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CREATING CHILD SAFE ENVIRONMENTS IN SPORT
A national approach to defining, developing and implementing child safe
environments throughout an organisation.
Our Journey
The YMCA and ACF partnership
Melinda Crole, Executive Manager, Development, YMCA Australia
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Every YMCA branch had a commitment but policies varied greatly Understanding of staff and board members variedThere was no national supportPeople felt uncomfortable talking about child protection issues
Designed a template Safeguarding Children and young people policy
Encouraged a whole of organisation approach to protecting children and young people
Identified key strategies for building a safer organisation
Built knowledge about abuse and how to respond to incidents, disclosures and allegations
The Australian Childhood Foundation had developed what we were looking for We invested in a partnership and voluntary external accreditation with the ACF
Reviewed all our current policies
Implemented standards and an education
process
Searched for help How
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Supporting a child safe
culture
Personnel induction and
training
Personnel roles and conduct
Commitment to Safeguarding
Children
Recruitment & Screening practices
Child abuse reports and allegations
Safeguarding ChildrenProgram
Involving children and
parents
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• Community attitudes towards child abuse are reflected in organisational cultures and attitudes
• Lack of awareness and knowledge
• Lack of confidence
• Lack of knowing how and when to act
Community and organisational understandings of child abuse
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• Safeguarding Children Program addresses organisational culture through
• Commitment• Policies and Procedures• Training and awareness• Responsiveness
• Achieved through compliance with 7 standards and independent review
Safeguarding Children Program
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• It doesn't matter how big or small your organisation, a Safeguarding culture and practice is achievable
• Small community-based organisations and clubs with large volunteer base Eg Little Athletics
• Large not-for-profit organisations Eg UnitingCare
• Large federated national bodies Eg YMCA
• Internationally Eg AusAID Volunteer Program
Safeguarding Children in organisations is achievable
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• Research shows organisational abuse takes a range of forms
• Safeguarding organisations make a commitment to the protection of children from all forms of harm
• Framework builds on existing strategies they already use to achieve the safe of children. Eg. Policies about bullying or internet communication, codes of conduct, recruitment processes
Organisational abuse is preventable
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• Experience of the organisation/sport is more positive
• Increased rates of participation
• Increased parental confidence
• Increased likelihood of being believed and responded to appropriately
Benefits are multiple and measurable -Children
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• Reduced insurance premiums and excess
• Decreased claims
• Increased confidence of management to ensure sound processes and procedures
• More than satisfies the test of 'reasonableness' re duty of care
• Sense of security that organisation is a safe place
Benefits are measurable and multiple -Organisations
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• Critical incident management procedures are in place to provide immediate and ongoing support to the child, other children, families and staff
• Gives a framework for communicating with and engaging key stakeholders about an incident and the response plan - children, parents, police, media, funding bodies
• Platform for debriefing and support for all impacted by the incident
• Critical incident analysis - quality improvement cycle
Benefits are measurable and multiple - Organisations
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Because there is a risk of those smiles being less bright if you
don't
Thank you
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