Child Safety Risk Register
Glen Waverley South Primary School - Child Safe Standards Risk Register
School name: |
Glen Waverley South Primary School |
Responsible staff member: |
Assistant Principal |
Date endorsed: |
19/07/2022 |
Endorsed by: |
School Council |
Next review date: |
July 2023 |
File location: |
T:Drive/Child Safety |
RISK TITLE AND DESCRIPTION |
RISK ASSESSMENT |
EXISTING CONTROLS |
CONTROLS ASSESSMENT |
NEW TREATMENTS AND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE? |
BY WHEN? |
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Provide a risk title and short description. |
Describe the causes of the child safety risk. |
Describe the consequences for children if the child safety risk happens |
Describe the existing child safety and wellbeing controls you have in place to mitigate the child safety risk
Sample content is provided below |
Taken together, are the controls adequate to reduce the risk and harms to a tolerable level? |
If controls need to be strengthened, describe any new controls you will implement to mitigate the child safety risk and who is responsible for the new treatments? |
When will this be done? |
Child Safe Standard 1 – Aboriginal cultural safety |
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Risk Title: Culturally safe environments
Description: There is a risk that the school fails to establish a culturally safe environment in which the diverse and unique identities and experiences of Aboriginal children and students are respected and valued
Risk type: Situational, Organisational |
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Yes/No |
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Child Safe Standard 2 – School leadership, governance and culture |
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Risk Title: Leadership, governance and culture
Description: There is a risk that child safety and wellbeing is not embedded in the school’s leadership, governance and culture Risk type: Organisational, Propensity |
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Yes/No |
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Child Safe Standard 3 – Children are safe, informed and actively participate |
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Risk Title: Student empowerment
Description: There is a risk that students will not be empowered about their rights, participate in decisions affecting them or be taken seriously
Risk type: Vulnerability |
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Yes/No |
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Child Safe Standard 4 – Family engagement |
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Risk Title: Families and community involvement
Description: There is a risk that families and communities are not informed, and involved in promoting child safety and wellbeing
Risk type: Organisational |
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Yes/No |
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Child Safe Standard 5 – Equity and diverse needs |
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Risk Title: Diversity and equity
Description: There is a risk that equity is not effectively upheld, and diverse needs are not respected in policy and practice
Risk type: Vulnerability |
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Yes/No |
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Child Safe Standard 6 – Suitable staff and volunteers |
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Risk Title: Suitable staff (including contractors engaged by the school in child-related work)
Description: There is a risk that staff are not suitable to work with children or effectively supported to uphold child safety and wellbeing values in practice
Risk type: Organisational, Propensity |
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Yes/No |
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Risk Title: Suitable Volunteers
Description: There is a risk that volunteers are not suitable to work with children or effectively supported to uphold child safety and wellbeing values in practice
Risk type: Organisational, Propensity
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Yes/No |
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Child Safe Standard 7 – complaints processes |
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Risk Title: Complaints processes
Description: There is a risk that processes for complaints and concerns are not child focused
Risk type: Organisational, Vulnerability |
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Yes/No |
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Child Safe Standard 8 – Child safety knowledge, skills and awareness |
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Risk Title: Knowledge, skills and awareness
Description: There is a risk that staff and volunteers are not equipped with the knowledge, skills and awareness to keep children and students safe through ongoing education and training
Risk type: Organisational
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Also refer to Child Safe Standard 6 risks above |
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Yes/No |
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Child Safe Standard 9 – Physical and online environments |
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Risk Title: School physical environment
Description: There is a risk the school’s child safety policies, procedures and practices do not adequately address and manage the risk of abuse and harm in the school’s physical environment
Risk type: Situational
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Yes/No |
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Risk Title: Online environment
Description: There is a risk the school’s child safety policies, procedures and practices do not adequately address and manage the risk of abuse and harm in the school’s online environment
Risk type: Situational
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Yes/No |
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Risk Title: Off-site school activities and use of third-party providers
Description:
There is a risk that the school’s child safety policies, procedures and practices do not adequately address and manage the risk of abuse at school activities off-site and/or school activities involving third party providers.
Risk type: Situational, Organisational, Propensity, Vulnerability |
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Yes/No |
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Child Safe Standard 10 – Review of child safety practices |
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Risk Title: Review and improvement
Description: There is a risk that the implementation of the Child Safe Standards is not regularly reviewed and improved
Risk type: Organisational |
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Yes/No |
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Child Safe Standard 11 – Implementation of child safety practices |
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Risk Title: Policies and procedures
Description: There is a risk that policies and procedures do not effectively document how the organisation is safe for children and students and are not effectively implemented by staff and volunteers.
Risk type: Organisational |
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Yes/No |
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