Child Safe Sectors Leadership Group
The Child Safe Sectors Leadership Group gives advice and shares information about what governments and organisations can do to keep children and young people safe and well.
Children and young people spend a lot of time engaging with organisations and communities outside of school and home through their hobbies, sport clubs, faith groups, and other activities. It is important that these organisations and communities operate in ways that are positive for children’s safety and wellbeing. Organisations and communities that work with children and young people also know a lot about the needs and challenges of keeping an organisation child safe, and this group provides the opportunity to share good practices.
The National Office established the Child Safe Sectors Leadership Group to help us understand, through collaborative discussions and feedback, how we can better develop and deliver national initiatives that help keep children safe. These initiatives include rolling out the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations across organisations and communities that work with children and young people, and informing the development and now implementation of the National Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Child Sexual Abuse.
The Child Safe Sectors Leadership Group also works together to promote and share information about how communities and organisations can improve child safety in practice.
Members of the group are representatives of national peak bodies and large national organisations that work with children and young people.
Membership list
| Sector | Organisation | |
|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth / Chair | National Office for Child Safety | |
| Arts and entertainment | Creative Australia | |
| Live Performance Australia | ||
| Dance Arts Alliance | ||
| Child and Youth Advocacy | CREATE | |
| Children and Young People with Disability Australia | ||
| Kids Helpline | ||
| National Association for Prevention of Child abuse and Neglect (NAPCAN) | ||
| Alannah & Madeline Foundation | ||
| Australian Childhood Foundation | ||
| Community services | Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission | |
| Volunteering Australia | ||
| Save the Children | ||
| Australian Association of Social Workers | ||
| Junior Adventures Group | ||
| Council of Social Service Network (Western Australia Council of Social Services is the main CSSLG representative) | ||
| National Association of Services Against Sexual Violence (NASASV) | ||
| Corporate | Australian Institute of Company Directors | |
| Disability | National Disability Services | |
| National Disability Insurance Agency | ||
| Education and early childhood | Universities Australia | |
| Independent Schools Australia | ||
| National Catholic Education Commission | ||
| Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority | ||
| Playgroup Australia | ||
| Family support | Child and Family Welfare Association of Australia | |
| Raising Children Network | ||
| National Coalition on Child Safety and Wellbeing (Families Australia) | ||
| Health | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care | |
| Royal Australian College of General Practitioners | ||
| National LGBTI Health Alliance | ||
| Headspace | ||
| Family Planning Alliance Australia | ||
| Indigenous support | SNAICC – National Voice for Our Children | |
| National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) | ||
| Local government | Australian Local Government Association | |
| Multicultural affairs | Federation of Ethnic Communities Council of Australia | |
| Out-of-home care | Life Without Barriers | |
| Benevolent Society | ||
| Key Assets | ||
| Religious | National Council of Churches Australia | |
| Anglican Church Australia | ||
| Australian Catholic Safeguarding LTD | ||
| Uniting Church Australia | ||
| The Salvation Army | ||
| Australian Federation of Islamic Councils (Muslims Australia) | ||
| Executive Council of Australian Jewry | ||
| Australian Partnership of Religious Organisations | ||
| Mission Australia | ||
| Sports and recreation | YMCA Australia | |
| Sport Integrity Australia | ||
| Youth development | Scouts Australia | |
| Girl Guides | ||
| Youth justice | Youth Law Australia |