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Child Safety - A Flow Chart of Action

Using the Child Safe Standards

reviewing child safe standard 6.1

Step 1

The first step involves reviewing the school’s recruitment procedure for Child Safe Standard 6.1.

This involves assessing the appropriateness and relevance of advertising material, referee checks and pre-employment screening procedures.

(Commission for Children and Young People, 2023)

advertising materials

part 1

  • A detailed description of the job’s role

  • Relevant qualifications and experience with working with children

The interview

  • Guidance on how to manage preventative measures for child abuse or harm in the classroom

  • The advertising is proof of commitment from a school to child safety and wellbeing in reference to standard 6.1

part 2

Reviewing of child safe standard 6.2

Step 2

Reassess the procedures related to background checks regarding relevant teaching qualifications and working with children checks.

  • Regular routine checks on the validity and up-to-date verification of these qualifications

  • Providing appropriate measures to ensure child safety when qualifications become invalid

Reviewing Child safe standard 6.3

“All staff and volunteers receive an appropriate induction and are aware of their responsibilities to children and young people, including record keeping, information sharing and reporting obligations.”

(Commission for Children and Young People, 2023)

step 3

Reviewing child safe standard 9

step 4

Methods to look for and refine in outlook of avoiding the incident that occurred in the case according to the Child Safe Standard 9, ‘Physical and online environments’ include:

  • Actively attending to barriers to learning of students with diverse needs

  • Adapting the physical environment to a more open-classroom environment

  • Using appropriate observational aids

Reflection

Standards reviewed:

  • Child Safe Standard 6: Suitable staff and volunteers

The problem stems from the employee who initiated the harm and compromised the safety of children in the classroom

  • Child Safe Standard 9: Physical and online environments

The problem has directly impacted the school environment and beckons a review into the physical nature of classrooms

reflection of steps

Ministerial Order No. 870

Framework

The school governing authority “must develop and implement risk management strategies regarding child safety in school environments”

Steps 1, 3 and 4 of the action plan aim to address this

(Victoria State Government, 2016)

APSTs STandards 3 & 4

apsts

Standard 3: Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning

Focus Area 3.3: ‘using teaching strategies’ Focus Area 3.5: ‘use effective classroom communication’

Standard 4: Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments

Focus Area 4.3: ‘managing challenging behaviour’ Focus Area 4.4: ‘managing student safety’

(Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership, 2022)

References

Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership. (2022). Australian Professional Standards for Teachers. Retrieved from

https://www.aitsl.edu.au/docs/default-source/national-policy-framework/australian-professional-standards-for-teachers.pdf

Commission for Children and Young People. (2023). A Short Guide to the Child Safe Standards.

Retrieved from https://ccyp.vic.gov.au/resources/child-safe-standards/#CSS_Guide

Commission for Children and Young People. (2023). Standard 6: People working with children and young people are suitable and supported to reflect child safety and wellbeing values in practice. Retrieved from https://ccyp.vic.gov.au/child-safe-standards/the-11-child-safe-standards/standard-6/

Victoria State Government. (2016). Child Safe Standard 6: Strategies to Identify and Reduce or Remove Risks of Child Abuse. Retrieved from

http://www.swanhillps.vic.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ChildSafeStandard6_FactSheet_StrategiesIdentify.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1DxKSJdR-Inr7G5lJGinmQVH7pyRftNV-8XMB1xya05oW7eLlv-mdwtf4

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