The ACU Safeguarding Children and Young People portal provides a range of resources and tools to support professionals and workers who are responsible for providing care or support to children and young people.
The ACU Safeguarding Children and Young People portal provides a range of resources and tools to support professionals and workers who are responsible for providing care or support to children and young people.
ACU has established expertise in the area of protecting children, including a dedicated research and knowledge translation centre, the ACU Institute of Child Protection Studies. The resources and tools included on this website builds on the research the ACU Institute of Child Protection Studies conducted research for the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
Additional resources and practice tools will become available in early 2018, including the pilot phase of a survey facility, which will help organisations to assess their practice, measure changes as a result of implementation of safeguarding strategies, and to compare their organisation with other similar organisations.
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This portal is aimed at people working in youth-serving organizations to help them better prevent and respond to harm to children.
If you would like to talk to a trained professional about what you’ve seen on the Portal, or need help, please call Kids Helpline on 1800 55 1800 or Lifeline on 13 11 14.
If you believe a child or young person is in immediate danger, call Police on 000.
Emergency and safety
For further information on crisis responses and reporting child abuse and neglect, see: Australian Institue of Family Studies website.