Child safe organisations
Children and young people are part of many communities and organisations. Making these places child safe is essential to preventing harm.
To promote child safety and prevent and respond to child sexual abuse, we work with governments and non-government organisations to strengthen organisational cultures and leadership, improve transparency and accountability and embed child safe practices.
More information about how we are doing this is below.
The National Principles for Child Safe Organisations set out a nationally consistent approach to promoting a culture of child safety and wellbeing within organisations. The principles give effect to the child safe standards that were recommended by the Royal Commission and bring attention to general child safety and wellbeing issues.
The Commonwealth Child Safe Framework sets minimum standards for creating and maintaining child safe culture and practices in Australian Government entities.
Working with Children Check schemes form part of a broader suite of practices that help to protect children from abuse. The Australian Government and state and territory governments are committed to continually improving these schemes to make organisations safer for children.