Central Highlands Rural Health is committed to child safety.
- We want children to be safe, happy and empowered.
- We support and respect all children, as well as our workforce.
- We are committed to the safety, participation and empowerment of all children.
- We have zero tolerance of child abuse, and all allegations and safety concerns will be treated very seriously and consistently with our robust policies and procedures.
- We have legal and moral obligations to contact authorities when we are worried about a child’s safety, which we follow rigorously.
- Our organisation is committed to preventing child abuse and identifying risks early, and removing and reducing these risks.
- Our organisations is committed to regularly training and educating our workforce on child abuse risks.
- We support and respect all children, as well as our workforce.
- We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal children, the cultural safety of children from a culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, and to providing a safe environment for children with a disability.
- We have specific policies, procedures and training in place that support our leadership team, workforce to achieve these commitments.
If you believe a child is at immediate risk of abuse phone 000