Safeguarding Children and Young People Statement
At Saints Care every child and young person has the right to be safe and feel safe. We commit to the safety and wellbeing of every child and young person in our care.
As an organisation and the benevolent arm of Community of Christ, Saints Care uphold the worth of all persons. This means Saints Care seek to uphold and restore the worth of all people individually and communally, challenging unjust systems that diminish human worth. All people, incudes children and youth.
Saints Care has a zero-tolerance approach to any forms of child abuse or neglect and strive to create spaces where children and young people’s rights and dignity are upheld and they feel safe.
Saints Care’s responsibility
To keep children and young people safe, we commit to:
- implementing the 10 Child Safe Standards
- providing a safe and supportive environment for all children and young people
- making sure that children and young people are not exposed to any form of harmful conduct or abuse
- empowering children and young people to participate in decisions that affect them and share any concerns they may have
- making sure children and young people know who to approach if they feel unsafe or have any child safety concerns.
As a child safe organisation, we commit to:
- educating everyone involved in our organisation about what it means to be a child safe organisation, so that we can prevent, detect and effectively respond to child abuse
- making sure everyone involved in our organisation knows how to appropriately respond to complaints, allegations, disclosures and breaches to our Code of Conduct
- welcoming feedback to continuously improve our child safe policies, procedures and practices
- making sure that when family and community members interact with our organisation, they are aware that child safety is everyone’s responsibility, and their behaviour aligns with our child safe practices.
“If you see something, say something”.
This statement encompasses Saints Care’s culture in promoting a transparent organisation that uphold the safety of all people and the responsibility of all to contribute to keeping safe environments.
Should you have any concerns please complete the confidential complaints and feedback form here. Our Executive Officer and designated Board member regularly monitor and will arrange appropriate and timely responses.
Call us 1300 889 855
Email usinfo@saintscare.org.au
Location12 Taylor Street
West Pennant Hills NSW 2125
1300 889 855
info@saintscare.org.au
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