Our Commitment to Child Safety

At Sustainable Play Preschool, we create and cultivate an environment where all children are safe, empowered, active participants. We take all reasonable measures to maintain a skilled team that promotes not only the physical, mental and cultural safety of children, but also their empowerment. Preschool visitors and volunteers are monitored with vigilance and are included in our policy and procedures.

• Proactive culture: We encourage a culture where the prevention and the reporting of abuse is supported and encouraged. We aim firstly to prevent any instance of child abuse, evaluating possible risks early and strategically removing or reducing them. We take every allegation seriously and respond promptly. In accordance with our policy, we will contact the authorities if we are concerned about a child’s safety.
• Training: We require and support every permanent educator to have up-to-date knowledge in child safety with regular Child Protection Training.
• Office of the Children’s Guardian: We embed the NSW Office of the Children’s Guardian ‘Safe Series’ across the preschool in addition to implementing its 10 Child Safe Standards to the best of our ability (see more on the Office of the Children’s Guardian below).
• Human rights safety: We are dedicated to providing a holistically positive environment for children’s wellbeing, which includes supporting cultural safety for Aboriginal children, fostering cultural safety for children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and providing a safe environment for children with a disability. We collaborate with KU’s Inclusion Support as needed and our staff inclusion leader experiences regular training in best practices for embedding inclusive practices in the centre.
• Physical safety: We take all practical steps to ensure children being educated and cared for are adequately supervised. Every reasonable precaution is taken to protect children from harm or hazards with potential for injury. We approach physical risks with prevention first, then removal or reduction of the risk. Any areas of the preschool that present a physical risk are analysed with detailed risk assessments to mitigate harm.
• Child empowerment: To empower children, all primary educators ensure children have a ‘safe’ person while at preschool. Our utilisation of the RIE approach supports a preschool culture where children are active, empowered participants in caregiving routines.

We want to see every child thrive and work to nurture a setting that promotes child safety, security and support, while teaching children the appropriate skills and language to grow in their own advocation and empowerment.

Click the links to view our Child Protection and Child Safe Environment policies.

The NSW Office of the Children’s Guardian ‘Safe Series’ is a helpful tool for parents and carers as well as organisations committed to empowering children. Check out the posters from the ‘Safe Series’ stories below. Parents and carers can learn more here.