Charles Sturt University is committed to keeping children and young people safe. We follow the Child Safe Standards and the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations. These guide how we create safe environments, reduce risks and respond to concerns.
Child safety applies across our teaching, research, placements, events, online spaces, services and child care centres.
Children and young people may interact with the University as students, visitors, research participants, placement clients, online users or children attending our child care centres.
Everyone has a role in helping keep children safe, including staff, students, affiliates, contractors and partners.
Charles Sturt supports child safety by:
Some of our major work towards this include:
If you think a child or young person is at risk of serious harm, contact the NSW Child Protection Helpline on 13 21 11 or the relevant child protection service in your state or territory.
If the concern involves a Charles Sturt staff member, student, affiliate or partner, report it as soon as possible to your manager and/or the Executive Director, Safety, Security and Wellbeing.
In addition to the information about reporting child protection breaches in the University’s Child Safety Policy, if you are concerned that a University staff member, student or affiliate has potentially caused harm to a child, this needs to be managed and reported via the Executive Director, Safety, Security and Wellbeing (or nominee) to the Office of Children’s Guardian
If someone is in immediate danger, call Triple Zero (000).
Before starting child-related research, make sure you:
Charles Sturt operates two child care centres:
Both centres meet national early childhood education and care requirements. Staff, educators and volunteers must hold a valid Working With Children Check.
Families can contact their child care centre directly for information about child safety, centre procedures or reporting concerns.