Highlighted in the last edition of the College newsletter was the new child-safe campaign and website called MACS Care. The purpose of this is to assist schools in continuing to build a child safety culture and maintain compliance with the Victorian Child Safe Standards.

The MACS care website includes a number of resources and templates to guide schools throughout the year as they focus on all 11 standards each month. This month, we will be focussing on Child Safe Standard 2: Child safety and wellbeing is embedded in organisational leadership, governance and culture.

An overview of Child Safe Standard 2:

• A public commitment to child safety
• Champion a child safe culture at all levels
• Ensure governance supports child safety policies
• Develop and enforce a Code of Conduct
• Implement risk management strategies that focus on preventing, identifying and mitigating risks to children
• Ensure staff, volunteers and contractors understand their obligation and the role they play in keeping children and young people safe. This includes information sharing and record keeping.

I encourage you to read the Newsletter Child Safe Standard 2 on the MACS Care website which will give you a better understanding of what our College do to ensure our students are safe and the processes involved in making Catholic Regional College Caroline Springs a child safe school.