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Lunch and Learn September Protecting Children is Everybody's Business

Play Matters > Lunch and Learn Webinar Series > Protecting Children is Everybody's Business

 

Queensland Child Protection Week (1)

Queensland Child Protection Week: Protecting Children is Everybody's Business

Join Sarah Lim from BBSafe as she explores how parents, carers, workers, and community members can help keep young children safe from abuse.

The session will cover:

•    The importance of talking about child safety for preschool aged children

•    Particular vulnerabilities for the 0-5 age group

•    How to talk to your young child about body safety in age-appropriate language

•    What to look for - behavioural and physical red flags

•    How to respond to disclosures from a child - dos and don'ts

•    Demystifying the reporting process for families and

•    Resources for families, including books, apps and conversation tools, and local and statewide support services

View our Commitment to Child Safety

Resources

Key Messages Fact Sheet

One-page, printable fact sheet with key messages from today's session. 

Five Questions to Ask

1. What are your policies for keeping kids safe?

2. How do you make sure staff are safe and suitable to work with children?

3. How do you make sure staff know how to practice working safely with children?

4. How do you monitor and manage interactions between staff and children?

5. Who can we talk to if there's an issue? What happens if we raise a concern?

You can download a copy of the 5 Questions to Ask Resource from BBSafe HERE.

Queensland Child Protection Week Resources

Queensland Family & Child Commission

Safe Play Matters Training

Play Matters engaged Sarah Lim to unpack the 10 building blocks of child safety and what the new child safe standards mean for families and the early years. 

View more about Safe Play Matters here.

Raising Children Network