Southern Aboriginal Corporation
Child Safe Organisation
SAC recognises that child safety goes beyond policies, protocols and compliance activities. It is also about genuinely embedding a child safe culture where the best interests of children and young people come first.
Our Policy Statement
Our Child Safe Policy Statement has been created to show our cultural ways of working safely with children and young people, whilst incorporating robust policy and protocols to back up everything that we do. It represents the genuine and authentic approach that SAC dedicates to putting the best interests of children and young people first.
Our journey of child safe practices:
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Respecting the rights of children and young people
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Encouraging children and young people to have their say and ensuring they are informed
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Our team are positive partners
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Understanding that every journey is different
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Modelling cultural integrity
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Our organisation models trauma informed care and practice
Our Child Safe Framework
SAC is governed by its Child Safety Code of Conduct and has developed its own Child Safety Framework which uses the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations and the Child Safe Organisations WA: Guidelines as a minimum benchmark of compliance.
The Child Safety Framework describes the standards that SAC has adopted to protect and empower children and young people, and includes an Action Plan which is the responsibility of the Executive Management team.
Other resources
There are a number of tools and resources that are available for use to support children and young
people.
The list below provides examples:
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Keeping Our Kids Safe Worksheets and Posters (link)
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How to Speak up and Make a Complaint (link)
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Speak up and Make a Complaint Poster (link)
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Speak up and Make a Complaint Poster - Aboriginal design (link)
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Speak up and Make a Complaint (link)
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Understanding Cultural Safety in Child Safe Organisations (link)
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Range of Child Safety Videos (link)
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About Children's Rights (link)
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Children's Rights Poster (link)
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Child Safe Organisations (link)
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Child Safety: Empowering People and Organisations to Keep Children Safe (link)
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Keeping Our Kids Safe: Cultural Safety and the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations (link)
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Cultural Safety for Aboriginal Children (link)
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Safe and Secure: A trauma informed practice guide for understanding and responding to children and young people affected by family violence (link)
Feedback and Complaints
Please use this form to provide a compliment, complaint or suggestion about Southern Aboriginal Corporation, how it runs, the people involved, our services, or anything else that matters to you. Please contact us if you have concerns about our services or staff.
We take complaints seriously and will respond in a fair, timely and respectful way. Please contact us if you have concerns about our services or staff.
Need support or information?
Visit one of our offices or contact us for support and further information.
Phone (08) 9842 7777 or email reception@sacorp.com.au.
You can also fill out the form via the button below.