The Child Safe Environments program supports organisations providing services to children and young people to build and maintain environments that are both child safe and child-friendly. These are environments 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 develop child safe policies and procedures aligned with the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations
- organisations to lodge their child safe environments compliance statement
- facilitators of the Child Safe Environments training – Through Their Eyes.
As a prescribed organisation, the department has a Safeguarding Children and Young People Policy, which applies to all children, young people and families we work with.
Contact us
Phone: 8463 6468
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 providing services to children and young people must lodge a Child Safe Environments compliance statement.
Lodging your statement
Step-by-step instructions for lodging your Child Safe Environments compliance statement online.
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.
What goes in your policy
A breakdown of a written policy structure.
Developing a Code of Conduct
Develop your organisation’s Code of Conduct by setting the professional boundaries, expectations of ethical behaviour, and consequences for unacceptable behaviour.
National Principles for child safe organisations
Understand how your organisation child safe compliance statement, policies and procedures must align with the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations and reflect the SA legislative context.
Resources
Checklists, templates and further information.