Protection of Children
A report prepared for the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse called Oversight and Regulatory mechanisms aimed at protecting children from sexual abuse: understanding current evidence of efficacy has recently been published. It has been prepared by Professor Ben Mathews, Senior Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology, as part of a general research program to support the Royal Commission's work and to inform its findings and recommendations. The report examined the current oversight and regulatory mechanisms to protect children from child abuse. One of the areas it examined was the regulatory system that apples to early childhood education and care (Part 2.8, page 105ff). Although positive about the current regulatory scheme in place (see page 111) it identified the potential to implement measures to enhance the protection of children (page 17). Interestingly, the report identified some key differences between jurisdictions in regard to dealing with child abuse (at page 111):
In addition, the NSW Office of the Children’s Guardian (OCG) has launched a free online learning tool to help staff and volunteers in all child-related organisations become child safe. More information can be accessed on their website. It has also published Principles for child-safe organisations for consultation.
An article in Evidence Base recently called Using behavioural insights for citizen compliance and cooperation, by Peter John (University College London) and Jane Robb (University of Greenwich), provides a review of the literature in relation to approaches to achieving compliance in compulsory (tax) and non-complusory (energy use) regimes. It has some lessons for regulators on achieving compliance in other regulatory areas.
A report prepared for the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse called Oversight and Regulatory mechanisms aimed at protecting children from sexual abuse: understanding current evidence of efficacy has recently been published. It has been prepared by Professor Ben Mathews, Senior Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology, as part of a general research program to support the Royal Commission's work and to inform its findings and recommendations. The report examined the current oversight and regulatory mechanisms to protect children from child abuse. One of the areas it examined was the regulatory system that apples to early childhood education and care (Part 2.8, page 105ff). Although positive about the current regulatory scheme in place (see page 111) it identified the potential to implement measures to enhance the protection of children (page 17). Interestingly, the report identified some key differences between jurisdictions in regard to dealing with child abuse (at page 111):
- "Only two jurisdictions (New South Wales and Western Australia) appear to require service providers ensure staff members are aware of their duty to report suspected child sexual abuse (Western Australia’s child protection law does not actually require reports, although it enables them).
- Only two jurisdictions (New South Wales (in part) and Queensland) appear to require service providers ensure staff are trained in child protection generally. Queensland’s legislative framework for training appears to be the most developed, at least nominally.
- In five jurisdictions, childcare employees are required by the legislation to report suspected child sexual abuse (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia and Tasmania); the other three (Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia) do not, although they enable reports to be made."
In addition, the NSW Office of the Children’s Guardian (OCG) has launched a free online learning tool to help staff and volunteers in all child-related organisations become child safe. More information can be accessed on their website. It has also published Principles for child-safe organisations for consultation.
An article in Evidence Base recently called Using behavioural insights for citizen compliance and cooperation, by Peter John (University College London) and Jane Robb (University of Greenwich), provides a review of the literature in relation to approaches to achieving compliance in compulsory (tax) and non-complusory (energy use) regimes. It has some lessons for regulators on achieving compliance in other regulatory areas.
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