So please take time to... explore thoroughly the options offered and consider whether the online resources will be suited to your users.

We all learn in different ways - some people will welcome owning a printed guide appropriate to their level of responsibility and others would barely look at it again!

Visuals and interactive learning are essential when literacy or having 'English as a Second Language' is an issue.

Is access to a computer difficult or will your leaders be enthusiastic about the online system and see its potential to save them hours of work and piles of paper?

We strongly urge you never to to forget that training is the key to embracing safety management.

Policy making and record keeping will not deliver the desired outcomes unless you provide the appropriate training for every person involved.

The ChildSafe Kit contains:

• 1 ChildSafe Team Members Pocket Guide

• 1 ChildSafe Team Leaders Guide

• 1 ChildSafe Coordinators Guide

• 1 ChildSafe Organisation Guide
  

• 1 Resource CD with electronic copies of all ChildSafe forms and training resources.

Team Members Pocket Guide

Team Members are all people working with children. They work within a broader team, and have limited responsibilities. A concise pocket guide is provided with a strong emphasis on child protection, safe activities and a range of specific guidelines. It's written in plain English, and sets standards that are achievable and practical.

ChildSafe Team Members Pocket Guide will help you:

• Understand how an organisation responsibly appoints people to work with children.
• Comply with a code of practice for child safety.
• Understand a range of important child protection issues.
• Think through your role as part of a safe team.
• Undertake training in Child Protection and safe programs.

There are also chapters providing guidelines and advice for safe activities, hygiene and medical safety.

Training materials are provided within the pocket guide for Modules M1: Keeping People Safe and M2: Child Protection.

Team Leaders Guide

Team Leaders are people given responsibility for leadership of a discrete program or event. At this level of the system ChildSafe provides a a reference document that contains a range of forms and guidelines to assist in risk management planning, safety and responding to incidents.

ChildSafe Team Leaders sit within a chain of accountability and support. Team Leaders are responsible for their teams, and a range of information is provided that supplements what is provided in the Team Members Pocket Guide. Accountability is to the Coordinator, and ChildSafe Team Leaders Guide sets out how the relationship with the Coordinator functions.

ChildSafe Team Leaders Guide helps the Team Leader:

• Create a safety plan using sound Risk Management principles.
• Apply for Permission to Proceed for their program or activity.
• Appoint Team Members to be part of a safe team.
• Conduct safe activities.
• Undertake Team Leader training in Risk Management, planning safe programs and responding to untoward events.

Training materials are provided within the guide for Modules L1: The ChildSafe Team Leader and L2: Safety Management and Permission to Proceed.

Coordinators Guide

Coordinators are often members of an organisation's staff who are given the task of coordinating a set of programs. ChildSafe assists them to assess safety issues and grant permission for appropriately planned programs to proceed.

ChildSafe Coordinators sit within a chain of accountability and support. Coordinators are responsible for their Team Leaders, and a range of information is provided to assist Coordinators to undertake that role. Coordinators are themselves accountable to the Risk Management Officer, and ChildSafe Coordinators Guide sets out how the relationship with the Risk Management Officer functions.

ChildSafe Coordinators Guide helps the Coordinator:

• Appoint and manage Team Leaders.
• Oversee safety within their area of responsibility.
• Assess safety plans and provide Permission to Proceed to programs and activities.
• Respond to accidents, incidents and emergencies.
• Undertake training to fulfil their role.

Training materials are provided within the guide for Module C1: The ChildSafe Coordinator.

A ChildSafe Organisation

ChildSafe has developed this resource to assist organisational leadership. It describes the key features of a "ChildSafe Culture", provides guidance on how to implement the ChildSafe system across the organisation, assists Risk Management Officers and provides a framework for an Emergency Response Process.

Risk Management Officers are appointed by the organisation to oversee safety and care across operations. They deal with serious matters and emergencies, and ensure that ChildSafe protocols are adhered to. ChildSafe Risk Management Officer assists the appointed Risk Management Officer(s) (RMO) within an organisation to carry out their safety and care roles.

Risk Management Officer sits within a chain of accountability and support. RMOs are responsible for overseeing issues of safety and care across an organisation, and carry out this role via the organisation's Coordinators, who have responsibility within a particular area. A range of information is provided to assist RMOs in their role.

A ChildSafe Organisation helps the organisation:

• Create a culture of compliance and accountability.
• Implement ChildSafe.
• Develop an Emergency Response Process.
• Equip and Train it's Risk Management Officers.
• Develop and implement a training process for those working with children / young people.

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1 complete ChildSafe Kit....   includes 1 of each printed resource + 1 ChildSafe Resources CD (electronic versions of forms and training materials, available for customisation under the terms of a fair use agreement)