Allegations against Employees in the Area of Child Protection, 2005
A Critical Analysis
An important and increasingly marked issue in Australia is the welfare and wellbeing of children and young people in educational settings. Staying safe is something that every child and young person should be entitled to expect at school. In this context, the DET has a duty to respond to and/or investigate allegations against employees.
The NSW Department of Education has addressed child safety, welfare and wellbeing as paramount in its policy, ‘Allegations against Employees in the area of Child Protection’, 2005. Such a policy is essential at a time when the surfacing of many ‘alleged’ victims seeking justice for acts perpetrated against them many years ago, is splashed across newspapers and televisions nationwide. At a time when new disciplinary measures against public school teachers in NSW are being implemented and the number of teachers facing official action over allegations......
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