School

William Ruthven Primary School

Responsiblity

Gemma Albress, Wellbeing Leader

Endorsed:

Endorsed by:

Donald Eddington, Principal

Next review:

File location:

School website

Child Safe Standard 1 – Aboriginal cultural safety

Child Safe Standard 2 – School leadership, governance and culture

Child Safe Standard 3 – Children are safe, informed and actively participate

Child Safe Standard 4 – Family engagement

Child Safe Standard 5 – Equity and diverse needs

Child Safe Standard 6 – Suitable staff and volunteers

Child Safe Standard 7 – Complaints processes

Child Safe Standard 8 – Child safety knowledge, skills and awareness

Child Safe Standard 9 – Physical and online environments

Child Safe Standard 10 – Review of child safety practices

Child Safe Standard 11 – Implementation of child safety practices

Child Safe Standard 10 – Review of child safety practices

Review and improvement

Description:

There is a risk that the implementation of the Child Safe Standards is not regularly reviewed and improved

Risk type:

Organisational

Failure to regularly review child safety policies, procedures and practices (every 2 years) or following any significant child safety incident.

Failure to use analysis of complaints, concerns and safety incidents to inform possible improvements to child safety policies, procedures and practices.

Failure to inform families and communities of the outcome of reviews of child safety policies, procedures and practices.

Child safety policy, procedures and practices may become out of date with any new laws or guidance on good practice, compromising the school’s ability to protect students from child abuse and to respond appropriately to complaints and concerns.

Child safety policy, procedures and practices may no longer meet the needs of the local school community compromising the school’s ability to protect students from child abuse and to respond appropriately to complaints and concerns.

Child safety policy, procedures and practices are not improved as a result of analysis of past complaints, concerns and safety incidents, reducing the school’s ability to protect students from child abuse and to respond appropriately to complaints and concerns.

A register of the school’s policies relating to the child safe standards, including approvers and review cycles is used to support staff to maintain and update our policies

A working group (led by the child safety champion) is established to review child safety policies and procedures

We determine the causes of child safety incidents and monitor for repeat issues or systemic failures, updating any child safety policy, procedure or practice where gaps or improvements are identified

We have a log of complaints and concerns to allow us to monitor areas for improvement in our child safety policies, procedures and practices.

We identify ways to involve staff, volunteers, students, families and community members in review processes.

We inform families through our school’s newsletter when child safety and wellbeing policies are being reviewed and ensure they are invited to provide feedback.

Our Child Safety Champion regularly reviews PROTECT guidance and other relevant policies to ensure our own local child safety policies, procedures and practices are informed by best practice and updated where required.

Use surveys, focus groups and discussions to review the accessibility and level of awareness of child-safe policies and procedures by students, families, staff and volunteers.

Tolerable risk? Yes