The Child Safe Podcast

Unpacking the Code of Practice miniseries

This podcast has been produced by the Office of the Children’s Guardian OOHC Directorate team to support the out-of-home care sector implement the new accreditation criteria, the Code of Practice.

Join us for insightful conversations with the OOHC Directorate’s Accreditation and Monitoring Team about each practice requirement. We unpack what each practice requirement means, how we assess th...

Unpacking the Code of Practice miniseries

This podcast has been produced by the Office of the Children’s Guardian OOHC Directorate team to support the out-of-home care sector implement the new accreditation criteria, the Code of Practice.

Join us for insightful conversations with the OOHC Directorate’s Accreditation and Monitoring Team about each practice requirement. We unpack what each practice requirement means, how we assess th...

Unpacking the Code of Practice miniseries

This podcast has been produced by the Office of the Children’s Guardian OOHC Directorate team to support the out-of-home care sector implement the new accreditation criteria, the Code of Practice.

Join us for insightful conversations with the OOHC Directorate’s Accreditation and Monitoring Team about each practice requirement. We unpack what each practice requirement means, how we assess th...

Unpacking the Code of Practice miniseries

This podcast has been produced by the Office of the Children’s Guardian OOHC Directorate team to support the out-of-home care sector implement the new accreditation criteria, the Code of Practice.

Join us for insightful conversations with the OOHC Directorate’s Accreditation and Monitoring Team about each practice requirement. We unpack what each practice requirement means, how we assess th...

Organisations that work with children have a responsibility to keep them safe from harm and abuse as described in their duty of care and in the NSW Child Safe Standards. This episode will explore this topic further with guest speakers from the ECEC sector.

About this episode

Staff in ECEC services are managing risks everyday as part of their daily work. Risks can be described as the likelihood and potential impact of harm resulti...

Organisations that work with children have a responsibility to keep them safe from harm and abuse as described in their duty of care and in the NSW Child Safe Standards. This episode will explore this topic further with guest speakers from the ECEC sector.

About this episode

Staff in ECEC services are managing risks everyday as part of their daily work. Risks can be described as the likelihood and potential impact of harm resulti...

Please note, this episode covers content regarding disclosures of abuse that may be upsetting for some listeners. Please take care when listening to this episode and seek support if needed. Free confidential support services are listed below.

Reporting in an ECEC context can take many forms from noting breaches of a Code of Conduct to far more serious incidents. This episode looks at reporting considerations in early childhood sett...

Episode 2: Voice and Choice in the National Quality Framework PART 2

In this episode, host Katey Street sits down with educators Lisa Warburton and Angie Camilleri, and Child Safe Officer Rachel Norman to get to grips with child-centred practice in the early childhood education and outside school hours care (ECEC) sector following the update of the Approved Learning Frameworks.

About this podcast: 

This episode is part of a short...

Episode 2: Voice and Choice in the National Quality Framework PART 1

Having children as active participants in their learning is as easy as ABC! In this episode host Katey Street sits down with Rhonda Livingstone, the National Educational Leader for a chat about the updates to the National Quality Framework.

About this podcast: 

This episode is part of a short series produced by the Office of the Children's Guardian and funde...

Policy and Practice in Focus: an ECEC child safe podcast miniseries

Episode 1: The Child Safe Scheme in a ECEC context

Early Childhood Educators face unique challenges when applying the Child Safe Scheme. In this podcast Simon Luckhurst talks to two early childhood professionals and an Office of the Children’s Guardian compliance officer to answer some common questions.

About this episode:

This episode kicks off a short series prod...

Episode 2: Compliance with the NSW Child Safe Scheme

Compliance doesn’t have to be confusing! In this episode, host Simon Luckhurst and guest speakers Louise Coe, Lisa Purves and Sean Brohier break down what compliance to the Child Safe Scheme looks like, as well as what it doesn’t look like. 

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This episode discusses compliance with the Child Safe Scheme. It also talks about what support is available to organi...

This episode discusses why and how the Royal Commission was set up, the implications of the Commission’s findings across child safe organisations, the challenges that some organisations faced in updating their policy and practice, and where organisations can now find support and other helpful resources to become more child safe. 

CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses themes and topics that may be upsetting for some audiences. W...