General
- Safeguarding Manual Index
- Code of Conduct for Working with Children and Adults at Risk
- Policy Definitions
Government Agencies
- Fact Sheet: Relevant Government Agencies
- Guidance Document: Relevant Government Agencies
- Fact Sheet: Children’s Guardian Amendment (Child Safe Scheme) Bill 2021
- Fact Sheet: 10 Child Safe Standards
Reporting Obligations
- Fact Sheet: Reporting Crimes to the NSW Police
- Fact Sheet: Reportable Conduct Scheme
- Fact Sheet: Mandatory Reporting
Safeguarding Complaints
- Flowchart: Reporting Safeguarding Complaints
- Form: Reporting Details of a Safeguarding Complaint
- Form: Initial Assessment of Safeguarding Complaint
- Fact Sheet: Managing Safeguarding Complaints
- Flowchart: Managing Safeguarding Complaints
- Protocol: Managing Safeguarding Complaints
- Fact Sheet: National Response Protocol
- Whistle-Blower Guidelines: Safeguarding Children
- Protocol: VELM Reporting and Managing allegations of crimes of sexual abuse against minors committed by clerics
- Fact Sheet: Vos Estis Lex Mundi (VELM)
Reporting Obligations to the Police, Office of the Children’s Guardian and the Department of Communities and Justice
- Fact Sheet: What is a Reportable Crime
- Guidance Document: What Constitutes a Reportable Crime?
- Protocol: Reporting Reportable Crimes to the NSW Police
- Table of Reportable Crimes
- Protocol: Reducing or Removing Risks of Child Abuse
- Fact Sheet: What Conduct Must be reported to the Office of the Children’s Guardian
- Guidance Document: What Conduct Must be reported to the Office of the Children’s Guardian
- Protocol: Reporting Inappropriate Employee Conduct to the Office of the Children’s Guardian
- Fact Sheet: When is a Child at Risk of Significant Harm?
- Guidance Document: When is a Child at Risk of Significant Harm?
- Protocol: Reporting a Child who is at Risk of Significant Harm to the Department of Communities and Justice
- Protocol: Reporting for Clergy and Workers any Child Related or Vulnerable Adult Concerns
Recording and Storing Child Protection Records
- Fact Sheet: Keeping and Sharing Safeguarding Records
- Protocol: Keeping and Sharing Safeguarding Records
- Form: Details of a Child Protection Matter that has been reported to the NSW Police
- Form: Details of a Child Protection Matter that has NOT been reported to the NSW Police
Employment Matters
- Fact Sheet: What is Child-Related Work?
- Guidance Document: Who Must Obtain a Working with Children Check?
- Protocol: Screening of Workers
- Flowchart: Screening of Workers
- Protocol: Child Related Activity
- Guidance Document: Child Related Activity Register
- Sample Interview Questions and Red Flags
- Form: Interview Questions for Applicants who will be Engaged in Child-Related Work
- Tips for Conducting Reference Checks
- Form: Reference Check Questions for the Referee
- Fact Sheet for Parishes: Who needs a Working With Children Check?
- Checklist: Working With Children Check Checklist for Parishes
- Frequently Asked Questions: Working with Children Checks (WWCC)
Dealing with Volunteers
- Fact Sheet: Dealing with Volunteers and Contractors
- Protocol: Dealing with Volunteers and Contractors
Guidance when Working with Children
- Fact sheet: Behaviours to encourage and avoid
- Fact sheet: Use of technology and social media to communicate with children and adults at risk
- Protocol: Use of technology and social media to communicate with children and adults at risk
- Fact sheet: Use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs
- Protocol: Use of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs
- When does my Parish need consent to film or photograph children at the parish
- Fact Sheet: Cyberbullying
Risk Assessments