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Helen Haydock
Nov 2, 20243 min read
Considering Risk as Part of Regular Child Safe Practices.
Organisations should regularly discuss risk and staff at all levels should be encouraged to speak up and identify risks
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Helen Haydock
Jul 9, 20243 min read
Is mandatory reporting the same as child safe practices(The National Principles/Child Safe Standards)?
Explore the differences between mandatory reporting and child safe practices.
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Helen Haydock
Jul 4, 20243 min read
News Report: "Police paedophile groomed, abused 50 boys over 30 years." What can child safe organisations learn from this?
News Report: Police paedophile groomed, abused 50 boys over 30 years. Reading this article today I felt I needed to write down my thoughts
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Helen Haydock
Jun 20, 20243 min read
Supporting the Inclusion of Children Who Have Experienced Trauma
In this blog we explore how trauma can be a barrier to inclusion and discuss some strategies staff can use
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Helen Haydock
Apr 30, 20243 min read
Why Should Organisations Invest in Child Protection Training? (Part 3)
Today we are going to explore some common barriers to engaging in Child Protection training.
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Helen Haydock
Apr 24, 20242 min read
Why Should Organisations Invest in Child Protection Training? (Part 2)
In the last post we explored why trauma informed child protection training is important. Today we are going to consider who should receive t
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Helen Haydock
Apr 22, 20242 min read
Why Should Organisations Invest in Child Protection Training? (Part 1)
Child protection related training can be a hard topic for participants to engage with. In this blog series we are going to examine some...
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Helen Haydock
Mar 7, 20243 min read
Ensuring Child Safety in Schools: A Parent's Guide
There has been a lot of attention on schools in recent weeks. The Board of Enquiry into historical child sexual abuse in Beaumaris...
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Helen Haydock
Feb 12, 20242 min read
Reflections on Child Safety Beyond Compliance.
During my travels I was struck by how Child Safety is on the radar everywhere. Read on for further reflections
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Helen Haydock
Jan 10, 20243 min read
Who Harms Children? And Why is This Important? (Part 3/3)
Over the past 2 blog posts we have been looking at The Australian Child Maltreatment Study findings around the most common types/class of...
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Helen Haydock
Jan 10, 20242 min read
Who Harms Children? And why is this question so important? (Part 2/3)
In the first of this 3 part blog series we asked you to think about what class of perpetrator of sexual abuse was most commonly...
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Helen Haydock
Jan 10, 20241 min read
Who Harms Children? And why is this question so important? (Part 1/3)
Many misconceptions exist as to who harms children. This blog series examines the most recent Australian research
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Helen Haydock
Dec 5, 20232 min read
Trauma in the Classroom
Today we will start to think about what trauma looks like in our classrooms
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Helen Haydock
Nov 28, 20232 min read
Trauma as a Barrier to Inclusion
When we think about barriers to inclusion we often think about disability, developmental delays, medical or mental health issues but we...
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Helen Haydock
Nov 4, 20232 min read
What is the difference between Mandatory Reporting and Child Safe Standards?
This is a question that comes up regularly and it is important that those working with children are clear about the differences between...
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Helen Haydock
Sep 19, 20232 min read
What is a Statement of Commitment to Child Safety and Why is it Important?
In complying with Victorian Child Safe Standard 2 an organisation must, at a minimum, ensure that they make a public commitment to child...
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Helen Haydock
Sep 6, 20231 min read
National Child Protection Week 2023
The theme for this years National Child Protection Week is "Where we start matters". There's a few different ways we can consider this...
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Helen Haydock
Aug 23, 20231 min read
Child Protection Training for Early Education: Beyond Compliance
The National Regulations require Early childhood professionals to be aware of the existence and application of current child protection...
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Helen Haydock
Aug 16, 20233 min read
Ensuring child safety: what to look for in an organisation
Following recent media focus on child safety many parents and guardians may be questioning what they should be looking for when selecting...
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Helen Haydock
Aug 8, 20231 min read
Frequently Asked Questions About our Child Safe Training
You may be considering organising training for your team. This FAQ document will answer some common questions about our training. If you...
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