School Law: How the New Child Protection Regulations Will Work
The Office of the Children’s Guardian is an independent government agency that works to protect children by promoting and regulating quality, child safe organisations and services. Attend this webinar to hear from the Children’s Guardian on changes made that came into force on 1 March 2020 regarding child safety and its impact on schools.
Description
- There will be the ability to ask questions at the conclusion of the presentation via the online question portal.
- As well as online attendance, all delegates will receive recordings of each of the sessions after the webcast that can be viewed again at any time or shared with other colleagues.
- One registration will allow for multiple people from your school to attend the webcast.
For Teachers:
Attend and earn 1 Professional Development Hours (NSW)
For Psychologist:
Attend and earn 1 CPD point
For Lawyers:
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is based on NSW legislation
Chair: Melanie Stern, Managing Associate, Stern Law Solicitors, Accredited Family Law Specialist
How the New Child Protection Regulations Will Work Under the Office of the Children’s Guardian
- Impacts of the Children’s Guardian Act on NSW schools
- How these changes fit within a new child safe framework
- The ways that the Children’s Guardian Act expands the functions of the Children’s Guardian to include the Reportable Conduct Scheme, which strengthens the overarching child safe organisations framework for NSW
- How schools should respond to the changes to reporting and what policies and approaches should be used to comply
Presented by Janet Schorer, Children’s Guardian, NSW Office of the Children’s Guardian
Presenters
Janet Schorer PSM is the NSW Children’s Guardian. A desire to see better outcomes for Aboriginal people saw Janet move to policy and program management roles, including taking a lead role in the development and implementation of Aboriginal Child and Family Centres across NSW. Janet’s commitment to vulnerable members of our communities saw her lead negotiations with the Australian Government as Executive Director, NDIS Reform in the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet, ensuring the NSW transition to the NDIS was successful and kept people with disability at the forefront. In June 2019, Janet’s contributions to the NSW public service were recognised when she was awarded a Public Service Medal for outstanding public services particularly through the protection of children. Janet was made a National Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration Australia (FIPAA) in 2019. She is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD), a Co-opted Councillor of the Institute of Public Administration Australia (NSW) and an Alumni Ambassador for the Australia and New Zealand School of Government.