Child Safety Policy Template

Did you know these facts about the Child Safety?

• Any responsibility, measure or activity undertaken to protect children from harm is known as child protection.
• Employers have all the rights to request potential employees or employees to provide a police check in accordance with the law and as appropriate before they commence working with the organisation.
• Every company that provides services for children has the right to prevent a person from working in the company if they pose a risk to children.

Child Safety Policy overview

This Child Safety Policy covers what Child Safety Policy is and provides guidelines for the professional standards required within your organisation. It deals with the standards of behaviour expected when your people are dealing with employees, contractors, volunteers, customers, suppliers, regulatory authorities, and the general public.

This Child Safety Policy template can be adapted to meet the specific needs of your organisation. You can change as little or as much of the content as you like. Some sections may be governed by state and federal legislation. It is important that you seek your HR or legal advice, maintain this policy as legislation changes and adjust it to meet your requirements.

Target audience

This Child Safety Policy workplace policy template is suitable for all your employees, contractors, and volunteers. Once you have adjusted the Child Safety Policy template to meet the specific requirements of your organisation you can deliver it to new starters at induction and as refresher training on a regular basis.

Topics covered

The following topics are covered in this Child Safety Policy:

• Sustain Child Safe Culture
• Legal duties of employer and employees
• Reporting a child safety concern or complaint

Duration

This Child Safety Policy will take approximately five minutes to complete.

Learning outcomes

The following learning outcomes will be achieved on completion of this Child Safety Policy:

• Understand the employer’s and employee’s legal duties that the organisation expects.
• Educate and train employees on child safety policy.
• If required or requested by the employers, employees need to go through working with children check.
• Recognise personal responsibility to comply with this Child Safety Policy.
• Be aware of the workplace and know how to report known or suspected breaches of this Child Safety Policy.
• Acknowledge that the Child Safety Policy does not cover every possible event or action and that caution and common sense are required.

Business outcomes

Once all employees, contractors and volunteers have completed your Child Safety Policy, the following business outcomes will be achieved for your organisation:

• Provide guidelines outlining the steps that the organisation regulates on Child Safety.
• An applicable organisation exercises care, supervision or authority over children, whether as part of its primary function or otherwise.
• Monitoring work-related child safety concerns and staff behaviour in the workplace is every employee and employer’s responsibility.
• Sustain a healthy workplace culture and increase productivity.

How to use this Child Safety Policy template

This Child Safety Policy can be uploaded and assigned to your staff via the Safeguard by Sentrient online workplace compliance system or Staffwise by Sentrient human resource management platform. It is best to accompany your Child Safety Policy with workplace relations and safety training, such as the Sentrient online workplace compliance courses.

To get a free demonstration of the Safeguard by Sentrient online workplace compliance system or Staffwise by Sentrient human resource management platform, please get in touch with us today!