The Office of Sport hosted a webinar series to assist people from the sport and active recreation sector understand their legal obligations in relation to reporting Child Safety concerns and to know when and how to make a report.
Child Safeguarding and the Law – Online Safety and Sport
In this webinar, Greg Gebhart from the eSafety Commissioner will focused on:
• Why online safety matters in a sporting context
• Online risks and sport
• Reporting online harms to the eSafety Commissioner
• Online safety tips for participants, coaches, officials and volunteers
• New eSafety sport resources.
Greg Gebhart is one of Australia’s leading online safety presenters, having provided presentations to more than 1.2 million participants at state, national and international events. Greg has received national and international awards for his passion in leading education and technology change.
Date: Thursday, 23rd November 2023
To ensure you receive the most recent information in this fast-changing area, the eSafety Commissioner suggests always referring to the regularly updated esaftey Commissioner website
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More webinars in the series
This fourth webinar explored the role of Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) and our obligations under the National Integrity Framework (NIF). Focus questions include:
- What is SIA’s role in Child Safeguarding?
- What is the National Integrity Framework?
- Difference between NIF and non-NIF sports?
- How to report to SIA’s reporting line?
- When to report to SIA?
- What happens when you report to SIA?
Date: Thursday, 12th October 2023
Presenters:
Brenna Dodds – Director, Integrity Complaints
Emma Gardner – Assistant Director, Safeguarding
Monica Daley – Principal Case Manager and Counsel, National Sports Tribunal
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The webinar focused on reporting to the Child Protection Helpline and will include:
- Child Protection Helpline
- Introduction and key statistics
- How to report to the Child Protection Helpline
- What is Risk of Significant Harm? (ROSH)
- What happens after a report is made?
- Joint Child Protection Response Program (JCPRP)
- After Hours Response Team (AHRT)
- Tips for quality reporting
Date: Tuesday 5 September 2023
Presenters: Tamara Trembath A/Director, Child Protection Helpline NSW Communities and Justice and Marco Blanco, Managing Director and Principal Solicitor of Child Safeguard.
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The webinar focuses on reporting to Police and will include:
- What are child abuse offences?
- Reporting obligations
- NSW Police role in protecting children, including:
- Emergency response
- Reporting a crime
- Reporting a disclosure of historical abuse
- Preferred reporting methods
Date: Wednesday 28 June 2023
Presenter: Marco Blanco, Managing Director and Principal Solicitor of Child Safeguard
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This webinar focuses on the OCG and their multiple Child Safeguarding roles and will include:
- The Working with Children Check
- Child Safe Standards
- Reportable Conduct
Date: Thursday 3 August 2023
Presenters: The NSW Children’s Guardian Stephen Kinmond OAM and Marco Blanco, Managing Director and Principal Solicitor of Child Safeguard.
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This webinar focuses on practical tips, strategies, and guidance on how to comply with Child Safe Legal obligations in NSW. At the completion of the webinar, participants will understand:
- Regulation of the Child Safe Standards in NSW
- Child Safe Legal obligations, including duty to prevent, failure to report, failure to protect
- Reporting obligations for volunteers, staff and managers.
Date: Thursday 23 August 2022
Presenters: Marco Blanco, Managing Director and Principal Solicitor of Child Safeguard.
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