Swan Hill Specialist School is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. Our school community recognises the importance of and a responsibility for ensuring our school is safe, supportive and enriching environment which respects and fosters the dignity and self- esteem of children and young people and enables them to their in their learning and development.
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• We want children to be safe, happy and empowered.
• We support and respect all children as well as our staff and volunteers.
• We are committed to the safety, participation and empowerment of all children.
• We have zero tolerance of child abuse, and all allegations and safety concerns will be treated very seriously and consistently with our robust policies and procedures.
• We have legal and moral obligations to contact authorities when we are worried about a child’s safety, which we follow rigorously.
• Our organisation is committed to preventing child abuse and identifying risks early, and removing and reducing these risks.
• Our organisation has robust human resources and recruitment practices for all staff and volunteers.
• Swan Hill Specialist School is committed to regularly training and educating our staff and volunteers on child abuse risks.
• We support and respect all children, as well as our staff and volunteers. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal children, the cultural safety of children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, and to providing a safe environment for children with a disability.
• We have specific policies, procedures and training in place that support our leadership team, staff and volunteers to achieve these commitments. ​