Statement of Commitment to Child Safety

At Bumble Bee Speech Therapy, every child has the right to be safe and feel safe. We commit to the safety and wellbeing of every child in our care.

To keep children safe, we commit to:

• implementing the 10 Child Safe Standards

• providing a safe and supportive environment for all children

• making sure that children are not exposed to any form of harmful conduct or abuse

• empowering children to participate in decisions that affect them and share any concerns they may have

• making sure children know who to approach if they feel unsafe or have any child safety concerns.

As a child safe organisation, we commit to:

• educating everyone involved in Bumble Bee Speech Therapy about what it means to be a child safe organisation, so that we can prevent, detect and effectively respond to child abuse

• making sure everyone involved in Bumble Bee Speech Therapy knows how to appropriately respond to complaints, allegations, disclosures and breaches to our Child Safe Code of Conduct

• welcoming feedback to continuously improve our child safe policies, procedures and practices

• making sure that when family and community members interact with Bumble Bee Speech Therapy, they are aware that child safety is everyone’s responsibility, and their behaviour aligns with our child safe practices.

We are committed to continuously improving our practices to improve safety and wellbeing of all children in our services. We take complaints, concerns and allegations regarding child safety seriously.