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Establish a culturally safe environment in which the diverse and unique identities and experiences of Aboriginal children and young people are respected and valued.
https://ccyp.vic.gov.au/child-safe-standards/the-11-child-safe-standards/standard-1/
Description:
This standard requires schools to make sure Aboriginal children and young people feel safe.
The term ‘Aboriginal’ includes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It is important to be respectful of how individual children, students, their families and community refer to themselves, and use appropriate language.
Cultural safety includes being provided with a safe, nurturing and positive environment where Aboriginal children:
Policies and Resources:
School policies:
Department resources, programs and initiatives implemented at the school:
Policy consultation period with parents and carers: August 2022.
Ensure that child safety and wellbeing are embedded in school leadership, governance and culture.
https://ccyp.vic.gov.au/child-safe-standards/the-11-child-safe-standards/standard-2/
Description:
This standard emphasises the vital role that school leaders and governing authorities have in establishing:
Schools must take deliberate steps to promote child safety and wellbeing and protect children by:
Policies and Resources:
School policies:
Department policies and resources:
Policy consultation period with parents and carers: August 2022.
Children and young people are empowered about their rights, participate in decisions affecting them and are taken seriously.
https://ccyp.vic.gov.au/child-safe-standards/the-11-child-safe-standards/standard-3/
Description:
This standard supports schools to create a culture that values and promotes student participation. This includes:
Policies and Resources:
School policies:
Department resources, programs and initiatives implemented at the school:
Policy consultation period with parents and carers: August 2022.
Families and communities are informed and involved in promoting child safety and wellbeing.
https://ccyp.vic.gov.au/child-safe-standards/the-11-child-safe-standards/standard-4/
Description:
This standard highlights the importance of an open and transparent child safe culture for families and communities.
Schools must provide families and communities with accessible information about their child safe policies and practices and involve them in their approach to child safety and wellbeing.
Policies and Resources:
School policies:
Department resources, programs and initiatives implemented at the school:
Policy consultation period with parents and carers: August 2022
Equity is upheld and diverse needs are respected in policy and practice.
https://ccyp.vic.gov.au/child-safe-standards/the-11-child-safe-standards/standard-5/
Description:
This standard focuses on creating environments where all children and young people feel welcome.
Equity is a state of fairness in which all children and young people can participate freely and equally in areas of life, regardless of their background, characteristics or beliefs. This means their safety is not dependent on their socio-economic, family or personal circumstances.
As part of this standard, schools must:
Policies and Resources:
School policies:
Department resources, programs and initiatives implemented at the school:
Policy consultation period with parents and carers: August 2022
People working with children and young people are suitable and supported to reflect child safety and wellbeing values in practice.
https://ccyp.vic.gov.au/child-safe-standards/the-11-child-safe-standards/standard-6/
Description:
This standard focuses on ensuring that people who work with children and young people are suitable and supported to act in a child safe way. Schools should make child safety and wellbeing a key consideration when recruiting staff and volunteers.
As part of this standard, schools must:
Policies and Resources:
School policies:
Department resources, programs and initiatives implemented at the school:
Policy consultation period with parents and carers: August 2022
Ensure that processes for complaints and concerns are child focused.
https://ccyp.vic.gov.au/child-safe-standards/the-11-child-safe-standards/standard-7/
Description:
This standard focuses on ensuring that schools have complaints processes that are child-focused, culturally safe and accessible to everyone.
Schools must have policies, procedures and practices to:
Policies and Resources:
School policies:
Department resources, programs and initiatives implemented at the school:
Policy consultation period with parents and carers: August 2022
Staff and volunteers are equipped with the knowledge, skills and awareness to keep children and young people safe through ongoing education and training.
https://ccyp.vic.gov.au/child-safe-standards/the-11-child-safe-standards/standard-8/
Description:
This standard focuses on building child safety knowledge, skills and awareness in staff, volunteers and school governing authorities.
All schools should deliver training to new and existing staff and volunteers. The training must be tailored to the needs of the school and the role the person performs at the school.
Policies and Resources:
School policies:
Department resources, programs and initiatives implemented at the school:
Policy consultation period with parents and carers: August 2022
Physical and online environments promote safety and wellbeing while minimising the opportunity for children and young people to be harmed.
https://ccyp.vic.gov.au/child-safe-standards/the-11-child-safe-standards/standard-9/
Description:
This standard focuses on child safety and wellbeing in physical and online environments and ensuring that procurement also reflects child safety.
Schools need to have policies and strategies:
Schools must analyse and understand potential risks to students. It is important to think about risks created by school structure and culture, activities and physical and online environments. Online technologies are constantly changing which presents significant challenges for schools, parents and carers. Online behaviour needs to be addressed in the Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy and Codes of Conduct to promote child safety. Arrangements with external agencies also create child safety risks. They create opportunities for unknown people to have contact with students.
Policies and Resources:
School policies:
Department resources, programs and initiatives implemented at the school:
Policy consultation period with parents and carers: August 2022
Implementation of the Child Safe Standards is regularly reviewed and improved.
https://ccyp.vic.gov.au/child-safe-standards/the-11-child-safe-standards/standard-10/
Description:
This standard focuses on continuous improvement in child-safe policies, procedures and practices.
Schools must:
Schools must analyse and understand potential risks to students. It is important to think about risks created by school structure and culture, activities and physical and online environments. Online technologies are constantly changing which presents significant challenges for schools, parents and carers. Online behaviour needs to be addressed in the Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy and Codes of Conduct to promote child safety. Arrangements with external agencies also create child safety risks. They create opportunities for unknown people to have contact with students.
Policies and Resources:
School policies:
Department resources, programs and initiatives implemented at the school:
Policy consultation period with parents and carers: August 2022
Policies and procedures that document how schools are safe for children, young people and students.
https://ccyp.vic.gov.au/child-safe-standards/the-11-child-safe-standards/standard-11/
Description:
This standard focuses on incorporating the 11 Child Safe Standards into school policies, procedures and practices, which work together to create a child-safe culture.
Schools should ensure these policies and procedures are:
Policies and Resources:
Department resources, programs and initiatives implemented at the school:
Policy consultation period with parents and carers: August 2022
You can access Preston South Primary School policies by selecting the attachments below.