Review of Victorian Child Safe Standards

The Department of Health and Human Services is currently undertaking a review of the standards "to ensure that they are as strong as possible". It has published an issues paper and is seeking submissions on the standards by 22 February 2018. 

The standards are implemented by the Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005 and Child Wellbeing and Safety Regulations 2017 (see also the Standards published in the Victorian Government Gazette). They apply to all Victorian organisations that provide services or facilities for children or employ children or young people (including childcare services). The standards are a compulsory framework that support organisations to be safer for children.