Resources and support for the Child Safe Standards

The Commissioners talking about the Child Safe Standards

A guide for creating a Child Safe Organisation

• New: A guide for creating a Child Safe Organisation (PDF, 4MB)
• New: A guide for creating a Child Safe Organisation (Word, 3.88MB)

Short guide to the Child Safe Standards

• A short guide to the Child Safe Standards (PDF, 4.17MB)
• A short guide to the Child Safe Standards (Word, 128kb)

On-demand video: Child Safe Standards

• Register here to access the video

Child Safe Standards Information Sheet

• Child Safe Standards Information Sheet (PDF, 146kb)
• Child Safe Standards Information Sheet (Word, 132kb)

Plain language Child Safe Standards resources

• Victoria’s New Child Safe Standards: Plain language summary of changes (PDF, 659kb)
• Victoria’s Child Safe Standards: Plain language guide (PDF, 1.8MB)
• Victoria’s Child Safe Standards: Plain language poster (PDF, 912kb)

Translated Child Safe Standards resources

• To access the New Child Safe Standards resources in community languages, click here.

• Read an overview of the Child Safe Standards and the Reportable Conduct Scheme in a range of community languages.

  A telephone interpreter service is also available.

Creating a Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy

• Creating a Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy (Word, 141KB)

Steps to develop or update your Code of Conduct

• Steps to develop or update your Code of Conduct (Word, 121KB)

Practical guide to choosing, supervising and developing suitable staff and volunteers

• Practical guide to choosing, supervising and developing suitable staff and volunteers (Word, 10KB)

Sample learning or training action plan

• Sample learning or training action plan (Word, 116KB)

Risk assessment and management templates

• Risk assessment and management templates (word, 123KB)

Child Safe Standards self-assessment tool

• Coming soon.

Overview of the new Child Safe Standards

• What’s new? Overview of the new Child Safe Standards (PDF, 362kb)
• What’s new? Overview of the new Child Safe Standards (Word, 522kb)

To access the What's New? Overview of the new Child Safe Standards Sheet in community languages, click here.

Compare the previous and new Child Safe Standards

• What’s changing? Compare current and new Child Safe Standards (PDF, 402kb)
• What’s changing? Compare current and new Child Safe Standards (Word, 528kb)

Empowerment and participation guide

• Empowerment and participation: A guide for organisations working with children and young people (PDF, 7.7mb)
• Empowerment and participation: A guide for organisations working with children and young people (Word, 800kb)

Frequently asked questions

• Frequently asked questions (PDF, 257kb)
• Frequently asked questions (Word, 133kb)

Online safety and COVID-19

• Keeping children and young people safe online during the COVID-19 pandemic

A guide for creating a child safe organisation - tip sheets

• Cultural safety for Aboriginal children (PDF, 435kb)
• Safety of children with a disability (PDF, 249kb)
• Safety of children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (PDF, 229kb)

Reviews of Child Safe Standards decisions made by the Commission

• Information Sheet: Reviews of decisions made by the Commission (Word, 138kb)
• Information Sheet: Reviews of decisions made by the Commission (PDF, 105kb)
• Form: Application for internal review (Word, 108kb)
• Form: Application for internal review (PDF, 200kb)

Posters about the Child Safe Standards

• Poster: Speak up - it's your right (PDF, 338kb)
• Victoria’s Child Safe Standards: Plain language poster (PDF, 912kb)

Community of Practice

To access videos and slides of previous Community of Practice forums, click here.

To register for the next Community of Practice forum, click here.