Professional Boundaries: Protecting Clients, Staff, and Organisations Content Warning: This resource includes references to grooming, abuse, sexual abuse and trauma. Please read at your own pace and stop at any time if you feel uncomfortable. Support is available through Blue Knot (1300 657 380), Lifeline (13 11 14), Kids Helpline (1800 55 1800) and 13 YARN (13 92 76).… Continue reading Professional Boundaries: Protecting Clients, Staff, and Organisations
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BBSafe Newsletter, December 2025
December 2025 Newsletter From all of us at BBSafe, we wish you a safe, restorative and joyful Christmas. As we close out the year, we’re ending with an important safeguarding topic: grooming. Read online here. Contact us
Grooming Factsheet
Grooming Factsheet A BBSafe Resource Content Warning: This resource includes references to grooming, abuse, sexual abuse and trauma. Please read at your own pace and stop at any time if you feel uncomfortable. Support is available through Blue Knot (1300 657 380), Lifeline (13 11 14), Kids Helpline (1800 55 1800) and 13 YARN (13 92 76). Your organisation… Continue reading Grooming Factsheet
Myths About Grooming: When assumptions replace vigilance
Myths about Grooming When assumptions replace vigilance Content Warning: This resource includes references to grooming, abuse, sexual abuse and trauma. Please read at your own pace and stop at any time if you feel uncomfortable. Support is available through Blue Knot (1300 657 380), Lifeline (13 11 14), Kids Helpline (1800 55 1800) and 13 YARN (13 92 76).… Continue reading Myths About Grooming: When assumptions replace vigilance
BBSafe Newsletter, November 2025
November 2025 Newsletter Join our free safeguarding recruitment webinar This month we’re focusing on safe recruitment — join our free training and access new resources. Read online here. Contact us
From Screening to Safeguarding: Rethinking Recruitment in organisations working with vulnerable clients in organisations working with vulnerable clients
Spotlight on Recruitment – November 2025 From Screening to Safeguarding: Rethinking Recruitment in organisations working with vulnerable clients At BBSafe, we use the building blocks of safeguarding culture. A simple way to think about how to approach client safeguarding for children and vulnerable adults. Organisations rightly invest in criminal history checks and working with children… Continue reading From Screening to Safeguarding: Rethinking Recruitment in organisations working with vulnerable clients in organisations working with vulnerable clients
Child Protection Week Reflections + Free Webinars – October 2025
Child Protection Week Reflections + Free Webinars – October 2025 WARNING – CONTENT MENTIONS ABUSE September was a busy and meaningful month for BBSafe. We were proud to contribute to Child Protection Week, a time when communities, organisations, and leaders across the country come together to focus on the importance of creating cultures of safety… Continue reading Child Protection Week Reflections + Free Webinars – October 2025
Beyond Compliance: How Boards Drive a Culture of Safeguarding with BBSafe
Beyond Compliance: How Boards Drive a Culture of Safeguarding with BBSafe Safeguarding is not just a frontline responsibility; it starts with the board by embedding a culture where the safety of children and vulnerable people is both visible and deeply felt throughout the organisation. At BBSafe, the Building Blocks framework anchors this whole-of-organisation approach, from… Continue reading Beyond Compliance: How Boards Drive a Culture of Safeguarding with BBSafe
Beyond Child Protection Week: Keeping Safeguarding Front of Mind
Beyond Child Protection Week: Keeping Safeguarding Front of Mind Now that Child Protection Week has drawn to a close, it’s essential to keep the momentum going. This year’s theme was “Every conversation matters: shifting conversation to action”, reminding us that talk is not enough. Here are some simple, practical things organisations that work with children can do… Continue reading Beyond Child Protection Week: Keeping Safeguarding Front of Mind
Child Protection Week: A Time to Reflect, Rebuild, and Renew Hope
Child Protection Week: A Time to Reflect, Rebuild, and Renew Hope By a Redress Scheme Practitioner and Advocate for Survivors of Historic Child Abuse Child Protection Week is more than a calendar event; it’s a collective moment to pause, reflect, and recommit to safeguarding our children. For those of us who have spent years responding… Continue reading Child Protection Week: A Time to Reflect, Rebuild, and Renew Hope