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Tusla Briefing on Child Safeguarding Statements & Safeguarding Policies & Procedures
April 28, 2022 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm IST
Free
NYCI’s Child Protection Programme is partnering with Tusla to support member organisations with the review and update of your Child Safeguarding Statements and Risk Assessments in line with the Children First Act 2015. Tusla’s Child Safeguarding Statement Compliance Unit (CSSCU) and the Children First Information & Advice Officers (CFIAO) have put together this briefing to support youth work organisations with ensuring compliance with the legislation and Children First guidelines.
We are inviting you to attend an online briefing from the CSSCU and the CFIAO on Thursday 28th April 2022 @ 11am – 12.30pm. The briefing will look at:
- Background of the CSSCU and the requirement for providers of relevant services (under the Children First Act 2015) to have Child Safeguarding Statements (CSS) in place.
- Child Safeguarding Statement content, compliance criteria, issues for consideration, and the definition of a provider of a relevant service.
- Outline of child safeguarding policy and procedures which can contribute to creating a safer environment for children and young people, including considerations on how to work safely with children & young people.
- Provision of resources and tools for reviewing the Child Safeguarding Statement & the Child Protection Policy.
Following this briefing, NYCI’s member organisations will have the opportunity to participate in a voluntary audit of your Child Safeguarding Statement and Safeguarding Risk Assessments, along with your Child Protection Policy which will be reviewed by the CSSCU and the CFIAO.
- All documentation will be submitted to Siobhán Laffey, NYCI’s National Child Protection Manager who will forward the relevant documents to each Tusla team.
- All feedback from the CSSCU and the CFIAO will be sent directly to organisations.
- The window for submissions will close on Thursday 26th May 2022 or once 12 submissions have been received.
- At the briefing both the CSSCU and the CFIAO will provide services with tools/checklists to support them with reviewing and preparing their documentation for submission.
- Please note, if during the course of your participation in this voluntary process the CSSCU are concerned about a potential risk to children, they will formally request your Child Safeguarding Statement and commence a formal process of review.
This is a valuable opportunity to gain expert advice and feedback from Tusla on these important safeguarding documents and we hope you will attend and participate!
CAPACITY
Max 100 persons
COST
Free of charge
DURATION
Thursday 28th April 2022
11am – 12.30pm
Online via Zoom
OBJECTIVES
- To provide NYCI’s members organisations with up-to-date information and advice on Child Safeguarding Statements, Safeguarding Risk Assessments and Child Safeguarding Policies and Procedures.
- To ensure youth organisations are compliant with the legalisation and Children First Guidelines.
- To offer NYCI members the opportunity to participate in a voluntary audit of their Child Safeguarding Statements and Child Safeguarding Policies and to receive feedback and advice/guidance from Tusla on these documents.
DESIGNED FOR
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NYCI Members – DLPs, Safeguarding Officers, or those with responsibility for reviewing and updating Child Safeguarding Statements, Safeguarding Risk Assessments and Child Safeguarding Policies & Procedures
DELIVERED BY
- NYCI Child Protection Programme and Tusla’s Child Safeguarding Statement Compliance Unit & Children First Information & Advice Service
EXTRA INFORMATION
Tusla’s Child Safeguarding Statement Compliance Unit: The Tusla Child Safeguarding Statement Compliance Unit (CSSCU) is a dedicated Tusla department set up solely to manage the requirement for providers to have a Child Safeguarding Statement in place. Support and guidance documentation is available on the Tusla website to support providers to meet this requirement. Support and guidance can be accessed via the CSSCU Staff also. The unit is also responsible for operating and maintaining the Register of Non-Compliance under section 13 of the Children First Act 2015.
Tusla’s Children First Information & Advice Officers: The Child and Family Agency employs Children First Information and Advice Officers who are available to liaise with voluntary and community organisations and provide advice and guidance on Children First.
Please note:
This webinar is being provided especially for NYCI members. Please ensure you only register if you can attend, and contact NYCI if this changes so we can give your place to somebody else.
We will use Zoom for the online webinar. All you need to join the session is a stable internet or data connection.
We will contact participants and send them a link to register for the Zoom webinar in advance of the session.
If the event is sold out, you can contact siobhan@nyci.ie via email and ask to be put on the waitlist for any cancellations.
Attendees will be manually admitted to the Zoom webinar so please ensure that the username on Zoom is the same as your name that you registered for the webinar. This will help us check attendance quickly and efficiently and protect all participants’ privacy. You can find more about changing your Zoom username here: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201363203-Customizing-your-Profile