National Office for Child Safety
Prevention starts with conversations
You are the right person to have conversations with the people in your life about preventing child sexual abuse. There are tools and resources to help you.
Impact of child sexual abuse
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (Royal Commission) uncovered the hidden nature, complex causes and significant impacts of child sexual abuse in institutions in Australia. During the Royal Commission's private sessions, victims and survivors reported 3 main impacts of institutional child sexual abuse:
95
%
Mental health
67
%
Relationships
56
%
Education and finances
Latest updates
The Australian Government has taken the next steps towards progressing work under the National Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Child Sexual Abuse 2021-2030 by awarding Jesuit Social Services a contract to establish and deliver Australia’s first national child sexual abuse offending prevention service.
Applications are now open on GrantConnect for a grant opportunity for services working with victims and survivors of child sexual abuse and/or services working with children who have displayed harmful sexual behaviours.
An Expression of Interest to engage a service provider to deliver a national information and referral service to assist victims and survivors of child sexual abuse, practitioners and the general public to navigate the service system and access help and information, is now open on AusTender.
The practice guide provides evidence-based information and resources to help shape how workers and organisations respond to victims and survivors of child sexual abuse of all ages.