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Considering Risk as Part of Regular Child Safe Practices.

Helen Haydock

Nov 23 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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Ensuring Child Safety in Schools: A Parent's Guide

Helen Haydock

Mar 73 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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Reflections on Child Safety Beyond Compliance.

Helen Haydock

Feb 122 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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Who Harms Children? And Why is This Important? (Part 3/3)

Helen Haydock

Jan 103 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 102 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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Who Harms Children? And why is this question so important? (Part 1/3)

Helen Haydock

Jan 101 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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What is the difference between Mandatory Reporting and Child Safe Standards?

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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Ensuring child safety: what to look for in an organisation

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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Setting boundaries for child safety: the importance of a code of conduct

Helen Haydock

Jul 25, 20232 min read

Setting boundaries for child safety: the importance of a code of conduct

In our previous post, we discussed the steps organisations can take during the recruitment process to ensure child safety. Now, we'll...

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What is a Child Safe Organisation? (And why does it matter?)

Helen Haydock

Jun 17, 20232 min read

What is a Child Safe Organisation? (And why does it matter?)

Over the next few posts I will explore what it means to be a Child Safe organisation. What does it mean for organisations working with...

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Grooming. Why do perpetrators do it and why should people who work with children know about it?

Helen Haydock

Feb 3, 20232 min read

Grooming. Why do perpetrators do it and why should people who work with children know about it?

In the last few days I've seen a few articles across both LinkedIn and mainstream news discussing the role grooming has played in sexual...

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Keeping children safe: beyond compliance

Helen Haydock

Oct 18, 20222 min read

Keeping children safe: beyond compliance

Organisations that work with children have an obligation to keep children and young people safe. Across Australia the States and...

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