Our child safe policy

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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