Child Safe Sport Implementation Guide

State Sporting Organisation staff can use the steps outlined below to implement the Child Safe Standards within their sporting communities

The Child Safe Standards provide a framework for creating child safe organisations.

The standards emphasise the importance of adopting multiple strategies to address child safety.

When organisations apply the Child Safe Standards, they build a culture where abuse and neglect of children is prevented, responded to and reported.

Step A – Child Safe Standards self-education and familiarisation

Step B - Presentation to leadership group (board/committee)

Step C – Implementing Child Safe awareness and action with Clubs

Step D – Monitoring implementation progress

Child Safe presentation

To assist organisations and clubs with their presentation to committee and board members we have created a presentation template.

Download the presentation deck

Step A – Child Safe Standards self-education and familiarisation

1. Develop your knowledge about the Child Safe Standards for sport and active recreation

2. Familiarise yourself with the Child Safe Self-Assessment tool

3. Become familiar with the Office of Sport Child Safe Sport website homepage

4. Optional – view the additional sport-specific videos for Child Safe awareness-raising

Step B - Presentation to leadership group (board/committee)

5. Present to leadership group

6. Gain approval from leadership to proceed with presenting to/ engaging member organisations

Step C – Implementing Child Safe awareness and action with Clubs

7. Present to leaders of the member organisation

Step D – Monitoring implementation progress

8. Club completes the Child Safe Self-Assessment (CSSA)

9. Club considers/prioritises follow-up actions from initial CSSA

Child Safe presentation