These resources support organisations to create child safe environments and meet their child safety responsibilities.
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Resources to support child safe policy development
These resources support the implementation of your child safe policy and include useful templates:
Policy templates are available for the following types of organisations:
Learn more about what child safe policies are and how to create one on our child safe policy page.
Mandatory Reporting Information Booklet
A practical guide to help workers:
- recognise when a child or young person may be at risk
- understand their mandatory reporting responsibilities
- respond appropriately to concerns
- make a report when required.
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Your responsibility as a mandated reporter
Learn who is required to report concerns about a child's safety and when they are legally required to act. It helps organisations clearly define staff responsibilities and ensure concerns about harm are reported at the right time.
Department for Child Protection (DCP) - The role of mandated reporters
National Principles for Child Safe Organisations
Understand the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations
The National Principles for Child Safe Organisations provide a framework for creating and maintaining child safe environments.
Australian Human Rights Commission - National Principles for Child Safe Organisations
Free self-paced training
Free online training designed to support organisations in applying the National Principles in practice. The training includes 11 e-learning modules, each taking approximately 20 minutes to complete.
Australian Human Rights Commission - Child safe organisations training
Build and support a child safe culture
Culturally safe environments
Guidance on creating culturally safe environments, particularly for Aboriginal children and communities.
Child safe culture
Government guidance, tools and resources to support policy development and strengthen child safe culture within organisations.
National Office for Child Safety
Safeguarding children and young people
Research, tools and practical resources to support continuous improvement in child safeguarding policies and organisational practices.
Australian Catholic University (ACU) – Safeguarding Children and Young People Portal
Child safety resources for sport
Access tools and training for community sport
Tools and training for safe, fair and inclusive sporting environments.
Access child safety policies and guidance for sport
Policies, standards and guidance for safeguarding children in sport.