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    We provide services to children and young people, and by law must provide and maintain child safe environments.

    Requirements to meet child safe environments compliance

    To make sure we are a child safe organisation, we have policies and procedures to guide department employees, volunteers and external service providers who work with children across our sites or with our services.

    By implementing these policies and procedure, your site or service will meet child safe environments compliance requirements. This means you do not need to submit a separate Child Safe Environment (CSE) statement lodgement to the Department of Human Services.

    Reporting of policy and procedure updates for child safe environments

    Department staff who own policies or procedures related to child safe environments must report any updates. Before making changes, please notify the Engagement and Wellbeing Directorate by emailing Education.KCS@sa.gov.au. This helps the Department for Education stay compliant with child safe environment requirements.

    Identify and apply child safe policies and procedures at your site or service

    Select your relevant site or service type below to find out what policies and procedures you must follow to meet child safe environments compliance.

    For primary schools or high schools

    For preschools – including those that offer occasional care or rural care

    For children’s centres with either occasional care, long daycare, childcare, or integrated services

    For out of school hours care (OSHC) services run by a governing council

    OSHC third party providers

    If you’re an OSHC third party approved panel service provider, you must:

    • have your own CSE compliance statement lodged with DHS
    • follow all departmental CSE policies and procedures listed above when operating services on our sites.

    For family day care and respite care programs

    There are 5 additional family day care (FDC) specific policies and procedures that FDC and Respite Care Program providers need to follow. Go to children's health and safety in the FDC educator portal (login required) to find out more.

    Corporate office – including Student Support Services

    See the contact details on the policy if you have questions about a specific policy requirement.

    Contact the Engagement and Wellbeing Team via email education.KCS@sa.gov.au if you have any questions about the department’s child safe environments compliance.

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