The Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne acknowledges that preventing child abuse requires proactive approaches across policies, procedures and practices within parishes, agencies and entities consistent with the requirements of the:
- Child Safe Standards and the Reportable Conduct Scheme (Commission for Children and Young People, Victoria)
- National Principles for Child Safe Organisations (Australian Human Rights Commission)
- National Catholic Safeguarding Standards (Catholic Professional Standards Limited)
In fulfilling this responsibility, the Safeguarding Children and Young People Framework has been developed to guide the implementation of child safety policies, procedures and practices within parishes, agencies and entities with the aim of promoting the safety of children and young people.
Resources available to support your parish include:
Please note:
You will notice changes to the Safeguarding section of our website as we continue to develop the second version of the Safeguarding Children and Young People Framework.
During this time, all newly released policies and supporting resources (e.g. implementation guides, information sheets and templates) will be located on this page.
The second version of our translated resources are currently under review to align with the latest version of the SCYP Framework documents. In the interim, you may view some of our translated resources for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.