in organisations so that protecting
children from abuse is embedded in everyday thinking and practice.
The
standards are compulsory for certain organisations, but are not prescriptive.
This allows organisations some flexibility in how they implement the standards
to meet the requirements. To create and maintain a child safe environment, an
organisation must have:
The
Commission for Children and Young People (CCYP) are the oversight body for the
child safe standards.
