Standard 6 - Risk Managment
Strategies to identify and reduce or remove risks of child abuse.
This Means:
Identifying potential for harm and proactively planning to prevent, reduce or remove the risk of child abuse, such as:
- Having a clear understanding of the vulnerabilities of the organisation (and the specific activities provided) and the potential risks this may pose to children
- Being proactive to reduce the likelihood of risks emerging or escalating
- Adopting a risk management approach and developing a risk management plan
Examples of how your organisation can meet this Standard:
- Undertake a risk assessment to identify potential risks your organisation may face and how to address them
- Embed child safety in your organisation's risk matrix to ensure it is an ongoing action
- Regularly schedule discussion about child safety and risk minimisation in staff and team meetings
- Ensure staff and volunteers are trained to identify and respond to suspected child abuse
- Address risk management as a broad concept at upcoming conferences – embed Child Safety in the message
- Congratulate clubs and leagues who are taking steps to address the Standards via presentations, emails and your website
- Providing a risk matrix template and process
- Highlighting how your organisation is meeting risks
- Address risk management as a broad concept at upcoming conferences – embed Child Safety in the message
You can support your members by:
- Providing a risk matrix template and process
- Highlighting how your organisation is meeting risks
- Address risk management as a broad concept at upcoming conferences – embed Child Safety in the message
Helpful Resources
Vicsport Good Governance Toolkit – Risk Management & Compliance