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ACFID guidelines for the development of a child protection policy (pdf 270kb)
These child protection policy development guidelines have been produced by the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) to provide guidance to ACFID Code of Conduct Signatory organisations on how to develop, implement and review their child protection policies and procedures.These guidelines combine child protection policies and procedures in one document. A separate child protection procedures manual should be created to operationalise the organisation's child protection policy, which will include specific guidelines on how the organisation will implement the different components of the policy; such as the steps that will be taken when responding to complaints of child abuse.
An organisation's child protection policy should reflect the organisation's size, nature, style, character and program delivery structure. The size of the policy may therefore vary between organisations, dependent on these factors and the level and type of risk factors faced by each organisation. The child protection policy should refer to and link with other organisational charters, policies, codes and procedure manuals in order to ensure that the child protection policy is relevant and integrated into the organisational culture.
Includes sections on:
- Background and context
- Purpose of these child protection policy development guidelines
- Steps to develop and implement a child protection policy
- How to use the child protection policy template
- Child protection policy template
- Example good practice child protection policy
- Useful Web-links
- Resource link:
http://www.acfid.asn.au/ code-of-conduct/docs_code-of-conduct/ Guidelines%20for%20the%20development%20of%20Child%20Protection%20Policie.pdf - Published: July 2008
- Source: ACFID (http://www.acfid.asn.au/)
- Added to ADG on: 16 January 2009 , contributed by: Renata Zanetti - ACFID
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