The strengths and differences of all children and young people should be celebrated regardless of age, ability, sex, gender, economic or cultural background. When organisations recognise and respond to the diverse needs of children and young people and their families, they will be more child centred and enable children and young people to participate more effectively (Commissioner for Children and Young People, 2019).
- National Office for Child Safety released a suite of resources, supporting children and young people with disability:
- Keeping children and young people with disability safe videos – A guide to support organisations, staff and volunteers understand how to create safe organisations for children and young people with disability and developed by Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA)
- Social Script Toolkit - A practical toolkit to support organisations to develop and use social scripts with Autistic and neurodivergent children and young people, including planning checklist and practical examples, developed by Amaze.
- A collection of safeguarding-themed Communication Boards and an Information Guide to support meaningful and accessible conversations, developed by Embrace Access.
- Children and young people with disability consultation report – National Office for Child Safety – a report to inform child safe organisations’ development of resources and practices which maximise the safety of children and young people with disability.
- Understanding safeguarding practices for children with disability when engaging with organisations (2017) – Australian Institute of Family Studies – creating an understanding of abuse and neglect to assist establishment of child safe organisations.
- Cultural safety in organisations guide – National Office for Child Safety – implementing the National Principles with a lens of cultural safety for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
- Translated National Principles resources – National Office for Child Safety – information about the National Principles is available in a range of languages.
Sector specific resources
Sport and Recreation
- True Sport Cultural Education Initiative – Sportwest – supports State Sporting Associations, clubs, and community organisations to create culturally safe, respectful and inclusive environments for First Nations people in sport.
Australian State and Territory information
- Cultural safety for Aboriginal Children in early childhood services – Victorian Government
