St Edward’s is committed to the creation of a positive and robust child safeguarding culture, ensuring that all children and young people are safe and valued members of their school community. The purpose of this policy is to provide the overall framework for child safeguarding within EREA.

The College’s child safety policies and procedures complements the EREA Code of Conduct which details, clarifies and affirms the standards of behaviour expected for members of the Edmund Rice Education Australia community, including members of the College community.

Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) is committed to a culture of respect and ethical conduct in the way we work and relate to each other. We recognise the value of keeping the laws and standards that apply to us in our work and encourage everyone to report wrongdoing.

Whistleblower Protection Policy for Students and Parents

Pastoral Care is defined as the provision schools make to ensure the emotional, physical and spiritual welfare of students
within their care. A successful pastoral policy means students feel safe, happy, involved and are performing to their full
potential.

Complaints regarding allegations of staff misconduct and reportable conduct are managed in a different manner to other complaints received by the College.

Complaints about “child safety incidents or concerns” that are alleged to have occurred on St Edward’s premises or at St Edward’s events are managed in a different way

To manage complaints effectively, we have established a Complaints Handling Program that meets our legislative and regulatory obligations