Child Safeguarding
Protecting the community
Creating a safe PCYC is a dynamic process that involves active participation and responsibility by all leaders, staff, parents and the wider community.
Our Safeguarding Program is PCYC’s commitment to ensuring our children and young people can flourish in a safe environment.
Our children and young people can rise to the promise found in each of them. To help them achieve this PCYC must create the materials and conditions for their full development; to give them a solid basis on which to build their lives; to guarantee their safety and allow them to be everything they can be and awaken in them their greatest potential as creators of their own destiny.
Putting safety first
PCYC is committed to making this possible through collaboration, vigilance, proactivity and reactive approaches in line with best practice and legislation, policies, procedures, and practices throughout Western Australia.
To build a safe environment for children PCYC will strive to be trauma-informed and child-centered in practice and behaviour. In practical terms, we will ensure we meet the 10 National Standards for Creating a Child Safe Organisation throughout Western Australia.
PCYC Safeguarding Office
Reporting a Safeguarding Concern
If you have concerns for the immediate safety of a child or young person call 000.
If you need help completing a Safeguarding Incident Report, you can download The Safeguarding Reporting Process Guide or contact the Safeguarding Manager on 0448 771 068 for assistance.
The Safeguarding Incident Report Form can be used by anyone to report abuse, a concern about the well-being of a child or young person within the PCYC statewide. The person making the report does not need proof or evidence to make a report. All concerns, allegations or complaints will be taken seriously and treated with sensitivity. Matters will be acted on in accordance with the PCYC Privacy Policy and with moral, ethical and legal obligations.
Legal Requirements
It is a legal requirement in WA for doctors, nurses, midwives, teachers, police officers, boarding supervisors and ministers of religion to report child sexual abuse to the Department of Communities’ Mandatory Reporting Service. If you are a mandatory reporter, you can access the portal here.
For more information on mandatory reporting in Western Australia click here.
Resources
PCYC provides a range of downloadable Safeguarding resources that reflect our commitment to child safety through collaborative approaches, vigilant monitoring, and both proactive and responsive measures.
