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Having a policy and a code of conduct shows staff, volunteers, kids, their families and the community that you are an organisation that is committed to being child-safe and child-friendly.

You can provide parents and carers with the A Parent’s Guide to Choosing Child-Safe and Child-Friendly Programs resource (available below) to help them understand what makes an organisation child-safe and child-friendly.

Policy

A “Children and Young People’s Policy” guides you on how to treat the kids in your organisation, and how to encourage their participation. You want this policy to reduce the risk of harm to kids in your organisation.

A clear, well thought out policy reflects your organisations needs and activities and increases awareness about the importance of building child safe and friendly environments.

Follow the link below to download the Child-Safe and Child-Friendly Policy resource for help on how to develop and put a policy into practice.

Code of Conduct

A Code of Conduct outlines your organisations values and provides boundaries for behaviour of staff, parents and kids. It also sets out how to respond when anyone does not behave properly.

Involving everyone in the development of both your Policy and Code of Conduct means it will more likely be used.

A widely promoted Code of Conduct helps everyone to keep an organisation child-safe and child-friendly.

Follow the link below to download the Developing Codes of Conduct resource for help on developing a code of conduct for your organisation.

A similar code can be developed for kids to help them define their rights and responsibilities. Follow the link to download the Developing Codes of Conduct for kids, with kids resource.