Child Safety
Child Protection Guidelines
Child Safety Training and Code of Conduct declaration
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Code of Conduct declaration pages
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The parish takes the safety, well-being and inclusion of all children very seriously and has policies and procedures in place to maintain a Child Safe environment.
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Child Safeguarding policies:
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The Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne's Safeguarding Unit was established to further enhance and strengthen capacity to safeguard children and vulnerable people across the Archdiocese. Contact safeguardingunit@cam.org.au
See more about the Safeguarding Unit on the Archdiocese's website
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The Australian Jesuit's Policy for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults is:
"Australian Province Of The Society Of Jesus – Code of Conduct"
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Members of the Parish Safeguarding Committee are:
Fr Des Dwyer SJ, Claire Harrison (Chairperson), Georgina Docherty, Maureen Farrell, Berny Kirwan, Aleksandra Orsini, Chris Ralph
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Video message from our parish Safeguarding Committee
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Application websites
Working With Children Check - see How To Apply for WWCC
Police Check (paper based, in person ID checks) - see How to Apply for NPRC
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Police Check Online ( fully online) - see How to Apply for Intercheck
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(Note: a current VIT covers WWCC and Police Check)
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Safeguarding Information is available from the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne in the following languages:
Arabic, Burmese, Croatian, Italian, Malayalam, Polish, Chinese, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese - View here
Hawthorn Catholic Parish is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation, and has policies and procedures to achieve the Child Safe Standards:
1. Strategies to embed an organisational culture of child safety, through effective leadership arrangements
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2. A Child Safe Policy or Statement of Commitment to Child Safety
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3. A Code of Conduct that establishes clear expectations for appropriate behaviour with children
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4. Screening, supervision, training and other human resource practices that reduce the risk of child abuse by new and existing personnel
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5. Processes for responding to and reporting suspected child abuse
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6. Strategies to identify and reduce or remove risks of child abuse
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7. Strategies to promote the participation and empowerment of children.
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Children and Young People are Welcome and Valued
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Our parish will always do our best to welcome and protect you and we have a Code of Conduct to help us:
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Child Safety in our Parish - how you can ask for Help
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Code of Conduct Explanation for Children
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Code of Conduct Explanation for Young People
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Rights and Responsibilities for children
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Information for Parents and Carers
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Ways to Support and Encourage Children to Speak and Be Heard
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If anyone wishes to bring a complaint of abuse against any member of staff, present or past, of a Jesuit ministry, they may do so in any of the following ways:
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a) If you believe a crime has been committed, contact the police 'Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team' (SOCIT) (Box Hill team) on 03 8892 3292
or call 000
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b) Contact: Safeguarding Unit of the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne - phone 03 9926 5630, safeguardingunit@cam.org.au (the Eastern Region Safeguarding officer is Brech Burgess - phone 1300 360 452, Brech.Burgess@cam.org.au )
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c) Contact: Fr Des Dwyer SJ – phone 03 8862 4000
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d) Parish Child Safeguarding officer - Bernadette Kirwan (phone 8862 4020)
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e) Contact: Jesuit Provincial's Director of Professional Standards,
Mr Simon Davies - phone 03 9810 7300, professionalstandards@sjasl.org.au
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More information about Reporting child safety related misconduct and/or child abuse from the Safeguarding Unit of the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne
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