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    Safe Ministry Helpline

    1800 070 511

    (9am-5pm Mon-Fri)

    The Safe Ministry Helpline is available to all clients, attendees, volunteers and staff of LCV. If you have any questions or concerns related to a matter of safety we recommend in the first instance that you speak with an LCV Program Leader, the LCV Coordinator, or a pastor at C3 Camden Picton Thirroul. However if you'd prefer, you're very welcome to contact the Helpline directly.

    SAFETY FIRST

    At LCV we're committed to creating safe environments.

    Through our partnership with C3 Camden Picton Thirroul we have an affiliation with Safe Ministry Resources. This enables the provision of safe and secure environments for all people who are involved with our organisation's various programs and activities.

    We aim to stay up to date with current best practice and legislative requirements through a multi-faceted approach including...

    1. A focus on good governance practices through...

      • regularly reviewed policies;

      • codes of conduct for all personnel throughout the organisation;

      • adequate and appropriate insurances;

      • clear reporting, investigation and feedback processes;

      • ongoing training for all board members and staff;

      • a designated Safety Management team.

    2. A focus on protection for children and vulnerable people through...

      • onboarding and ongoing safety training for all volunteers across the organisation;

      • onboarding and ongoing training for all people serving in leadership roles;

      • ongoing, role appropriate training for pastors, staff and board members;

      • appropriate screening procedures for all those working directly with minors;

      • ongoing training for all people working directly with minors.

    3. A focus on safe spiritual and emotional environments through...

      • servant leadership;

      • not engaging in spiritually and emotionally abusive practices;

      • abiding by National Privacy Act principles;

      • treating all people respectfully, regardless of age, gender, disability, ethnicity, socio-economic background, religion or sexual orientation.

    4. A focus on safe physical environments through...

      • appropriate risk management policies and actions;

      • abiding by workplace healthy and safety guidelines;

      • seeking to provide physical environments including but not limited to, first aid, transportation, food safety, supervision numbers, management of higher risk activities, fire and emergency.

    Ten National Principles for Child Safe Organisations

    The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse held 57 formal public hearings about child sexual abuse within institutions across many different sectors, hearing from 1,200 witnesses over 400 days, across all Australian capital cities and in several regional areas. These case studies focused on how institutions responded to allegations and proven instances of child sexual abuse (Royal Commission Final Report, 2017).

    From this enormous body of work, the Royal Commission recommended organisational child safe standards to provide a nationally consistent approach to creating organisational cultures that foster child safety and wellbeing across all sectors in Australia.

    The National Principles for Child Safe Organisations were developed by the National Children’s Commissioner and reflect the ten Child Safe standards recommended by the Royal Commission, with a broader scope that goes beyond sexual abuse to cover other forms of potential harm.

    Through C3 Australia's partnership with Safe Ministry Resources our organisation is working to effectively implement and maintain these principles throughout our church and charity.

    Ten National Principles for Child Safe organisations

    The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse held 57 formal public hearings about child sexual abuse within institutions across many different sectors, hearing from 1,200 witnesses over 400 days, across all Australian capital cities and in several regional areas. These case studies focused on how institutions responded to allegations and proven instances of child sexual abuse (Royal Commission Final Report, 2017).

    From this enormous body of work, the Royal Commission recommended organisational child safe standards to provide a nationally consistent approach to creating organisational cultures that foster child safety and wellbeing across all sectors in Australia.

    The National Principles for Child Safe Organisationswere developed by the National Children’s Commissioner and reflect the ten Child Safe standards recommended by the Royal Commission, with a broader scope that goes beyond sexual abuse to cover other forms of potential harm.

    Through C3 Australia's partnership with Safe Ministry Resourcesour organisation is working to effectively implement and maintain these principles throughout our church and charity.

    Access relevant safety resources

    We have a suite of resources related to safety. You can view onboarding training and download relevant documents.

    VIEW OUR RESOURCES PAGE

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    Local Community Ventures acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land where we are situated. We celebrate the stories, culture and traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders of all communities who also work and live on this land.