Many organisations have already taken practical steps to enhance child safety and wellbeing by implementing the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations.
Sharing examples of this helps build a community of practice that promotes ongoing efforts by organisations to keep children and young people well and safe from abuse and neglect.
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Use this online form to share how your organisation has implemented the National Principles.
The Department of Communities and Supporting Communities Forum Child Safe Organisations Working Group are calling for submissions from Western Australian organisations that demonstrate implementation of the National Principles.
By participating in this project, you can showcase strategies that contribute to creating child safety, support cross-sector learning and help to keep children and young people safe in WA.
How organisations are implementing the National Principles
This page provides practical examples of how organisations in WA that engage with children and young people are implementing the National Principles.
A copy of each case study is available for download in PDF, Word and text only versions and has been categorised according to the sector the organisation works in, or people they work with.
If you require an alternative format of these case studies, please contact csaroyalcommission@communities.wa.gov.au.
Department of Communities
Category: State Government
Establishing a child friendly complaints process and resources (National Principle 6).
Department of Communities
Category: State Government
Enhancing the Charter of Rights for Children in Care (National Principle 2).
Department of Communities
Category: State Government
Enhancing access to care planning and the Care Plan Review Panel for especially vulnerable groups of children in care (National Principles 2 and 4).
Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries
Category: State Government
Enriching the lives of Western Australians, supporting, and enhancing communities, and building and maintaining strong regulatory functions.
City of Melville
Category: Local government
Organisational self-assessment and engaging senior leadership to prioritise planning and implementation in a metropolitan local government area (National Principle 1).
Anglicare WA
Category: Community services
Implementing all the National Principles through the Child Safe Youth Safe Strategy, self-assessment, audit and accreditation.
Child Australia
Category: Community services
Assessing policies, procedures, staff conduct, and programs with the aim of enhancing active supervision practices and fostering a stronger culture of safeguarding children (National Principles 1, 3, 5, 7 and 10).
Goodstart Early Learning
Category: Community services
Implementing all the National Principles through multiple methods such as strategic planning, governance, self-assessment, code of conduct, recruitment, training, complaints, consultation and safety planning.
Parkerville
Category: Community services
Comprehensive implementation of all the National Principles including obtaining accreditation through Australian Childhood Foundation.
Shooting Stars
Category: Community services
Developing a cultural Child Safe Framework with the participation of young Aboriginal women which is grounded and strengthened through yarning circles (National Principles 1 and 2).
Starick
Category: Community services
Engaging young people to build on service delivery staff capacity to undertake consultation with children and young people as key element of service delivery (National Principle 2).
Uniting WA
Category: Community services
Establishing strong governance to drive organisation wide implementation of the National Principles (National Principle 1).
Yorgum Healing Services
Category: Community services
Producing an animated video to explain the National Principles to Aboriginal children and families engaged with Yorgum through a Noongar lens (National Principle 1).
Youth Focus
Category: Community Services
Implementing all the National Principles through a range of youth safety and wellbeing approaches.
SportWest – True Sport
Category: Sports and recreation
Supporting the WA sports industry to embed the National Principles (National Principle 1).
CBC Fremantle
Category: Education
Establishing a student safety council where students can raise and discuss how to manage safety and wellbeing concerns with senior leaders and the school psychologist (National Principle 2).
Sexual Health Quarters
Category: Health
Recognising children and young people's diverse circumstances (National Principle 4).
