Protecting Children — Reporting and Other Legal Obligations

Resources

Training materials

Protecting children — Mandatory reporting and other obligations e-learning module — for school staff to learn how to protect the safety and wellbeing of children and young people.

Templates

Child safety responding and reporting obligation policy and procedures template (School Policy Templates Portal — login required)

Useful Department websites

PROTECT — a collection of web pages have been developed by the Department of Education and Training to assist schools to fulfil their obligations under Clause 11 of Ministerial Order 870. This includes links to the following pages and resources referenced in the Protecting Children – Reporting and Other Legal Obligations:

• Four critical actions for schools when responding to incidents, disclosures and suspicions of child abuse
• Identify child abuse
• Identify and respond to student sexual offending
• Responding to other concerns about the wellbeing of a child
• Recording your actions: responding to suspected child abuse (template)

External websites

Department of Health and Human Services — contains essential information about making a report to child protection.

Department of Justice and Community Safety — provides information on protecting children and families, including details of the failure to disclose offence.

The Orange Door — is a free service for adults, children and young people who are experiencing or have experienced family violence and families who need extra support with the care of children. 

Students at Risk Tool

• Students at Risk Planning Tool (login required)