CHILD SAFETY

As part of the Ozplays commitment to ensuring a child safe environment and work experience, we commit to the following:
• Act in accordance with Ozplay’s child safety and wellbeing policies and procedures at all times.
• Behave respectfully, courteously and ethically towards children and their families and towards other staff.
• Listen and respond to the views and concerns of children, particularly if they communicate (verbally or non-verbally) that they do not feel safe or well.
• Promote the human rights, safety and wellbeing of all children in [the organisation].
• Demonstrate appropriate personal and professional boundaries.
• Consider and respect the diverse backgrounds and needs of children.
• Create an environment that promotes and enables children’s participation and is welcoming, culturally safe and inclusive for all children and their families.
• Involve children in making decisions about activities, policies and processes that concern them wherever possible.
• Contribute, where appropriate, to Ozplay’s policies, discussions, learning and reviews about child safety and wellbeing.
• Identify and mitigate risks to children’s safety and wellbeing as required by Ozplay’s risk assessment and management policy or process.
• Respond to any concerns or complaints of child harm or abuse promptly and in line with Ozplay’s policy and procedure for receiving and responding to complaints.
• Report all suspected or disclosed child harm or abuse as required by [relevant legislation] and by Ozplay’s policy and procedure on internal and external reporting.
• Comply with Ozplay’s protocols on communicating with children.
Comply with the relevant child safety legislation and Ozplay’s policies and procedures on record keeping and information sharing.
We also make the commitment that we will not:
• Engage in any unlawful activity with or in relation to a child.
• Engage in any activity that is likely to physically, sexually or emotionally harm a child.
• Unlawfully discriminate against any child or their family members.
• Be alone with a child unnecessarily.
• Arrange personal contact, including online contact, with children I am working with for a purpose unrelated to Ozplay’s activities.
• Disclose personal or sensitive information about a child, including images of a child, unless the child and their parent or legal guardian consent or unless I am required to do so by Ozplay’s policy and procedure on reporting.
• Use inappropriate language in the presence of children, or show or provide children with access to inappropriate images or material.
• Work with children while under the influence of alcohol or prohibited drugs.
• Ignore or disregard any suspected or disclosed child harm or abuse.
If any Ozplays staff member believes there has been a breach of any obligation in the Code of Conduct we/they commit to:
• Act to prioritise the best interests of children.
• Take actions promptly to ensure that children are safe.
• Promptly report any concerns to the Ozplays manager or project leader.
• Follow Ozplays policies and procedures for receiving and responding to complaints and concerns.
• Comply with [legislative requirements on reporting] if relevant, and with Ozplay’s policy and procedure on internal and external reporting.