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Year at a glance

Safety

Key result areaChild-related employers and the community adopt practices to keep children and young people safe.

Intermediate result 
Networking with organisations and providing online Child-safe and Child-friendly resources and training.

Results

• Child-safe Child-friendly resources accessed 12,127 times online.
• Delivery of eight training programs attended by 147 people.
• Targeting sports and tutoring organisations for support and development of Child-safe and Child-friendly practices.

Intermediate result 
Organisations deter unsuitable people from working with children.

Results

• 238,400 background checks conducted.
• 608 risk assessments undertaken.
• 98% of preferred applicants assessed as high risk were not employed.
• 91 Prohibited Persons applied for a review of their status.

Intermediate result 
Recommendations of the Child Death Review Team are adopted.

Results

• Improvements to the Child Death Register and collection of additional data has allowed for the development of a full data set for the Child Death Review Team’s upcoming 10 year research study.
• The Commission convened the first meeting with Australian and New Zealand Child Death Review Teams to exchange information.

Children’s issues

Key result area
The community, opinion leaders and organisations take action to support children and young people’s development and well-being.

Intermediate resultDecision-makers use Commission resources to support children and young people's development and well-being.

Results

• Made 17 submissions to formal inquiries, including the NSW Parliamentary Committee on Children and Young People to their Inquiry into Children and Young People and the Built Environment.
• The Commission became a founding member of Business Initiating Social Impact (BISI) Australia.
• Released What about the kids? Improving the experiences of infants and young children in a changing world.
• 70 recommendations adopted by other organisations.
• Conducting 68 presentations on children’s issues.

Participation

Key result areaOrganisations and decision makers engage children and young people in decision-making

Intermediate resultSelected organisations include children and young people in decisions that affect their lives

Results

• Reviewed our experience of participation and produced Sharing Our Journey the final module of the TAKING PARTicipation Seriously (TPS) kit.
• Young People’s Reference Group (YRPG) met eight times and contributed to submissions on the Built Environment, Health Futures and other issues.
• Department of Community Services (DoCS) and Department of aging, Disability and Homecare (DADHC) participation in their training and policy documents.
• Relevant material from TAKING PARTicipation Seriously (TPS) kit included for the first time in the NSW Interagency Guidelines for Child Protection Intervention.

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