A written child protection policy and procedure is implemented that meets the requirements of the Children's Act 2014.
The policy and procedure contain provisions for:
- the identification and reporting of child abuse and neglect
- information about how the service will keep children safe from abuse and neglect, and
- how the service will respond to suspected child abuse and neglect.
The policy and procedure must be reviewed every 3 years to assess how well it has supported or would support the service's response to child abuse and neglect.
Documentation required (written or digital)#
- A written child protection policy that contains:
- provisions for the service's identification and reporting of child abuse and neglect
- information about the practices the service employs to keep children safe from abuse and neglect and
- information about how the service will respond to suspected child abuse and neglect.
- A procedure that sets out how the service will identify and respond to suspected child abuse and/or neglect.
- Evidence the service has reviewed the policy and procedure every 3 years. As part of the review, the service must evaluate how well the policy and procedure works using at least 1 example of either:
- how well the policy and procedure has supported the service to respond or
- how well the policy and procedure would support the service to respond using a hypothetical scenario.
Scenarios to support review#
To support the review of your policy and procedures, some hypothetical scenarios are provided.
Guidance#
The Education Review Office have guidance on how to comply with this criterion.
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