This year, Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools (MACS) has launched a 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 6: People working with children and young people are suitable and supported to reflect child safety and wellbeing values in practice.
Catholic school's that prioritise safe recruitment practices, supervision, high expectations and professional learning for their staff will ensure the protection of the young people in their care. To be able to identify risks early, ensure professional boundaries are maintained and create safe learning environments where children can flourish, staff need to have a clear understanding of their professional responsibilities and be encouraged to always act with integrity.
I encourage you to read the Newsletter Child Safe Standard 6 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.