Abstract

Implemenation Child-safe Child-friendly strategies in your organisation

Author(s)

Myriam Bahari -NSW Commission For Children and Young People

Ms Bernadette Frawley -NSW Commission for Children and Young People

The Child-Safe And Child-Friendly Strategy Is A Universal Prevention Response Which Builds On Organisational Structures And Processes To Create Safe And Friendly Environments For Children And To Minimise The Risk Of Harm Occurring.

The Child-Safe And Child-Friendly Strategy Incorporates Elements Of Situational Prevention In That The Approach Aims To Purposely Design Environments In Ways That Reduce Problem Behaviour By Any Person In That Environment. Situational Prevention Offers A Problem-Solving Approach That Helps Service Providers Develop Their Own Child Protection Responses So That Risk May Be Properly Managed In Any Given Situation.

The New South Wales Commission For Children And Young People Has Developed A Number Of Child-Safe Child-Friendly Resources And Templates That Assist Services To Implement Child-Safe Child-Friendly Policies And Practice. These Tools Help Make Organisations Safer And More Welcoming Places For Children, In Providing The Foundation For More Targeted Strategies, And Make The Organisation More Inclusive Of Children And Young People.

The Child-Safe Child-Friendly Resources Include Templates:
             	Getting Started Checklist
             	Reducing Risk
             	Policies And Codes Of Conduct
             	Choosing The Right People
             	Supporting Staff And Volunteers
             	Managing Complaints

Child-Safe Child-Friendly Is About Good Practice And About Developing Policies, Procedures And Structures That Will Allow Organisations To Fulfil Their Obligations To Manage Their Service In Ways That Take Child Safety Into Account.