Empowerment and participation: A guide for organisations working with children and young people
Resources— 4 March 2021
This guide provides advice for child safe organisations on building children and young people's participation.
Child-safe organisations
Independent Oversight System Consultation (Western Australia)
Survey— 11 February 2021
Feedback is sought for a new system of independent oversight for child safe organisations, including compliance, reporting and complaints.
A guide to developing child safe codes of conduct
Resources— 17 December 2020
This resource guides organisations through developing their own code of conduct for adults working with children.
Inquiry into the Education Department's Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (Tasmania)
News— 17 November 2020
Submissions are invited on the Department of Education's responses to child sexual abuse in Tasmanian government schools.
Mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect
CFCA Resource Sheet— June 2020
Information about who is required by law to report suspected child abuse and neglect to government child protection authorities
Child safe organisations: Information for organisations on how to keep children safe
Short article— 6 November 2019
This short article discusses the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations and links to resources to help organisations become child safe.
Key messages from the National Apology to Victims and Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse
Short article— 1 November 2018
This short article provides a summary of the National Apology to Victims and Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse delivered in October 2018.
Creating child-safe organisations: Lessons learned from the Royal Commission
Short article— 29 May 2018
The MacKillop Family Services conference focused on what can be learned from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
Responding to disclosures of child abuse and neglect
Webinar— 20 Jun 2018
This webinar provided an overview of recent research on how to support and respond to children's disclosures of abuse and neglect.
Pre-employment screening: Working With Children Checks and Police Checks
CFCA Resource Sheet— May 2018
A guide to the various child safety screening programs in each Australian state and territory
