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CSIRO Child Safe Policy 2

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Jessie: Hi, I’m Jessie from the CSIRO.

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As Australia’s National Science Agency we do some really cool things in science, technology, engineering and mathematics and we’re excited about sharing these things with you and involving you in them. Today we want to tell you about what we’re doing to make sure that you feel safe when you visit us or take part in our activities.

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This could include: visiting us on our worksites, offices, or laboratories; joining any of the activities that we run; participating in our programmes, like work experience; attending one of our events; contacting us online by email or on our social media channels, like Facebook, or Instagram.

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Some of the things that we are doing to help you feel safe when you’re with us include: having the best people work with you by checking that they’re safe to do so; creating an environment where your safety and wellbeing is at the centre of our thoughts and how we behave; focussing on listening to what you have to say and valuing what you think; making sure that we know how to help you if you tell us something is wrong.

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It’s also important that you know what you can do if you feel worried or if something is wrong when you are with us. You might need to do this if someone has said or done something that you do not like; you feel worried about the activity you’re doing or how it makes you feel; a friend or someone you know is worried about a situation they are in.

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If you feel worried about any of these things or if something has happened that you do not like here’s what you can do. Tell the person you are with that you do not feel comfortable. You can also tell a parent or teacher. Find a CSIRO staff member and tell them what happened.

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If you can use a phone call our Childsafe Officer by using the following phone number, 02 6218 3777. 
You can also ask someone you trust to do this.

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If you can use email, email our Childsafe Officer via [email protected].

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You can also ask someone you trust to do this.

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Everything we are telling you today can be found on our website including this video which you can watch as many times as you like.

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We are committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs (in person and online), including our work experience programs.

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This policy reflects our commitment to:

Child safety and wellbeing is embedded in our organisational leadership, governance and organisational culture. We aim to create a child safe and child friendly environment where all children and young people are valued and feel safe.

Key principles

CSIRO is committed to all the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations[Link will open in a new window]. The key principles for this policy are:

  • All children and young people are valued and treated fairly, regardless of ethnicity, culture, sex, gender, social, economic, religion and ability.
  • Ensuring children and young people are listened to and any concerns that they or their families raise are acted upon.
  • Ensuring that children and young people involved in activities and programs know what they can do if they feel unsafe.
  • Ensuring that children, young persons and their families know their rights and how to access the complaints procedures available to them.

Essentials

We are committed to ensuring:

  • all staff, affiliates and volunteers are responsible for ensuring a safe environment for children and young people.
  • all staff, affiliates and volunteers who work with children or young people will be required to have a National Police Certificate and Working with Children/Vulnerable People Check in each state and/or territory in which they perform the activities involving children and young persons (including online or in person).
  • All staff, affiliates and volunteers who have a reasonable suspicion or belief that a child or young person has been or is being abused or harmed by any person must notify, as soon as practicable, the Child Safe Officer who will assist in determining whether the matter needs to be referred to the law enforcement agencies.
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