Safe recruitment practices – fact sheet BBSafe – safeguarding recruitment fact sheet Following the BBSafe webinar on recruitment this week, we received this feedback from one of our attendees: “We received a number of great suggestions for improvement from the webinar and we would like to introduce these into our organisation” Karen, Community Services This is why… Continue reading Safeguarding Recruitment top ten tips
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Safe recruitment practices and what’s on – May 2024
Safe recruitment practices and what’s on – May 2024 BBSafe – safe recruitment practices I was so thrilled with this recent feedback about our work at BBSafe! “Because of the tools and strategies I learned with BBSafe, we were actually able to identify someone who was applying to work with us, who was being less than… Continue reading Safe recruitment practices and what’s on – May 2024
Governing for Safety – March 2024
Governing for Safety – March 2024 Governing for Safety – Board directors, management committee, executives, leaders If you’re a board director or management committee member do you understand your legislative obligations in relation to the safeguarding of the children or client groups you are working with? There could be civil and even criminal penalties for… Continue reading Governing for Safety – March 2024
BBSafe – your safeguarding partner
BBSafe – your safeguarding partner 12 month BBSafe Safeguarding Partnership At BBSafe we work with not for profit organisations of all sizes and service types –sports clubs, disability services, aged care, child and family services, religious organisations, health services, domestic violence services, aged care, homelessness services and schools. We know it can be hard to… Continue reading BBSafe – your safeguarding partner
Understanding safeguarding risk – October 2023
Understanding safeguarding risk – October 2023 Contact us Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults – understanding risk This week saw the handing down of the Final Report of the Royal Commissioninto Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People With Disability. Thetwelve volumes contained 222 wide-ranging recommendations for reforms toimprove the safety of people with disabilities. The Executive Summary… Continue reading Understanding safeguarding risk – October 2023
Lead and lag indicators of safety; this month’s free webinar; Safeguarding Lead Coaching Program – June 2023
Lead and lag indicators of safety; this month’s free webinar; Safeguarding Lead Coaching Program – June 2023 I’m a strong advocate for culture led safeguarding as having the greatest impact on safety of children and other vulnerable people in organisations. Compliance activity is important, but if it is driving a safeguarding agenda, the impact can… Continue reading Lead and lag indicators of safety; this month’s free webinar; Safeguarding Lead Coaching Program – June 2023
BBSafe April 2023 Newsletter – announcing our BBSafe Safeguarding Lead Coaching Program
BBSafe April 2023 Newsletter – announcing our BBSafe Safeguarding Lead Coaching Program What is it? Sometimes by design, sometimes by accident we might find ourselves with responsibility for leading safeguarding in our organisation – running the working with children or criminal history checks, making sure we have a risk management strategy, trying to get everyone… Continue reading BBSafe April 2023 Newsletter – announcing our BBSafe Safeguarding Lead Coaching Program
Child safe after school activities
Back to school – and after school! 5 things to ask Across the country, our kids are back to school after the long summer break. Slow days give way to the busy-ness, the schedules, the old routines and the new challenges. This also means after school and extra curricular activities are starting up again –… Continue reading Child safe after school activities
BBSafe – January newsletter
Content warning: Please be aware the following content contains reference to accounts of child sexual abuse which may be distressing for some people BBSafe – January newsletter With gratitude – 2023! As we gear up to jump into 2023, it has been a good time to reflect on 2022. I launched BBSafe Au in early 2022 –… Continue reading BBSafe – January newsletter
BBSafe – marking 5 years since the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
Content warning: Please be aware the following content contains reference to accounts of child sexual abuse which may be distressing for some people. BBSafe – marking 5 years since the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse 15 December 2022We hear you, we see you, we will never forgetIn the decade since the Royal Commission… Continue reading BBSafe – marking 5 years since the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse