Benefits of the Safeguarding Children Program

 The Safeguarding Children Program:

• Provides standards that assist organisations to design policies and procedures to protect children from harm.
• Promotes an organisational culture that safeguards children and young people.
• The Safeguarding Children online training enables all staff and volunteers to become skilled in protecting children and young people.
• Accreditation by an independent auditor in recognition of efforts to protect children and young people.
• Improves risk management for organisations, staff and volunteers.
• Demonstrates organisational commitment to protecting children and young people.

How does ACCYO's Safeguarding Children Program work?

1. Register for Safeguarding Children Program
   Register your interest
2. Implementing the Safeguarding Children Program Standards
   The organisation develops and implements the policies and procedures required to meet the standards.  
3. Safeguarding Children Training
   Training can be undertaken either online or face-to-face. For more information see Safeguarding Children Training
4. Self-assessment
   The organisation completes a self-assessment process to determine if they are ready to be audited.
5. Audit
   An independent audit is conducted to determine whether the standards have been implemented.
6. Successful accreditation
   A certificate of accreditation, valid for three years, is awarded by ACCYO.

For organisations undertaking accreditation ACCYO provides:

• Help-desk support for policy development and implementing the standards.
• Access to online resources and a community of learning.
• Participation in forums, workshops and information sessions.