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Child and Youth Safe Organisations Framework Survey

The Child and Youth Safe Organisations Framework will include Child Safe Standards and a Reportable Conduct Scheme. Entities that specifically engage children and young people under 18 years of age in child-related services, activities or facilities will be required to comply with the Framework.  Compliance with the Framework will be overseen by an independent regulator.

This survey is for completion by heads of organisations which will be required to comply with the Framework. The survey is anonymous and the findings will be specifically used to inform the development of tools and resources for the entities required to comply with the Framework. To check if your organisation will be required to comply, visit www.justice.tas.gov.au/cysof 

The survey closes on Friday September 30th 2022.
1.Does your organisation provide services or facilities specifically for children and young people under 18 years of age?
2.What sector does your organisation belong to (please select one)?
3.What type of organisation does your organisation belong to (please select the one response that fits best)?
4.Please list the child safeguarding policies and procedures related to the prevention of, identification of, and response to harm to children, including child sexual abuse, that your organisation has in place currently.  For example, a Child Safeguarding Policy, Mandatory Reporting Policy, Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Policy, a Code of Conduct that refers to child safety, human resources policies, or complaint handling policies and procedures.
5.Have you heard of the Child Safe Standards and/or the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations?
6.How would you rate your knowledge and understanding of the Child Safe Standards and/or National Principles for Child Safe Organisations?
No knowledge & understanding at all
Good knowledge & understanding
Extremely high knowledge & understanding
7.Is your organisation currently compliant with the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations?
8.Have you heard of a Reportable Conduct Scheme?
9.How would you rate your knowledge and understanding of Reportable Conduct Schemes?
No knowledge & understanding at all
Good knowledge & understanding
Extremely high knowledge & understanding
10.How confident are you that your organisation will be able to comply with the Child and Youth Safe Organisations Framework when it is introduced?
11.What might be barriers to your organisation complying with the Child and Youth Safe Organisations Framework when it is introduced in Tasmania? For example, lack of knowledge and understanding, lack of resources, availability of training, organisational capacity, competing priorities, capability to apply with different marginalised groups of children and young people.
12.Have your staff had any training related specifically to (mark all that apply):
Yes
Unsure
No
Child safety & wellbeing/Child safeguarding
Prevention of child sexual abuse
Responding to child sexual abuse 
Your organisation's own child safeguarding policies and procedures
13.How effective was all the above training?
14.To what extent are you confident that staff in your organisation:
Extremely Confident
Very Confident
Somewhat Confident
Not Confident
Not At All Confident
Know how to keep children and young people safe from harm and abuse, particularly child sexual abuse, in your organisational setting?
Recognise the signs and indicators of child sexual abuse?
Understand and recognise sexual misconduct in relation to children?
Have awareness and knowledge about grooming and grooming behaviours?
Know where or who to report concerns, allegations, or incidents related to sexual misconduct towards children by staff or volunteers from your organisation?
Know where to refer children who have experienced child sexual abuse in institutional settings and their families for support?
15.The right to safety and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people engaging with child-related entities is particularly important.  What would increase your confidence that staff in your organisation are able to implement the Child and Youth Safe Organisations Framework in a culturally safe and respectful way with Aboriginal children, young people, and their families?
16.What, if any, regulations/regulators currently apply to your organisation and/or staff?