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Online Child Safety and Protection Awareness Training Course

This 30-minute online child safety and protection of young people course presents the principles of child-safe organisations and the obligations and responsibilities that we all have in preventing and responding to the neglect of children and child abuse.

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    “Everyone has a responsibility to ensure that our children grow up in environments that build confidence, friendship, security and happiness, irrespective of a person’s family circumstances or background.”

    Did you know?

    Did you know?

    • Keeping children safe from harm requires a vigilant and informed community that is confident in making judgements and is assertive in taking action.
    • Timely and effective intervention for children and young people who may be at risk of abuse or neglect is paramount.
    • The challenge of protecting children and young people is everyone’s responsibility, including: parents, early learning centres, schools, sporting clubs, communities, governments and businesses.
    Course overview

    Course Overview

    This online course on child safety and protection of young people outlines what child safety is, provides a practical understanding of the national principles for child-safe organisations, how to comply with these principles, how to prevent the neglect of children and child abuse and encourages everyone to contribute to a child safe organisation.

    This child safety and protection of young people course is legally compliant, kept up to date with legislation for all states and territories in Australia. It has been written together with Child Safeguard and will be regularly updated as legislation is implemented and updated in the different states and territories in Australia.

    Target audience

    Course target audience

    This child safety and protection of young people training is suitable for all people or groups, including employees, contractors and volunteers.

    Topics covered

    Topics covered

    The following topics are covered in this child safety and protection of young people online learning:

    • What is child safety
    • Principles for Child-safe organisations
      • Principle 1 – Child safety and wellbeing are embedded in organisational leadership, governance and culture.
      • Principle 2 – Children and young people are informed about their rights, participate in decisions affecting them and are taken seriously.
      • Principle 3 – Families and communities are informed and involved in promoting child safety and wellbeing.
      • Principle 4 – Equity is upheld, and diverse needs are respected in policy and practice.
      • Principle 5 – People working with children and young people are suitable and supported to reflect child safety and wellbeing values in practice.
      • Principle 6 – Processes to respond to complaints and concerns are child-focused.
      • Principle 7 – Staff and volunteers are equipped with the knowledge, skills and awareness to keep children and young people safe through ongoing education and training.
      • Principle 8 – Physical and online environments promote safety and wellbeing while minimising the opportunity for children and young people to be harmed.
      • Principle 9 – Implementation of the national child safe principles is regularly reviewed and improved.
      • Principle 10 – Policies and procedures document how the organisation is safe for children and young people.
    • Mandatory reporting obligations
    • Preventing the neglect of children and child abuse
    • Contribute to a child-safe organisation
    Course duration

    Duration

    This child safety and protection of young people eLearning course will take approximately 30 minutes to complete.

    Learner experience

    Learner experience

    This online course for child safety and protection of young people is simple to navigate, easy to understand and will accommodate all learning styles. It can be purchased for individual enrolments via Sentrient OnDemand, delivered through the Sentrient online workplace compliance system or the Sentrient human resource management platform, or via an existing learning management system if you already have one.

    During this child safety and protection of young people training, learners will undertake case studies and learning activities to reinforce what child safety is, create awareness for the principles of child-safe organisations, ensure duty of care and mandatory reporting is carried out, preventing the neglect of children and child abuse, and how to contribute to a child safe organisation. At the end of this Child Safety and protection of young people course, there is a short online assessment. There is also a declaration that everyone will contribute to a child-safe organisation and that we all have an obligation and responsibility to prevent and respond to the neglect of children and child abuse.

    Learning outcomes

    Learning outcomes

    At the end of this course for child safety and protection of young people, your employees, contractors and volunteers will have a better understanding of the following:

    • The different forms of child abuse.
    • The 10 National Principles for Child Safe Organisations.
    • Mandatory Reporting obligations.
    • Duty of Care obligations.
    • Other Child Safe Legal obligations.
    • The benefits of becoming a Child Safe Organisation.
    Business outcomes

    Business outcomes

    Once your people have completed this online child safety and protection of young people awareness course, you will achieve the following benefits:

    • Create awareness for what child safety and the protection of young people is
    • Ensure people understand the principles of child-safe organisations
    • Duty of care and compliance with the principles of child-safe organisations
    • Be able to prevent and respond to the neglect of children and child abuse
    • Enable a child-safe culture that is embedded in everyday thinking and practice
    • Ensure a child-safe organisation

    Other Related Online Compliance Courses

    The child safety and protection of young people workplace training can be completed as stand-alone eLearning, or it can be rolled out with other Sentrient online workplace compliance training at induction and as regular refresher training.

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