Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia Ltd
Child Safety and Wellbeing Statement of Commitment
ALSWA is committed to protecting the safety and wellbeing of all children including children who access or interact with our staff and services. We strive to hold ourselves, external agencies and the community to account for the safety and wellbeing of children and uphold the Convention on the Rights of Child.
We are committed to ensuring children who access our services or interact with our staff and services are treated with respect and in a manner that ensures their physical, mental, emotional and cultural safety. We agree to implement the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations.
We aim to empower children and promise to listen to the views of children and respect their right to be heard. We acknowledge and respect the diversity of children including gender diversity, cultural diversity, children with disability and children living in urban, regional and remote areas.
We have zero tolerance for any form of child abuse and have processes in place to identify and respond to incidents involving any form of harm to children by our organisation. We comply with all our reporting obligations regarding child safety.
You can access our Child Safe Organisation Policy , Reportable Conduct Scheme Policy, Working with Children Check Policy and Employee Code of Conduct Child Safety Policy
You can access our Child Friendly Complaints Policy.
We encourage you or your family/support to raise any concerns you may have about how we ensure child safety or how we treat children. We also welcome any feedback about how to improve our services for children including any positive feedback about our child safe policies and actions.
Child Safety is a shared responsibility between ALSWA, its Board of Directors, Executive and Senior Management, employees, volunteers and contractors.
You can access the Old Ways New Ways child safety policies here
