Child Protection Week

It’s Child Protection week.

We focus this week on the importance of listening to children and believing them.

Our statement of Committment to Child Safety

River Region Early Education is committed to an organisational culture of child safety to protect children from harm and hazard and to enable them to be happy, safe, participating and empowered.

• We prioritise and share the responsibility for child safety across the organisation.

• We ensure children are safe and feel safe in indoor, outdoor, and online environments.

• We value children and ensure their voices are heard about decisions that affect their lives.

• We have zero tolerance for child abuse and support employees and volunteers to be able to identify, reduce and remove risks of harm, abuse and neglect.

• We ensure child safe recruitment, orientation, and performance review practices so that people working with children are suitable and supported.

• We support employees and volunteers to have the knowledge, skills, and awareness to keep children safe through continual education and training.

• We respect diversity and uphold equity to ensure the safety of children with diverse needs, abilities and backgrounds who may be particularly vulnerable.

• We facilitate open, two-way communication with families and communities to promote the rights of children.

• Our complaint processes are child-focused, transparent, and complaints are addressed promptly, thoroughly, and fairly.

• Any allegations, disclosures, or suspicions of child abuse or other safety concerns are treated seriously and consistently and in line with our legal and moral obligations to report to relevant authorities.

• We have specific policies and procedures in place that support all people within our organisation to achieve these commitments.

For more information see our Child Safety and Protection Policy

NQS2.6 Child Safety and Protection Policy V4c.pdf

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