Managing staff and volunteers

National Principle 5: People working with children and young people are suitable and supported to reflect child safety and wellbeing values in practice.

Child safe and friendly organisations will take all necessary steps to identify the most suitable people to work with children and discourage unsuitable people from applying or being appointed. Following appointment, induction processes, as well as ongoing supervision and people management is focused on child safety and wellbeing. ‘Studies have demonstrated that one of the most effective safeguards within organisations or professional settings is to provide frequent, open and supportive supervision of staff.’¹

Child Safe Code of Conduct example - Australian Human Rights Commission

Child Safety: Working with Children Check - Government of Western Australia

Child and Youth Risk Management Strategy Toolkit -  Queensland Government

Child Safe, Child Friendly Risk Management Framework - Uniting Care Queensland

Human Resources Practices for Child Safe Organisations - Victorian Government

Endnotes

1. Munro E & Fish A 2015, Hear no evil, see no evil: Understanding failure to identify and report child sexual abuse in institutional contexts, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Sydney, p. 36.