番茄社区

Our Policies and Procedures

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番茄社区 has a variety of policies and procedures that are reviewed formally every three years, and/or updated as required. These policies and procedures are communicated, as appropriate, to the various groups within the School Community e.g. via the Grammar News, assemblies, email or direct communication from a member of the Executive.

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Risk Management

番茄社区 is committed to providing a safe working environment through the implementation of risk prevention and reduction strategies that are integrated into all School activities, both onsite and away from the campus e.g. camps and excursions.

番茄社区 ensures that all policies and procedures are compliant with VRQA requirements. The Business Manager oversees OHS compliance, risk management, facilities, cleaning and maintenance.

Our OH&S Policies and Procedures are consistent with:

  • The DE&T Mission that schools provide a safe and appropriate teaching and learning environment for both staff and students;
  • The School鈥檚 legal obligations under the Victorian OH&S Act 2004, Dangerous Goods Act 1985, OH&S Safety Regulations 2017, and Common Law Duty of Care;
  • Accident Compensation Act 1985.

番茄社区 is committed to:

  • Providing its people with a welcoming, safe and healthy working and learning environment;
  • Continuously improving its health and safety performance 鈥 with the aim of preventing or minimising the occurrence of accidents, injuries and disease in the workplace through systematic hazard identification, risk assessment and control;
  • Ensuring that appropriate standards of workplace safety are maintained at all times;
  • Supporting and promoting health and wellbeing strategies; 鈥 Regularly reporting and applying learnings from workplace incidents, injuries, hazards and near misses;
  • Identifying and managing significant OH&S risks and opportunities for improving the Work Health and Safety Management System (WHSMS);
  • Providing supportive return to work programs that are sustainable and timely for injured or ill staff members;
  • Providing education and training resources;
  • Creating a team approach to health and safety issues.
  • Maintaining written records on all OH&S activities undertaken.

The Management of excursions, incursions and camps is overseen by the Deputy Principal, Student Wellbeing and Operations. Excursions and camps are seen as an integral part of the school curriculum as they enable students to explore, extend and enrich their learning and their social skills development, in a non鈥 school setting. Excursions complement and are an important aspect of the educational programs offered at the school. An excursion is defined as any activity beyond the school grounds and our Excursion and Camps Policies are underpinned by Ministerial Order 870 Child Safe Standards.

Statement of Commitment

番茄社区 is a Child Safe School which welcomes all children, young people and their families.

We are committed to providing environments where our students are safe and feel safe, where their participation is valued, their views respected, and their voices are heard about decisions that affect their lives.听 Our Child Safety policies, strategies and practices are inclusive of the needs of all children and students.

We support and respect all children, as well as our teachers, non-teaching staff and volunteers. We are committed to the safety, participation and empowerment of all children and young people.

We have zero tolerance for child abuse and take proactive steps to identify and manage any risks of harm to students in our school environments.

To Meet our Commitment:

We promote positive relationships between students and adults and between students and their peers. These relationships are based on trust and respect.

We take proactive steps to identify and manage any risk of harm to students in our school environments. When child safety concerns are raised or identified, we treat these seriously and respond promptly and thoroughly.

Particular attention is given to the child safety needs of Aboriginal students, those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, international students, students with disabilities, those unable to live at home, and other students experiencing risk or vulnerability.听 Inappropriate or harmful behaviour targeting students based on these or other characteristics, such as racism or homophobia, are not tolerated at our school, and any instances identified will be addressed with appropriate consequences

Child safety is a shared responsibility. Every person involved in our school has an important role in promoting child safety and wellbeing and promptly raising any issues or concerns about a child鈥檚 safety. Teachers and employees of the School, have a legal and moral responsibility to respond to situations involving:

  • child abuse;
  • allegations of child abuse;
  • concern of potential child abuse;
  • managing the risk of child abuse;
  • providing support to a child at risk of child abuse and to actively maintain a safe school environment both during school hours and outside the school day;

We have legal and moral obligations to contact authorities when we are worried about a child鈥檚 safety, which we follow rigorously.

Our School has robust human resources and recruitment practices for all teachers, non-teaching staff and volunteers.

We regularly review our Child Safe practices, and seek input from our students, families, staff, and volunteers to inform our ongoing strategies.