Category: Parents

Child Protection Week – September 2024 Child Protection Week 2-6 September – celebrating children! Celebrating children in all their wonderful diversity is a key safeguarding strategy. Why? A number of reasons: – it sends strong messages to staff and the community that the wellbeing of children is a core value of the organisation – it… Continue reading Child Protection Week – September 2024

June newsletter – new recruitment factsheet available; free Safeguarding Masterclass; Safeguarding Lead Coaching Program; Safeguarding partnerships A lot has been happening at BBSafe – although we are approaching EOFY there is no slowing down!   New BBSafe Safeguarding Recruitment Resource We were pleased to launch our new BBSafe Safeguarding Recruitment resource – our top ten tips to help you… Continue reading June newsletter – new recruitment factsheet available; free Safeguarding Masterclass; Safeguarding Lead Coaching Program; Safeguarding partnerships

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 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 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

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

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

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

5 things every parent should ask when signing your kid up to a new after school activity – keeping kids safe from abuse and sexual abuse CONTENT WARNING – mentions safeguarding children from child sexual abuse Do you know what to ask to check on the way an organisation or business addresses the risk of… Continue reading 5 things every parent should ask when signing your kid up to a new after school activity – keeping kids safe from abuse and sexual abuse

BBSafe October Newsletter – spotlight on grooming, free webinar In the context of child sexual abuse, grooming is something that many of us broadly understand…but would we actually recognise it if it was occurring? And would we know what to do about? Grooming refers to the actions by a person to create opportunities to sexually offend… Continue reading BBSafe October Newsletter – spotlight on grooming, free webinar