Australian and New Zealand Conventions 2024/2025 - Update

Why an advisory group?

Recommendation 16.37

"Consistent with Child Safe Standard 1, leaders of religious institutions should ensure that there are mechanisms through which they receive advice from individuals with relevant professional expertise on all matters relating to child sexual abuse and child safety. This should include in relation to prevention, policies and procedures and complaint handling. These mechanisms should facilitate advice from people with a variety of professional backgrounds and include lay men and women."

https://www.royalcommission.gov.au/child-abuse/final-report

At the recommendation of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

18 August 2023

"Work has commenced to develop a standard policy and approach towards child sexual abuse prevention and survivor support."

Australia & New Zealand

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Who are they?

An advisory group has been formed to provide advice to the ministry, focusing on child safety and survivor support drawing on personal and professional experience, sourcing assistance from specialist experts, external resources and professional bodies as required.

All members of the advisory group are part of our fellowship and consist of survivors, those who have supported survivors, workers, elders, elder’s wives and friends.

All have current Working with Children Checks or Children’s Worker Safety Checks and police clearances.

All have completed recognised training on prevention of child sexual abuse and advisory group training.