Resources and Training
The Office of the Children's Guardian (OCG) regulate and oversees organisations to uphold children and young people’s right to be safe. OCG is a statutory NSW government agency. The Office of the Children’s Guardian provide a wealth of information and resources UNE needs to become child safe including templates, samples, handbooks, fact sheets, web links, podcasts and links to relevant organisations.
The eSafety Commissioner (eSafety) is the Australian Government’s independent online safety regulator. Their purpose is to help safeguard Australians at risk of online harms and to promote safer, more positive online experiences. As the first agency of its kind in the world, eSafety is at the forefront of preventing online risks, reducing the impacts of harms and building safer digital spaces.
Introduction to the Child Safe Standards These sessions are intended for people who are responsible for developing and understanding child safety within their organisation including leaders and frontline staff. The 10 Child Safe Standards were enacted into legislation in NSW on 1 February 2022. They provide a framework for organisations to create and maintain environments that support children and young people to feel and be safe and for organisations to meet their legal obligations under the Child Safe Scheme. This webinar provides an overview of each of the 10 Child Safe Standards with some tips on ways to imbed and practice. Child Safe Reporting Obligations and Processes Learn more about your organisation’s reporting obligations. This session is intended for people who are responsible for developing and understanding child safety within their organisation, including leaders, managers and HR personnel. Developing a Child Safe Risk Management Plan This session is intended for people who are responsible for developing and understanding child safety within their organisation including leaders, managers and HR personnel. OCG child safe trainers guide participants through the child safe risk management handbooks to help them understand how to develop a robust Child Safe Risk Management Plan to help keep children and young people safe from harm and abuse. Responding to Reportable Allegations – 7 units including Foundations of Child Protection, identifying and assessing reportable allegations, identifying and clarifying reportable allegations, assessing risk and notifying reportable allegations. Child Safe eLearning – Keeping children safe in organisations – 11 units including risk management theories, identifying grooming, prevention methods, organisational culture, and reporting allegations and incidents. UNE needs to be aware of risks that may lead to the harm or abuse of children. Child safety cannot occur without effective risk management, and it is a shared responsibility between the university and our community. Guide to the Child Safe Standards This guide explains the rationale for each standard and provides guidance on what organisations can do to implement the Child Safe Standards and measure success. Risk Management and the Child Safe Standards Part 1: Responding to risk – Part 1 describes what risk management looks like and breaks down the steps needed to mitigate it. It will take you through the process of creating a Child Safe Risk Management Plan (CSRMP) and explain why it’s valuable. Risk Management and the Child Safe Standards Part 2: Identifying risk – Part 2 describes risk, including the types of abuse and grooming behaviour, and explains how to recognise offenders and their motivations for offending. It’s a companion handbook that provides important background information to help you create a robust CSRMP. Reporting Obligations and Processes To be child safe, organisations should have a robust culture of reporting as an integral part of their systems, policies and practices. A child-focused complaints process supports children and others to raise any issues or concerns they have around being safe and feeling safe. This handbook helps child-related organisations understand their reporting obligations. Child Safe Recruitment and the Working with Children Check This handbook provides information on human resources in a child-safe context, and the Working with Children Check. University Students Online Safety Toolkit. Did you know that more than 35 percent of reports of image-based-abuse made to eSafety relate to young adults in the 18-24 age group? This same age group accounts for over 60 percent of all enrolments at Australian universities. Image-based abuse is the sharing of intimate images without the consent of the person pictured. It is just one form of online abuse that can be experienced by students of any age. This toolkit is focused on helping students understand the types of online abuse they could encounter and how to take action to prevent and respond to online safety incidents. The information is useful at university, at home, in the workplace and while hanging out. The first two resources are universal. They cover the basics of online safety, and targeted information for supporting women (who are more likely than men to experience online abuse). The remaining resources are specific to university students. They include tips for building your confidence while navigating the online world, managing your time online and how to take action if you or someone you know experiences online abuse. University Academic & Teaching Staff Online Safety Toolkit. All university staff and students have a right to safe interactions and experiences online. Academics and other teaching staff need to be particularly aware of online safety risks and responsibilities because they have a high level of interaction with students. This toolkit focuses on giving academics and teaching staff the core tools needed to identify, prevent, and respond to online abuse of their students. It provides advice on how academics and teaching staff can protect themselves online. The first two resources in the toolkit are universal. They cover the basics of online safety, and targeted information for supporting women (who are more likely than men to experience online abuse). The remaining resources are specific to academics and teaching Staff, providing guidance for interacting safely on digital platforms and supporting students affected by online abuse. University Non-Academic Staff Online Safety Toolkit. Universities offer almost endless opportunities for people from all walks of life to interact, engage, and learn. Unfortunately, many of the same online safety risks experienced throughout society are reflected in university communities. So, it is important to support students and staff to have positive experiences in a safe online environment. This toolkit offers guidance to the institutional leaders and staff tasked with managing the online risks that can impact everyone within their university community. The first two resources are universal. They cover the basics of online safety, and targeted information for supporting women (who are more likely than men to experience online abuse). The remaining resources are specific to university non-academic staff, covering policies, principles and procedures that will help create safer online environments and respond to incidents within university communities.
