Our Mission
Child safety
Statement of Commitment to Child Safety
Our organisation is committed to child safety.
We want children to be safe, happy and empowered. We support and respect all children, as well as our staff and volunteers.
We are committed to the safety, participation and empowerment of all children.
We have zero tolerance of child abuse, and all allegations and safety concerns will be treated very seriously and consistently with our robust policies and procedures.
We have legal and moral obligations to contact authorities when we are worried about a child’s safety, which we follow rigorously.
Our organisation is committed to preventing child abuse and identifying risks early, and removing and reducing these risks.
Our organisation has robust human resources and recruitment practices for all staff and volunteers.
Our organisations is committed to regularly training and educating our staff and volunteers on child abuse risks.
We support and respect all children, as well as our staff and volunteers. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal children, the cultural safety of children from a culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, and to providing a safe environment for children with a disability.
We have specific policies, procedures and training in place that support our staff and volunteers to achieve these commitments.
The Committee
Our achievements
- Winner of 2018 Wimmera Business Awards / Paw Po Products Best New Business
- Winner of the 2017 AMES Australia Diversity Innovation Award
- Winner of the 2015 Victorian Training Award "Community Training Provider of the Year"
- Winner of the 2015 AMES Australia Diversity Innovation Award