The Child Safe Standards and Reportable Conduct Scheme have moved from the Commission for Children and Young People to the Social Services Regulator.
How to make a report
You can report allegations of reportable conduct against a child or young person by a worker or volunteer by using the Social Services Regulator’s webform. The webform will is accessible via their website.
Any existing reports made to the Commission before Monday 23 February have been transferred to the Social Services Regulator. You do not need to make another report.
If you are concerned that an organisation may not be complying with the Child Safe Standards, you will need to contact the Social Services Regulator.
Guidance materials and resources
In the short term, the Commission will continue to host guidance materials and resources on our website for both the Child Safe Standards and Reportable Conduct Scheme.
All regulatory-related information published on the Commission website remains current and applicable to organisations subject to the Standards and Scheme.
Our ongoing focus
The Commission’s critical oversight and monitoring functions will continue and our focus remains on promoting the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children in Victoria.
We will continue to provide independent scrutiny of service systems, including child protection, out-of-home care, and youth justice, and promote improvements in policies and practices that affect Victorian children and young people. This includes:
- promoting the interests of children and young people, with a focus on Aboriginal children and young people, and children and young people in the in out-of-home care, child protection and youth justice systems
- putting children at the centre of our work and ensuring their voices are heard
- undertaking inquiries into services provided to children, systemic issues and into the deaths of children who are known to child protection
- advocating for children and young people, including for individual children in the care or child protection systems
- providing advice and recommendations to Government on improving system responses that promote child safety and wellbeing.
Children’s safety will remain an important focus of the Commission’s work.