- Date:
- 1 July 2022
What do international education providers have to do?
Providers must have child safe strategies, policies, and practices and tailor them to the international education environment.
SEOs and most CRICOS schools have 24/7 responsibility for the accommodation, support and general welfare of students.
They must create and maintain a child safe culture, and:
- follow the VRQA guidelines
- have clear policies and procedures, supported by suitable governance and operational arrangements, that address each Standard
- ensure agreements with third-party service providers, to deliver all or part of the student's education, accommodation or care, require them to comply with the Standards.
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CRICOS schools and SEOs that are also registered schools should follow the child safe advice for schools. They must ensure their CRICOS and SEOs operations are incorporated into the school’s compliance with the Standards.
Non-school SEOs can use this checklist to help you comply:
Guidance and evidence requirements for each Standard is also available.
1. Culturally safe environments
Respecting and valuing Aboriginal experiences and identities.
2. Child safety and wellbeing
Building a strong organisational child safe culture.
3. Child and student empowerment
Giving children and students a voice to speak up when something isn’t right.
4. Family engagement
Keeping families and communities informed and involved in promoting child safety.
5. Diversity and equity
Supporting children from different backgrounds, characteristics or beliefs.
6. Suitable staff and volunteers
People working with children are suitable and supported to understand child safety and wellbeing.
7. Complaints processes
Ensure that processes for complaints and concerns are child focused.
8. Child safety, knowledge, skills and awareness
Building a child safe culture through training and information.
9. Child safety in physical and online environments
Helping children have safer and more positive experiences online and in person.
10. Implementation of child safety practices
Checking regularly that policies and procedures are up to date.
11. Documentation of child safety practices
Putting all the requirements of the Standards into action.
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