Child safe and friendly organisations

The WWC Check is only one way we can help keep children safe when they participate in activities outside of the home. There are many other things employers and organisations that work with children can do to make sure their organisation is child safe and child friendly.

A child safe/child friendly organisation will have policies and strategies in place to protect children from being harmed by people entrusted to work with them. A child friendly and child safe organisation is also committed to encouraging children to participate in activities and to ensure children are listened to and their concerns are taken seriously.

Providing child safe/child friendly environments for our children is the responsibility of all people who work with children.  To find out more about creating child safe environments for children please see our Introductory Factsheet which has been developed by Childwise, the Australian experts in how to create child safe/child friendly organisations.

Further and more detailed information can be found in the National Framework and Guidelines for creating safe environments for children.  Please click on the links below to find out more information.

National Framework (PDF, 3286kb)

Schedule: An Evidence-based Guide for Risk Assessment and Decision-making when Undertaking Background Checking (PDF, 120kb)

Schedule: Guidelines for Building the Capacity of Child-Safe Organisations (PDF, 589kb)

Schedule: Information Sharing (PDF 0.12 MB)

You may find the following websites useful:

Childwise
www.childwise.net

Australian Council for Children & Young People
http://www.accyo.org.au/the_pilot.htm

New South Wales Commission for Children & Young People: http://www.kids.nsw.gov.au/director/check/safefriendly/parents.cfm

Victoria Child Safety Commission:
http://www.ocsc.vic.gov.au

Queensland Commission for Children & Young People
http://www.ccypcg.qld.gov.au/about/educationandtraining.html#kit