The Child Safe Framework Procedure for responding to incidents and emergencies is our commitment to ensuring the welfare of all young people through the implementation and ongoing improvement of our Child Safe Framework which includes friendly, appropriate and expedient responses to all incidents and accidents.
Incidents and critical incident response procedures form part of our overall programs safety procedures as found in our Safety Management Manual. Our response to incident procedures management applies to our common law duty of care, Work Health and Safety and specifically to the minimising of safety risks for young people who are in our care.
The Board will delegate the task of management of incidents and critical incidents to the CEO or designee.
The CEO or designee is responsible for the implementation of our incident and critical incident procedures.
The appropriate Accident and Incident Report Form to be used to report accidents or incidents be found in the “Resources” folder in the Child Protection section of the Training site.