National Quality Framework

NQF Legal Obligations
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NQF Legal Obligations

The Standards, Laws and Regulations make it clear that:

  • you have a responsibility, legally and ethically, to act to protect children from harm caused by abuse.
  • you need to be aware of your role and responsibility to respond to every child at risk of abuse or neglect.

 

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Information:

 

The National Quality Standards, Laws and Regulations make it clear that you have responsibility for protecting children from harm. Remember our definition of harm – it includes emotional and psychological harm, and it can be caused by child abuse.

Regulation 175 Education and Care Services National Regulations - Prescribed information to be notified to Regulatory Authority

Prescribed matters - physical and/or sexual abuse of a child

As an Approved Provider you must notify the regulatory authority of certain matters occurring while a child or children are being educated and cared for by the Service.

From 1 October 2017 this must include:

  • any incident where you reasonably believe that physical and/or sexual abuse of a child has occurred or is occurring at the Service
  • any allegation that sexual or physical abuse of a child has occurred or is occurring at the Service.