
Child Safety and Safeguarding Policy
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Keeping children, young people and vulnerable adults safe is our highest priority. We take our responsibility to protect them from harm seriously, and we respond promptly whenever child abuse is suspected.
A crucial aspect of safeguarding children and young people is ensuring our staff understand the process for reporting any concerns they have about a child or young person’s wellbeing. Our staff must also understand expectations in relation to their code of conduct around children and young people.
Programs and services that advocate for children and young people to air their concerns with our services, and be confident in offering feedback, is another important aspect of creating a culture where children and young people’s well-being is safeguarded.
Our reporting procedure and practice and behaviour guidelines are available here:
We encourage parents and guardians to report any concerns about the safety or wellbeing of their children in a Y facility by either:
Speaking to our staff in person
Contacting Y Whittlesea on (03) 9407 6200 or contact@ywhittlesea.org.au
Writing to Y Whittlesea at PO Box 375, South Morang 3752
Completing our Report a Concern form.
Nicole Fenollar
Safeguarding and Risk Lead
safe@ywhittlesea.org.au
(03) 9407 6222