Our Committee of Management and the leadership teams of all our departments are committed to safeguarding children and young people from abuse and neglect. Chabad Glen Eira has a zero tolerance to child abuse and neglect.
We are committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people who access any of our activities, programs, services or facilities. We are committed to the rights of children and young people to feel safe and be safe when participating in our organisation’s activities.
We are committed to providing children with positive and nurturing experiences. We will support families and communities to promote children’s healthy development and wellbeing.
We will take action to ensure that children and young people are protected from abuse, family violence and neglect. We will take action to ensure that children are not exploited, abused or harmed during the time that they are involved with any of our activities, programs, services or facilities. We will listen to children and address any concerns that they raise with us.
We have recruitment procedures in place to minimise the likelihood that we will recruit a person who is unsuitable to work / volunteer with children or young people.
As part of this commitment, we have developed practice and behaviour guidelines for our organisation, and these are approved and endorsed by our board. All our ‘involved’ personnel, from our board and senior managers to casual employees and volunteers, are required to observe our Code of Conduct.
Management considers a failure to observe our guidelines to be misconduct, and will result in appropriate disciplinary action. Depending on the seriousness of the misconduct, disciplinary action may include suspension while matters are investigated and/or dismissal. In addition to any internal disciplinary proceedings, any breaches of law will be reported to the police.