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Diocesan Safeguarding Framework Policy

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Legislation
	Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986
	Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012
	Children (Education and Care Services National Law Application) Act 2010 (NSW)
	Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998
	Children's Guardian Act 2019
	Code of Canon Law (1987)
	Convention On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities (2006)
	Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)
	Crimes Act 1900
	Criminal Code Act 1995
	Disability Discrimination Act 1992
	Education and Care Services National Regulations (2011)
	Family Law Act 1975
	Modern Slavery Act 2018
	National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013
	Principles for Older Persons
	Privacy Act 1988
	Revisions of the Code of Canon Law, Book VI: Penal Sanctions in the Church
	Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
Standards
	National Catholic Safeguarding Standards (NCSS)
	National Principles for Child Safe Organisations (2019)
Codes
	Integrity in Ministry
Documents
	Code of Conduct
	Complaints Resolution Diocesan Procedure
	Complaints Resolution Policy
	Compliance Policy
	Conflict of Interest Policy
	Conflict of Interest Procedure
	Fitness for Work Policy
	Leave Policy
	Leave Procedure
	Media Policy
	Modern Slavery Policy
	Privacy Policy
	Risk Appetite Statement
	Risk Management Framework (Procedure)
	Schools Attendance Policy
	Schools Complaint Handling Guideline
	Whistleblower Policy
	Work Health and Safety Policy
	Workplace Surveillance Policy
Website Links
	Address of His Holiness Pope Francis to the Members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, 29 April 2022 (p. 3)
	Apostolic Letter to the People of God "If one member suffers..."
	Australian Catholic Safeguarding website
	Australian Children’s Commissioners and Guardians
	Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle Office of Safeguarding Reporting abuse of vulnerable persons
	Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle Office of Safeguarding Reporting Child Abuse
	Code of Cannon Law. 494 §1
	Code of Cannon Law. 794 §1
	Decree 06/2019 of the Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle establishing the Ecclesiastical Office of Director of Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults (24 May 2019)
	Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - SharePoint Page
	eSafety Commissioner
	Indicators of abuse & neglect of vulnerable persons
	Indicators of abuse and neglect of children
	Mandatory Report Guide
	National Response Protocol
	National Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Child Sexual Abuse [2021�"2030]
	Normae de Gravioribus Delictis (2010 revisions)
	NSW Child Safe Standards
	NSW Department of Early Childhood Education
	Office of the Children's Guardian Child Safe Handbooks
	Office of the Children's Guardian: Guide to the Child Safe Standards (2020)
	The Final Report of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (2017)
	Think U Know
	Vademecum on certain points of procedure in treating cases of sexual abuse of minors committed by clerics
	Vos Estis Lux Mundi (Revision 27 March 2023)
	What constitutes child abuse and how to report it
	Working with Children Check (WWCC)