RTOs - documentation of child safety practices

About the Standard

This Standard contains obligations for RTOs to:

make policies and procedures easy to understand
develop policies and procedures using stakeholder consultation and best practice models
make sure organisational leaders champion and model compliance with policies and procedures.

RTOs must have comprehensive policies and procedures in place to support child safety.

An RTO must be able to provide evidence that it:

has policies and procedures that:
- address all the Standards
- are easy to understand
develops policies and procedures using best-practice professional development, research or consultation
has systems to verify that staff and volunteers understand and implement child safety practices
nominates champions or advocates who promote the Standards and compliance.

An RTO complying with the Standard may have implemented child safety through:

In complying with Child Safe Standard 11, an organisation must, at a minimum, ensure:
- policies and procedures address all Child Safe Standards
- policies and procedures are documented and easy to understand
- best practice models and stakeholder consultation informs the development of policies and procedures
- leaders champion and model compliance with policies and procedures
- staff and volunteers understand and implement policies and procedures.
- The Commission for Children and Young People (CCYP)(opens in a new window) — provides resources and support for the Child Safe Standards including a 'Guide for creating a Child Safe Organisation' which provides sample policies and useful guidance in the section on current Standard 11.

Updated 24 June 2022