The Child Safe Environment program helps organisations to create and keep environments that are safe and welcoming for children and young people.
This means spaces where children and young people:
- are protected
- feel respected, valued and encouraged to reach their full potential
- are heard.
We do this by supporting:
- organisations to create child-safe policies and procedures that follow state laws and the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations
- organisations to lodge their Child-Safe Environments Compliance (CSEC) statement
- facilitators of the Safe Environments Through Their Eyes training program.
As a prescribed organisation, the department has a Safeguarding Children and Young People Policy, which applies to all the children, young people and families we work with.
Contact us
Phone 1800 371 113
Email dhs.childsafe@sa.gov.au
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Safe Environments – Through Their Eyes Facilitator training area
Facilitators Area LoginChild safe environments training
Training for organisations with staff and volunteers that provide services to children and young people.
Compliance statements
Organisations and including sole traders providing services to children and young people must lodge a child-safe environments compliance (CSEC) statement.
Creating a policy
Your child safe environments policy is part of your child safe environments compliance statement. It sets out the steps your organisation takes to promote the safety and wellbeing of children and young people.
Lodging your statement
Instructions for lodging your child safe environments compliance statement online.
Child Safe Environments resources
Guideline to writing a policy and further information.