- Teachers and staff recognise a child and young adult’s right to a safe environment
- Child safety is a responsibility shared by everyone in schools and across CEWA
- There is a culture where children and young adults can raise concerns without worry
- Parents are treated as partners in child safety and have access to information and support on all aspects of child safety
- Staff protect and respect a child or young adult’s cultural and spiritual identity and help to support and preserve their family and community connection
- Staff feel confident to identify and present concerns about child safety activities and practices
- There operates a culture of trust and openness where practice is supervised, discussed, questioned and improved
- Teachers and staff are alert and aware about how others treat children and young people
- Staff actively seek to identify and eliminate racism and discrimination to support the vulnerable and marginalised
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- Standardised, quality training is provided to understand the indicators of and response to, child maltreatment e.g; Child Protection Procedures and Mandatory Reporting Training
- Child safe policies and practices are in place and easily available to ensure that unsafe behaviour is recognised and reported
- Parents, children and young adults are included in the development and review of policies, procedures and models of service
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