CHILD SAFETY POLICY
- Purpose
Children, young people and other vulnerable people and disadvantaged groups have a right to be safe and protected at all times when they are working with the Inventorium or within its platforms or service provisions. The purpose of this policy is to state the Inventorium’s commitment to creating and maintaining a safe physical and virtual environment that promotes and enhances the safety, welfare and well-being of children, young people, disadvantaged groups and other vulnerable people in the community who access our services or participate in our programs.
- Scope
This policy applies to the Inventorium community including all staff, all contractors, volunteers, and directors.
- Policy
- The Inventorium regards the interests of children, young people, vulnerable people and disadvantaged groups in our community as paramount and acknowledges that harm to people within these groups is abhorrent, illegal and must not be tolerated or ignored.
- The Inventorium commits to:
- Encouraging the reporting of any incident of discriminatory behaviour towards young, vulnerable or disadvantaged people to the CEO for investigation and action.
- Maintain a rigorous employee and mentor recruitment and screening process that will include a working with children check for any employees who will be in contact with children directly.
- Monitoring and ensuring the renewal of screening for employees and volunteers as required.
- Ensure that all complaints are dealt with confidentially, expediently and sensitively in an appropriate manner according to mandatory, legislative and organisational procedures.
- Operate in a spirit of co-operation and consultation with other relevant agencies and organisations on matters of relevance.
- Developing, monitoring, evaluating and reviewing risk management strategies to minimise harm to children, young people, vulnerable and disadvantaged groups with regards to the development and delivery of specific programs and services.
- Related Policies
- Child Protection Policy
- Staff Code of Conduct
- Student Wellbeing Policy
- Mandatory Notification Procedure