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 LoginSafe environments training
Training for organisations with staff and volunteers that provide services to children and young people.
Child safe environment compliance (CSEC) statements
Organisations (including sole traders) providing services to children and young people must lodge a child-safe environments compliance (CSEC) statement.
Creating a policy
Organisations providing services to children and young people must have child safe environment policy in place.
Resources for creating a child safe policy
Resources to help you write your policy and links to related legislation.