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Safeguarding Children Services

Our Safeguarding Children Services help organisations build strong child-safe cultures and meet their safeguarding obligations. Our experienced consultants work across sectors—including education, sport, disability, faith-based, early childhood, and government—to strengthen systems that prevent abuse and exploitation by employees and volunteers. We offer tailored support, including our evidence-based Certification and Accreditation Programs, and practical tools to engage children, families, and communities in creating safer environments.

Blogs

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Identifying and addressing child grooming in organisations

What is grooming and why are organisations grappling with this problem? Grooming is a deliberate and patterned process of behaviour in which an adult builds trust and emotional connection with a child, and often their...

Learn to identify child grooming in organisations, understand key risk factors, and implement effective safeguarding practices.
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Child Safeguarding accreditation – what does success for an organisation look like?

Australian Childhood Foundation (the Foundation) has operated its Safeguarding Children Accreditation program since 2009. The program was endorsed by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in 2015 allowing the Foundation to use its Safeguarding Children...

Explore what success looks like in child safeguarding accreditation, and learn how organisations can build a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
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    Training

    On-demand

    Safeguarding children in organisations: online training

    Our Safeguarding children online training makes it easy and cost-effective to ensure that professionals, from senior leaders to front-line staff and volunteers understand their safeguarding responsibilities. Delivered through an interactive, self-paced platform, the training provides a consistent baseline of knowledge to enhance your Safeguarding skills. Features include: Accessible anywhere, anytime — optimised for desktop, mobile, and tablet. Suitable for all...

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    $75.00
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    The power of business in child safeguarding: awareness training for travel & tourism

    The power of business in child safeguarding: awareness training for travel and tourism course is a vital step in supporting you and your business with their role in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. This course was created through the On Us Coalition, a partnership between businesses and Australian Childhood Foundation. The On Us Coalition brings businesses together to help...

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    $75.00
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    The power of business in child safeguarding: awareness training for property, retail & real estate

    The power of business in child safeguarding: awareness training for property, retail and real estate course is a vital step in supporting you and your business with their role in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. This course was created through the On Us Coalition, a partnership between businesses and Australian Childhood Foundation. The On Us Coalition brings businesses together...

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    $75.00
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    The power of business in child safeguarding: awareness training for corporate professionals

    The power of business in child safeguarding: awareness training for corporate professionals course is a vital step in supporting you and your business with their role in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. This course was created through the On Us Coalition, a partnership between businesses and Australian Childhood Foundation. The On Us Coalition brings businesses together to help children...

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    $75.00
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    The power of business in child safeguarding: awareness training for media, advertising & events

    The power of business in child safeguarding: awareness training for media, advertising and events course is a vital step in supporting you and your business with their role in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. This course was created through the On Us Coalition, a partnership between businesses and Australian Childhood Foundation. The On Us Coalition brings businesses together to...

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    $75.00
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    The power of business in child safeguarding: awareness training for financial services

    The power of business in child safeguarding: awareness training for financial services course is a vital step in supporting you and your business with their role in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. This course was created through the On Us Coalition, a partnership between businesses and Australian Childhood Foundation. The On Us Coalition brings businesses...

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    $75.00
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    Resources

    Recorded webinar – Inside organised exploitation: A conversation with Michael Salter

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    Children: feel safe and be safe poster

    Our Safeguarding Children Services have designed this freely downloadable poster for use in organisations who offer services to children and young people.

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