The rights of all children to feel safe, and be safe at all times including:-
Promoting the cultural safety of Aboriginal children
Promoting the cultural safety of children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
Promoting the safety of children with a disability
Promoting the (right to) safety of trans and gender diverse children and their families
Ensuring that LGBTIQ+ children and their families feel included
Valuing, respecting and caring for children
Fostering opportunities for each child to participate, express their views and to learn and develop
Always acting in the best interests of each child and having zero tolerance of child abuse
Takes all reasonable steps to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of children at all times, whilst promoting their learning and development
Actively managing the risks of abuse or harm to each child, including fulfilling our duty of care and legal obligations to protect children and prevent any reasonable, foreseeable risk of harm
Continuously improving the way we identify risks of and responding to child abuse, and encouraging reporting and improving responses to allegations of abuse
Proactively sharing information with relevant authorities to promote the wellbeing and/or safety of a child or a group of children, consistent with their best interests