Virtual/online training

'What is a Child Safe Organisation?’ is a 2-hour virtual classroom training program that aims to provide participants with a clear understanding of the Australian child safety context. It aims to provide a practical understanding of the requirements and indicators of the National Principles and/or Vic Standards through a range of interactive activities and shared stories.

Duration

2 hours

Topics

• The Australian child safety context
• Exploring a child-centered approach
• An overview of the 10 National Principles for Child Safe Organisations
• Exploring the practical application of the Principles

Learning Outcomes

• Gain an understanding of the Australian child safety context
• Understand the indicators of the National Principles and/or Vic Standards for Child Safe Organisations (Principles)
• Learn how to apply the Principles and/or Standards in practice
• Learn how to build a child safe culture that promotes the empowerment of children and young people in your organisation

Leading and Governing a Child Safe Organisation’ is a 2-hour virtual classroom training program that aims to provide managers and executives with an understanding of the key requirements of operating a child safe organisation. This program will focus on governance related risks and exposure, navigating the complex child safety landscape and addressing stakeholder needs, and the barriers and challenges involved in meeting and maintaining high standards of child safety.

Who should attend?

This program is for anyone in an organisation in a leadership or management position, or who has responsibility for keeping children safe via a child safeguarding portfolio.

Duration

2 hours

Topics

• Understanding child abuse
• Key learnings for leaders from Australia’s Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
• The National Principles for Child Safe Organisations
• Governance and leadership responsibilities and risks
• Key leadership practice and skills
• Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy and Commitment
• Organisational barriers and challenges
• Exploring the organisational child safety maturity scale

Learning Outcomes

• Understand child abuse related governance risks
• Identify key learnings from the Royal Commission
• Develop a general understanding of the national legislative context
• Understand the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations
• Identify key governance and leadership responsibilities and obligations
• Recognise barriers and challenges for organisations
• Build confidence in ensuring child safety policy is leading practice

The Australian Child Safety Legislative Landscape aims to provide a high-level overview of the main pieces of child safety related legislation for organisations that work or engage with children and young people across the country.

Who should attend?

This virtual training program is recommended for experienced professionals who have a responsibility to lead the implementation of a child safe environment for children and young people either directly or indirectly. This can include senior leaders and managers, including CEOs and Board Members, as well as HR professionals who have prior training or knowledge of child protection.

Duration

2 hours

Topics

• The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
• An examination of Australia’s legislative landscape before and after the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
• The intersection of policy and legislation
• How to stay current

Learning Outcomes

• Gain an understanding of key pieces of Australian child safety legislation
• Understand the findings of the Royal Commission and the risks to children within organisations
• Understand your organisation’s responsibilities within the current legislative context

'Building a child safeguarding culture and influencing change' is a 2-hour virtual classroom training program that examines the importance of child safety at every level. It aims to help participants develop an understanding of the tools used to assess their organisation’s maturity on a child safety spectrum. Our facilitators will take attendees through the journey of a child safety officer, examine different operating structures and present tools to help plan a longer-term strategy. This virtual training program works well in conjunction with our ‘What is a Child Safe Organisation?’ program.

Duration

2 hours

Topics

• Child safety governance and organisational structures
• A whole of organisation approach to resourcing and roles
• Child safety assessment methods
• A long-term approach to implementation
• Learnings and tips from child safety champions, including avoiding burnout

Learning Outcomes

• Plan for a sustainable, long-term implementation of the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations
• Gain an understanding of the importance of resourcing requirements and clear governance structures
• Learn the key elements of child safety assessment
• Understand the role of a Child Safety Officer

The 'Beyond Working with Children Checks – Safer Recruitment' is a 2-hour virtual classroom training designed to help participants learn how to apply a child safety lens to each step of the screening and recruitment process. Approaching each recruitment step with a child safe lens will ensure that all parties are clear of your organisation’s expectations and standards and send a strong message about valuing the rights and safety of children and young people. 

Who should attend?

This program is suitable for CEOs, People and Culture/Human Resource Managers, Senior Managers as well as other staff that are responsible for recruitment and screening.

Duration

2 hours

Topics

• The need for child safe recruitment practice
• Adverts and key child safety indicators in Position Descriptions
• Understanding obligations with outsourcing recruitment and screening practice
• Reference checking, structured employment interviews and other screening strategies

Learning Outcomes

• Include child safe steps in the application process
• Gain an understanding of why robust child safe recruitment processes are necessary
• Learn key child safety indicators to include in position descriptions
• Build confidence in conducting quality reference checking and exploring red flags
• Understanding what screening strategies are available to ensure child safe recruitment
• Learn how to ask the right interview questions and identify red flags

‘Recognising and Responding to Child Abuse’ is a 2-hour virtual classroom training that aims to help participants understand the various forms of child abuse and neglect. This includes, identifying the signs and indicators of child abuse and how to gain confidence in responding to and reporting any concerns about a child’s safety. The training provides an overview of the legislative context around child safety and mandatory reporting at an introductory level. 

Who should attend?

This program is recommended for staff and volunteers that work with children and/or young people directly or indirectly, and have had little or no prior knowledge of child abuse.

Duration

2 hours

Topics

• What is child abuse?
• Indicators of child abuse
• Offender behaviour and the ‘grooming’ process
• Responding to, and reporting child abuse
• Legislative context 

Learning Outcomes

• Recognise the physical and behavioural indicators of child abuse
• Understand the impacts of child abuse and neglect
• Understand the dynamics of sexual offending and grooming
• Build confidence and understanding in responding to and reporting incidents, allegations or disclosures of child abuse

The 'Understanding and Managing Child Safety Risks' 2-hour virtual classroom training will explore practical tools and ideas to enhance your organisation’s risk culture and ensure that child safety risk management becomes common practice for everyone. Risk frameworks can be overwhelming, yet understanding how to best identify, assess, mitigate and manage child safety risks within your organisation is key to being child safe.  

Who should attend?

This program is recommended for operational staff involved in running services for children and young people. This virtual training is also recommended for those who manage front-facing staff or who have responsibility for keeping children safe via a child safeguarding portfolio, including CEOs, Senior Managers and Risk Managers.   

Duration

2 hours

Topics

• The risk and consequences of harm
• What is my organisation’s child safety risk profile?
• Assessing the risks: What if?
• Including our most important stakeholders: children and young people
• Barriers to the right risk culture
• Reducing the likelihood of harm
• Indicators of success in risk management
• Why we can’t ‘set and forget

Learning Outcomes

• Gain an understanding of the risk and consequences of harm
• Learn how to define your organisation’s child safety risk profile
• Build confidence in conducting risk assessments
• Learn methods to include all stakeholders in assessing and mitigating risks
• Recognise barriers to the right risk culture in your organisation
• Learn how to reduce the likelihood of harm to children and young people
• Develop a general understanding of indicators of success and the importance of ongoing risk management

‘Managing Child Abuse Disclosures and Concerns’ is a 2.5-hour virtual classroom training program designed to provide participants with an understanding of reporting requirements and strategies for managing child safety and child protection concerns, incidents and allegations. Three scenarios are used during this session to work through organisational responses to child safety and child protection concerns. Guided by our experienced trainers, participants will work with the scenarios to develop an overall understanding of the following areas:

Reporting to appropriate authorities

The importance of providing ongoing support to impacted or affected parties and

Mitigating and managing immediate and ongoing risks.

Who should attend?

This virtual training program is recommended for anyone who works in an organisation or agency that delivers services to families and children and already has an understanding of child abuse, the forms of child abuse and the indicators of child abuse.

This training session works well as a follow-up from our ‘Recognising and Responding to Child Abuse’ virtual online training. We also recommend that those who have little to no prior experience in this area attend our  ‘Recognising and Responding to Child Abuse’ online training prior to completing this session.

Duration

2.5 hours

Key Topics

• An overview of key reporting legislation
• Key organisational roles and responsibilities
• Responding to incidents (scenarios):

1. involving staff and/or volunteers

2. involving sexually harmful behaviour (between children) and

3. involving families

• Requirements and challenges of providing support for all parties
• Identifying and responding to immediate risks
• Building a culture of continuous improvement  

Learning Outcomes

• Build confidence in reporting to the appropriate authorities
• Understand key considerations of providing support to impacted parties
• Build confidence in managing immediate risks to children
• Build capacity in mitigating ongoing risk
• Understand the importance of working toward continuous improvement