Greenwich Out of School Hours Inc is committed to being a Child Safe Organisation. The safety, wellbeing and inclusion of all children is our priority across all our work as the children in our care are the centre of everything we do.

All educators, staff and volunteers at Greenwich Out of School Hours Inc, has a legal, ethical responsibility to protect children and young people; create and maintain a child-safe culture and to acknowledge that protecting children is everyone’s responsibility.

We believe in creating an environment where all children thrive, and our purpose is to promote and enhance children’s wellbeing, learning and development in an inclusive centre where everyone is treated as an equal.

We value diversity of all children and families in our community, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, children with additional needs and children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

We will:

• respect and advocate for children’s rights as in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and teach children to respect others
• value play and choice and how important it is to children for fun and learning
• be respectful, intentional, predictable, attuned and responsive
• provide interactions and relationships that promote and enhance children’s wellbeing, learning and development
• facilitate children’s inclusion in a welcoming environment
• provide the best programs for children that we can that promote children’s interests
• listen to children, and understand the things that help them to feel safe, secure and included
• help children to tell adults about the things that are important to them so adults can understand their capabilities, wellbeing, learning and development.

Educators and staff members at Greenwich Out of School Hours Inc are mandatory reporters which means they have a legal obligation to report any suspicions or disclosures they may have that a child is at risk of harm.

We take complaints, concerns and allegations regarding child safety seriously.

We support and uphold the National Principles for Child-safe Organisations and the NSW Child Safe Standards.

We are committed to continuously improving our practices to improve safety and wellbeing of all children in our services.