Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy

Whitehorse City Council is committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children and young people.

This includes children and young people who are in our care, attend our services, programs and events, or use our community and outdoor spaces.

Our Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy outline how we protect children and young people and embed child safety across everything we do.

This policy applies to all employees, volunteers, contractors and anyone working on behalf of Whitehorse.

We are committed to:

Preventing child abuse in our services, programs and facilities
Creating and maintaining a strong child safe culture
Setting clear expectations for employees, volunteers and contractors
Ensuring all staff understand their responsibilities to identify and report concerns
Responding to and investigating all child safety concerns appropriately
Embedding cultural safety and inclusion across all services

We pay particular attention to supporting:

If you have concerns about the safety or wellbeing of a child or young person, please report it immediately:

If a child is at immediate risk of harm, call 000.

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