The sexual behaviour in children and young people procedure and guideline give educators and care providers in the government, Catholic and independent sectors resources and guidance to respond to:

• typical and developmentally expected
• concerning
• harmful

sexual behaviour in children and young people.

Procedure and guideline

Educators and care providers can access the procedure and guideline on their sector’s internal facing websites.

The procedure and guideline are not publicly available documents because they contain licensed material that is not permitted to be published.

Resources to support the procedure and guideline

Refer to the procedure and guideline for how and when to use these resources.

Flowcharts and checklists

• Procedure flowchart – overview of required steps (PDF 28 KB)
• Sexual offence flowchart – student allegedly responsible for harm (PDF 30 KB)
• Sexual offence flowchart – harmed student (PDF 28 KB)
• Response checklist – typical and developmentally expected sexual behaviour (PDF 39 KB)
• Response checklist – concerning or harmful sexual behaviour (PDF 76 KB)

Templates and supporting resources

• Behaviour support plan (DOCX 63 KB) for children or young people who have engaged in concerning or harmful sexual behaviour.
• Support and safety plan (DOCX 63 KB) for children or young people affected by the concerning or harmful sexual behaviour of others.
• Sample letter to parents (DOCX 62 KB) of children or young people not directly involved in or witness to sexual behaviour.
• Sexual behaviour record (DOCX 61 KB) for you to document sexual behaviour incidents.
• Signs of Safety® harm analysis matrix (DOCX 59 KB) to help you assess and monitor risk over time and inform the behaviour support plan.
• Signs of healthy sexual behaviour assessment and planning framework (DOCX 64 KB) to inform the behaviour support plan and monitor progress towards safer behaviour.
• Information sharing agreement (DOCX 60 KB) for sharing confidential information related to sexual behaviour.

Training

The Plink online learning module (login required) helps educators and care providers in the government, Catholic and independent sectors to respond to sexual behaviour. Non-department users can create a plink account.

For ancillary staff and volunteers

The sexual behaviour in children and young people fact sheet for ancillary staff and volunteers (PDF 72 KB) in the government, Catholic and independent sectors gives basic information to understand and respond to sexual behaviour.

Resources for parents and carers

Download the sexual behaviour in children and young people – information for parents and carers (PDF 63 KB) fact sheet or visit the webpage (government and Catholic sectors only).

A guide for parents and carers whose children attend independent schools and early learning centres is available on the AISSA website.

Resources for students in public schools

Download the unwanted sexual behaviour and sexual harassment information for students in public schools fact sheet or visit the webpage (government schools only).