QLD Child Safety Lead Officer Workshop

• Is your Child Safety Lead Officer role clearly defined, supported and understood?
• Does your organisation understand how the 10 Child Safe Standards apply to its services, programs and environments?
• Are leaders and Boards receiving meaningful information about child safety risks, incidents and improvement priorities?
• Does your organisation have practical policies, procedures and tools that staff and volunteers can confidently use?
• Are children, young people and families able to participate and raise concerns in ways that are safe, accessible and meaningful?
• Does your organisation actively support cultural safety for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people, families and communities?
• Are your physical, online, organisational and workforce risks being identified and managed?
• Are reporting, incident response and record-keeping processes clear and effective?
• Does your organisation have a realistic plan for strengthening child safety over the next 90 days?

This workshop helps organisations answer these questions before an incident occurs.

• Child Safety Lead Officers, Child Safety Officers and Safeguarding Officers
• Child Protection Officers and Child Safety Coordinators
• Senior leaders, program managers and operational managers
• People and Culture, HR and recruitment personnel
• Governance, risk and compliance professionals
• Team leaders and supervisors with child safety responsibilities
• Volunteer coordinators and program coordinators
• Staff responsible for reporting, incident management, complaints or risk management
• Emerging child safety leaders preparing to take on a formal lead role

✔ Understand the Queensland Child Safe Organisations system, including the 10 Child Safe Standards and the Universal Principle.

✔ Clarify the purpose, scope, authority and responsibilities of the Child Safety Lead Officer role.

✔ Apply the Queensland Child Safe Standards to their organisation’s services, programs, environments and workforce.

✔ Identify practical ways to strengthen cultural safety for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people, families and communities.

✔ Build confidence in influencing Boards, Executive Leaders, managers, staff and volunteers.

✔ Assess whether policies, procedures and reporting pathways are practical, accessible and embedded in everyday systems.

✔ Respond more confidently when child safety concerns, disclosures, allegations or possible harm are identified.

✔ Identify physical, behavioural, organisational, cultural and online child safety risks.

✔ Use incident reviews, records and risk information to support continuous improvement.

✔ Develop practical early actions and a 90-day implementation plan aligned with Queensland requirements.

• Purpose, scope and responsibilities of the role
• Strategic leadership and operational coordination
• Role clarity, authority and key relationships

• Overview of the 10 Child Safe Standards
• The Universal Principle and cultural safety
• Applying Queensland requirements within organisational systems and practice

• Leadership, accountability and psychological safety
• Child participation, inclusion and cultural safety
• Recognising barriers to a strong child safe culture

• Influencing Boards, Executive Leaders, staff and volunteers
• Clarifying child safety responsibilities across roles
• Embedding child safety in recruitment, induction and supervision

• Developing practical and accessible child safety documents
• Core policies, procedures and reporting tools
• Embedding policies into everyday practice

• Recognising concerns, disclosures and indicators of harm
• Internal and external reporting responsibilities
• Responding appropriately and maintaining effective records

• Understanding the purpose and scope of the Queensland Reportable Conduct Scheme
• Roles, responsibilities and internal escalation pathways
• Supporting organisational readiness, documentation and response processes

• Identifying physical, online, behavioural and organisational risks
• Higher-risk activities, settings and environments
• Using risk assessments and registers to manage risk

• Reviewing incidents, allegations and near misses
• Identifying lessons and systemic improvements
• Using information and trends to strengthen practice

• Identifying immediate priorities and early wins
• Developing a 90-day implementation plan
• Building sustainable child safety systems and capability