They provide guidance to ensure we keep our children and young people safe by meeting all of our obligations.
If you are looking for other DECYP policies and procedures please visit the Policies page.
Rights of the child
Empowering through formal learning
- Teaching and learning centre – information (staff)
- Respectful Relationships Education – information
- Respectful Relationships Education in Tasmanian Government Schools – information
- Respectful Relationships – teaching and learning package
Information and communication
- Strong Families Safe Kids Advice and Referral Line – information
- Guide to Student Voice and Agency – information (staff)
Child and youth wellbeing needs
- ARACY Child and Youth Wellbeing – information
- Tasmanian Child and Youth Wellbeing Framework – information
Safeguarding in care
- Charter of Rights for children and young people in out of home care (PDF, 1026KB)
- Wellbeing in care – practice advice (docx, 196KB) (staff)
- Wellbeing in care – procedure (docx, 90.1KB) (staff)
Safeguarding in youth justice
- Charter of rights for children and young people in youth justice facilities (PDF, 350KB)
- Youth justice reform – information
- Ashley Youth Detention Centre – practice framework (PDF, 2.1MB) (staff)
Safeguarding in learning
- Learner health care and safety – policy (PDF, 489KB)
- Good teaching: trauma informed practice – guidance (PDF, 2.6MB)
- Student behaviour in Tasmanian government schools – information
- Unacceptable behaviour at a State school – Secretary’s Instruction No. 3 (PDF, 163KB)
- Safeguarding leads in schools information
- Student behaviour management policy (PDF, 250KB)
Child sexual abuse prevention
Families and communities
- Strong families safe kids – information
- Together with families – information
- Reporting child safety concerns – information
- Public document library – search category: parents and school community
- Respectful school visitor and volunteer behaviour – procedure (PDF, 520KB)
- Working with external support providers – procedure (PDF, 491KB)
- Family violence – policy (PDF, 192KB) (staff)
Governance and child safe culture
- Tasmania’s Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy – It takes a Tasmanian village
- Child and Student Wellbeing Strategy (PDF, 23.1MB)
Legal obligation to report abuse
- Mandatory reporting procedure (PDF, 575KB)
- Responding to incidents, disclosures and suspicions of child sexual abuse – guidance (PDF, 175KB) (staff)
Worker conduct and professional behaviour
Department
- Appropriate relationships between employees and young people – information
- Conduct and behaviour standards – policy (PDF, 3.4MB) (staff)
Learning
- Professional Standards for Staff – Policy (PDF, 567KB) (staff)
- Professional Standards for Staff – Guidelines (PDF, 250KB) (staff)
Child safety and out of home care
- Child safe code of conduct – policy (docx, 77.8KB) (staff)
- Services for Children and Young People – practice manual (staff)
Youth Justice
- Youth justice – practice manual (staff)
Duty of care
Duty of Care on Departmental Educational Sites Procedure (PDF, 274KB) (staff)
Risk management
Risk management policy (PDF, 631KB)
Information sharing
- Personal information protection – policy (PDF, 938KB)
- Keeping children safe – memorandum of understanding (PDF, 797KB) (staff)
Record keeping
Equity and diversity
- Diversity in Tasmanian government schools – information
- Diversity and inclusion in libraries – policy (PDF, 239KB)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Services – information
- Inclusive language – guidelines (PDF, 3.9MB)
- LGBTIQA+ equality and inclusion in education – information
- Public document library – search category: access and equity
- Conduct and behaviour standards for NDIS providers in government schools – information (PDF, 263KB)
Intervention and response
Complaints management
- Enquiries and complaints – information
- Enquiries and complaints management – policy (PDF, 569KB)
- Child safety and youth justice – complaints management – policy
- Learning environments – complaints management – information
Harmful behaviour by children and young people
- Restrictive practices – policy (PDF, 493KB)
- Harmful sexual behaviour – guidance (PDF, 146KB) (staff)
Responding to abuse and disclosures
- Supporting students impacted by trauma – information (PDF, 98.2KB)
- Step by Step Guidance for Concerns, Information and Incident of Child Abuse (PDF, 175KB) (staff)
- Mandatory reporting – procedure (PDF, 575KB)
Trauma-informed support
Training our workforce and engaging new workers
- Mandatory reporting – training module (staff)
- Safeguarding children and young people – training module (under development) (staff)
- Registration to work with vulnerable people policy (PDF, 541KB)
- Selection – procedures (PDF, 583KB) (staff)
- Induction – policy (PDF, 554KB) (staff)
- Induction – procedures (PDF, 578KB) (staff)
Safe environments
Safe physical environments
Safe online environments
- Online safety in Tasmanian government schools – information
- Online child sexual abuse material: response (flow chart for staff) (PDF, 157KB)
- ICT conditions of use – policy (PDF, 289KB)
- Social media – policy and procedure (PDF, 300KB)
Engagement other contractors and subcontractors