❓ A parliamentary question addresses child abuse reporting protocols in WA schools, the exchange of information for investigations, and staff training programs. The Minister confirms protocols are in place and training is ongoing.
AnsweredQoN 871Legislative Council
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING - REPORTING OF CHILD ABUSE
I refer to the interagency collaborative framework for protecting children, on which the Minister for Community Development signed off in October 2003. The role and responsibility of the Department of Education and Training as an employer is to develop and implement processes to deal with disclosure and suspicion in each school setting, and communicate to employees the needs and expectations on reporting responsibilities. (1) Does each school in Western Australia have protocols in place to deal with disclosure and suspicion of child abuse? (2) If no to (1), why not, when it is clearly part of this department’s responsibility? (3) Does each school have protocols in place for the appropriate exchange of information to progress investigations, assessment and case management? (4) If no to (3), why not? (5) Why does the Corruption and Crime Commission recommend that the Department of Education and Training develop an ongoing training program to ensure that policies and procedures relating to sexual contact are well known and understood by DET staff when the interagency collaborative framework was in place back in 2003? (6) Is it protocol for the Department for Community Development to be contacted when any allegations of child abuse are raised in a school setting? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
I refer to the interagency collaborative framework for protecting children, on which the Minister for Community Development signed off in October 2003. The role and responsibility of the Department of Education and Training as an employer is to develop and implement processes to deal with disclosure and suspicion in each school setting, and communicate to employees the needs and expectations on reporting responsibilities. (1) Does each school in Western Australia have protocols in place to deal with disclosure and suspicion of child abuse? (2) If no to (1), why not, when it is clearly part of this department’s responsibility? (3) Does each school have protocols in place for the appropriate exchange of information to progress investigations, assessment and case management? (4) If no to (3), why not? (5) Why does the Corruption and Crime Commission recommend that the Department of Education and Training develop an ongoing training program to ensure that policies and procedures relating to sexual contact are well known and understood by DET staff when the interagency collaborative framework was in place back in 2003? (6) Is it protocol for the Department for Community Development to be contacted when any allegations of child abuse are raised in a school setting? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The Department of Education and Training has a strong commitment to providing professional learning programs for staff with the aim of increasing the capacity to respond effectively to child protection concerns. I am advised that in 2005 a child protection professional learning program was mandated for all staff. This program is being in implemented in two phases - the primary education sector in 2005 and the secondary phase during 2006. From 2007 onwards supplementary training will be offered on an ongoing basis to ensure that any new staff undergo the required professional learning. This professional learning involves all staff working in schools. The professional learning program emphasises legal considerations and obligations of staff in the mandatory reporting of child maltreatment concerns, supports preventive approaches to the development of self-protective behaviours for students and makes explicit the rights and responsibilities of children and adults in the school community. This current professional learning program complements an earlier child protection learning program that was implemented in 2002. (6) Yes.
(1) Does each school in Western Australia have protocols in place to deal with disclosure and suspicion of child abuse? (2) If no to (1), why not, when it is clearly part of this department’s responsibility? (3) Does each school have protocols in place for the appropriate exchange of information to progress investigations, assessment and case management? (4) If no to (3), why not? (5) Why does the Corruption and Crime Commission recommend that the Department of Education and Training develop an ongoing training program to ensure that policies and procedures relating to sexual contact are well known and understood by DET staff when the interagency collaborative framework was in place back in 2003? (6) Is it protocol for the Department for Community Development to be contacted when any allegations of child abuse are raised in a school setting? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The Department of Education and Training has a strong commitment to providing professional learning programs for staff with the aim of increasing the capacity to respond effectively to child protection concerns. I am advised that in 2005 a child protection professional learning program was mandated for all staff. This program is being in implemented in two phases - the primary education sector in 2005 and the secondary phase during 2006. From 2007 onwards supplementary training will be offered on an ongoing basis to ensure that any new staff undergo the required professional learning. This professional learning involves all staff working in schools. The professional learning program emphasises legal considerations and obligations of staff in the mandatory reporting of child maltreatment concerns, supports preventive approaches to the development of self-protective behaviours for students and makes explicit the rights and responsibilities of children and adults in the school community. This current professional learning program complements an earlier child protection learning program that was implemented in 2002. (6) Yes.
(2) If no to (1), why not, when it is clearly part of this department’s responsibility? (3) Does each school have protocols in place for the appropriate exchange of information to progress investigations, assessment and case management? (4) If no to (3), why not? (5) Why does the Corruption and Crime Commission recommend that the Department of Education and Training develop an ongoing training program to ensure that policies and procedures relating to sexual contact are well known and understood by DET staff when the interagency collaborative framework was in place back in 2003? (6) Is it protocol for the Department for Community Development to be contacted when any allegations of child abuse are raised in a school setting? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The Department of Education and Training has a strong commitment to providing professional learning programs for staff with the aim of increasing the capacity to respond effectively to child protection concerns. I am advised that in 2005 a child protection professional learning program was mandated for all staff. This program is being in implemented in two phases - the primary education sector in 2005 and the secondary phase during 2006. From 2007 onwards supplementary training will be offered on an ongoing basis to ensure that any new staff undergo the required professional learning. This professional learning involves all staff working in schools. The professional learning program emphasises legal considerations and obligations of staff in the mandatory reporting of child maltreatment concerns, supports preventive approaches to the development of self-protective behaviours for students and makes explicit the rights and responsibilities of children and adults in the school community. This current professional learning program complements an earlier child protection learning program that was implemented in 2002. (6) Yes.
(3) Does each school have protocols in place for the appropriate exchange of information to progress investigations, assessment and case management? (4) If no to (3), why not? (5) Why does the Corruption and Crime Commission recommend that the Department of Education and Training develop an ongoing training program to ensure that policies and procedures relating to sexual contact are well known and understood by DET staff when the interagency collaborative framework was in place back in 2003? (6) Is it protocol for the Department for Community Development to be contacted when any allegations of child abuse are raised in a school setting? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The Department of Education and Training has a strong commitment to providing professional learning programs for staff with the aim of increasing the capacity to respond effectively to child protection concerns. I am advised that in 2005 a child protection professional learning program was mandated for all staff. This program is being in implemented in two phases - the primary education sector in 2005 and the secondary phase during 2006. From 2007 onwards supplementary training will be offered on an ongoing basis to ensure that any new staff undergo the required professional learning. This professional learning involves all staff working in schools. The professional learning program emphasises legal considerations and obligations of staff in the mandatory reporting of child maltreatment concerns, supports preventive approaches to the development of self-protective behaviours for students and makes explicit the rights and responsibilities of children and adults in the school community. This current professional learning program complements an earlier child protection learning program that was implemented in 2002. (6) Yes.
(4) If no to (3), why not? (5) Why does the Corruption and Crime Commission recommend that the Department of Education and Training develop an ongoing training program to ensure that policies and procedures relating to sexual contact are well known and understood by DET staff when the interagency collaborative framework was in place back in 2003? (6) Is it protocol for the Department for Community Development to be contacted when any allegations of child abuse are raised in a school setting? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The Department of Education and Training has a strong commitment to providing professional learning programs for staff with the aim of increasing the capacity to respond effectively to child protection concerns. I am advised that in 2005 a child protection professional learning program was mandated for all staff. This program is being in implemented in two phases - the primary education sector in 2005 and the secondary phase during 2006. From 2007 onwards supplementary training will be offered on an ongoing basis to ensure that any new staff undergo the required professional learning. This professional learning involves all staff working in schools. The professional learning program emphasises legal considerations and obligations of staff in the mandatory reporting of child maltreatment concerns, supports preventive approaches to the development of self-protective behaviours for students and makes explicit the rights and responsibilities of children and adults in the school community. This current professional learning program complements an earlier child protection learning program that was implemented in 2002. (6) Yes.
(5) Why does the Corruption and Crime Commission recommend that the Department of Education and Training develop an ongoing training program to ensure that policies and procedures relating to sexual contact are well known and understood by DET staff when the interagency collaborative framework was in place back in 2003? (6) Is it protocol for the Department for Community Development to be contacted when any allegations of child abuse are raised in a school setting? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The Department of Education and Training has a strong commitment to providing professional learning programs for staff with the aim of increasing the capacity to respond effectively to child protection concerns. I am advised that in 2005 a child protection professional learning program was mandated for all staff. This program is being in implemented in two phases - the primary education sector in 2005 and the secondary phase during 2006. From 2007 onwards supplementary training will be offered on an ongoing basis to ensure that any new staff undergo the required professional learning. This professional learning involves all staff working in schools. The professional learning program emphasises legal considerations and obligations of staff in the mandatory reporting of child maltreatment concerns, supports preventive approaches to the development of self-protective behaviours for students and makes explicit the rights and responsibilities of children and adults in the school community. This current professional learning program complements an earlier child protection learning program that was implemented in 2002. (6) Yes.
(6) Is it protocol for the Department for Community Development to be contacted when any allegations of child abuse are raised in a school setting? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The Department of Education and Training has a strong commitment to providing professional learning programs for staff with the aim of increasing the capacity to respond effectively to child protection concerns. I am advised that in 2005 a child protection professional learning program was mandated for all staff. This program is being in implemented in two phases - the primary education sector in 2005 and the secondary phase during 2006. From 2007 onwards supplementary training will be offered on an ongoing basis to ensure that any new staff undergo the required professional learning. This professional learning involves all staff working in schools. The professional learning program emphasises legal considerations and obligations of staff in the mandatory reporting of child maltreatment concerns, supports preventive approaches to the development of self-protective behaviours for students and makes explicit the rights and responsibilities of children and adults in the school community. This current professional learning program complements an earlier child protection learning program that was implemented in 2002. (6) Yes.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The Department of Education and Training has a strong commitment to providing professional learning programs for staff with the aim of increasing the capacity to respond effectively to child protection concerns. I am advised that in 2005 a child protection professional learning program was mandated for all staff. This program is being in implemented in two phases - the primary education sector in 2005 and the secondary phase during 2006. From 2007 onwards supplementary training will be offered on an ongoing basis to ensure that any new staff undergo the required professional learning. This professional learning involves all staff working in schools. The professional learning program emphasises legal considerations and obligations of staff in the mandatory reporting of child maltreatment concerns, supports preventive approaches to the development of self-protective behaviours for students and makes explicit the rights and responsibilities of children and adults in the school community. This current professional learning program complements an earlier child protection learning program that was implemented in 2002. (6) Yes.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The Department of Education and Training has a strong commitment to providing professional learning programs for staff with the aim of increasing the capacity to respond effectively to child protection concerns. I am advised that in 2005 a child protection professional learning program was mandated for all staff. This program is being in implemented in two phases - the primary education sector in 2005 and the secondary phase during 2006. From 2007 onwards supplementary training will be offered on an ongoing basis to ensure that any new staff undergo the required professional learning. This professional learning involves all staff working in schools. The professional learning program emphasises legal considerations and obligations of staff in the mandatory reporting of child maltreatment concerns, supports preventive approaches to the development of self-protective behaviours for students and makes explicit the rights and responsibilities of children and adults in the school community. This current professional learning program complements an earlier child protection learning program that was implemented in 2002. (6) Yes.
(1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The Department of Education and Training has a strong commitment to providing professional learning programs for staff with the aim of increasing the capacity to respond effectively to child protection concerns. I am advised that in 2005 a child protection professional learning program was mandated for all staff. This program is being in implemented in two phases - the primary education sector in 2005 and the secondary phase during 2006. From 2007 onwards supplementary training will be offered on an ongoing basis to ensure that any new staff undergo the required professional learning. This professional learning involves all staff working in schools. The professional learning program emphasises legal considerations and obligations of staff in the mandatory reporting of child maltreatment concerns, supports preventive approaches to the development of self-protective behaviours for students and makes explicit the rights and responsibilities of children and adults in the school community. This current professional learning program complements an earlier child protection learning program that was implemented in 2002. (6) Yes.
(2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The Department of Education and Training has a strong commitment to providing professional learning programs for staff with the aim of increasing the capacity to respond effectively to child protection concerns. I am advised that in 2005 a child protection professional learning program was mandated for all staff. This program is being in implemented in two phases - the primary education sector in 2005 and the secondary phase during 2006. From 2007 onwards supplementary training will be offered on an ongoing basis to ensure that any new staff undergo the required professional learning. This professional learning involves all staff working in schools. The professional learning program emphasises legal considerations and obligations of staff in the mandatory reporting of child maltreatment concerns, supports preventive approaches to the development of self-protective behaviours for students and makes explicit the rights and responsibilities of children and adults in the school community. This current professional learning program complements an earlier child protection learning program that was implemented in 2002. (6) Yes.
(3) Yes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The Department of Education and Training has a strong commitment to providing professional learning programs for staff with the aim of increasing the capacity to respond effectively to child protection concerns. I am advised that in 2005 a child protection professional learning program was mandated for all staff. This program is being in implemented in two phases - the primary education sector in 2005 and the secondary phase during 2006. From 2007 onwards supplementary training will be offered on an ongoing basis to ensure that any new staff undergo the required professional learning. This professional learning involves all staff working in schools. The professional learning program emphasises legal considerations and obligations of staff in the mandatory reporting of child maltreatment concerns, supports preventive approaches to the development of self-protective behaviours for students and makes explicit the rights and responsibilities of children and adults in the school community. This current professional learning program complements an earlier child protection learning program that was implemented in 2002. (6) Yes.
(4) Not applicable. (5) The Department of Education and Training has a strong commitment to providing professional learning programs for staff with the aim of increasing the capacity to respond effectively to child protection concerns. I am advised that in 2005 a child protection professional learning program was mandated for all staff. This program is being in implemented in two phases - the primary education sector in 2005 and the secondary phase during 2006. From 2007 onwards supplementary training will be offered on an ongoing basis to ensure that any new staff undergo the required professional learning. This professional learning involves all staff working in schools. The professional learning program emphasises legal considerations and obligations of staff in the mandatory reporting of child maltreatment concerns, supports preventive approaches to the development of self-protective behaviours for students and makes explicit the rights and responsibilities of children and adults in the school community. This current professional learning program complements an earlier child protection learning program that was implemented in 2002. (6) Yes.
(5) The Department of Education and Training has a strong commitment to providing professional learning programs for staff with the aim of increasing the capacity to respond effectively to child protection concerns. I am advised that in 2005 a child protection professional learning program was mandated for all staff. This program is being in implemented in two phases - the primary education sector in 2005 and the secondary phase during 2006. From 2007 onwards supplementary training will be offered on an ongoing basis to ensure that any new staff undergo the required professional learning. This professional learning involves all staff working in schools. The professional learning program emphasises legal considerations and obligations of staff in the mandatory reporting of child maltreatment concerns, supports preventive approaches to the development of self-protective behaviours for students and makes explicit the rights and responsibilities of children and adults in the school community. This current professional learning program complements an earlier child protection learning program that was implemented in 2002. (6) Yes.
(6) Yes.
(1) Does each school in Western Australia have protocols in place to deal with disclosure and suspicion of child abuse? (2) If no to (1), why not, when it is clearly part of this department’s responsibility? (3) Does each school have protocols in place for the appropriate exchange of information to progress investigations, assessment and case management? (4) If no to (3), why not? (5) Why does the Corruption and Crime Commission recommend that the Department of Education and Training develop an ongoing training program to ensure that policies and procedures relating to sexual contact are well known and understood by DET staff when the interagency collaborative framework was in place back in 2003? (6) Is it protocol for the Department for Community Development to be contacted when any allegations of child abuse are raised in a school setting? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The Department of Education and Training has a strong commitment to providing professional learning programs for staff with the aim of increasing the capacity to respond effectively to child protection concerns. I am advised that in 2005 a child protection professional learning program was mandated for all staff. This program is being in implemented in two phases - the primary education sector in 2005 and the secondary phase during 2006. From 2007 onwards supplementary training will be offered on an ongoing basis to ensure that any new staff undergo the required professional learning. This professional learning involves all staff working in schools. The professional learning program emphasises legal considerations and obligations of staff in the mandatory reporting of child maltreatment concerns, supports preventive approaches to the development of self-protective behaviours for students and makes explicit the rights and responsibilities of children and adults in the school community. This current professional learning program complements an earlier child protection learning program that was implemented in 2002. (6) Yes.
(2) If no to (1), why not, when it is clearly part of this department’s responsibility? (3) Does each school have protocols in place for the appropriate exchange of information to progress investigations, assessment and case management? (4) If no to (3), why not? (5) Why does the Corruption and Crime Commission recommend that the Department of Education and Training develop an ongoing training program to ensure that policies and procedures relating to sexual contact are well known and understood by DET staff when the interagency collaborative framework was in place back in 2003? (6) Is it protocol for the Department for Community Development to be contacted when any allegations of child abuse are raised in a school setting? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The Department of Education and Training has a strong commitment to providing professional learning programs for staff with the aim of increasing the capacity to respond effectively to child protection concerns. I am advised that in 2005 a child protection professional learning program was mandated for all staff. This program is being in implemented in two phases - the primary education sector in 2005 and the secondary phase during 2006. From 2007 onwards supplementary training will be offered on an ongoing basis to ensure that any new staff undergo the required professional learning. This professional learning involves all staff working in schools. The professional learning program emphasises legal considerations and obligations of staff in the mandatory reporting of child maltreatment concerns, supports preventive approaches to the development of self-protective behaviours for students and makes explicit the rights and responsibilities of children and adults in the school community. This current professional learning program complements an earlier child protection learning program that was implemented in 2002. (6) Yes.
(3) Does each school have protocols in place for the appropriate exchange of information to progress investigations, assessment and case management? (4) If no to (3), why not? (5) Why does the Corruption and Crime Commission recommend that the Department of Education and Training develop an ongoing training program to ensure that policies and procedures relating to sexual contact are well known and understood by DET staff when the interagency collaborative framework was in place back in 2003? (6) Is it protocol for the Department for Community Development to be contacted when any allegations of child abuse are raised in a school setting? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The Department of Education and Training has a strong commitment to providing professional learning programs for staff with the aim of increasing the capacity to respond effectively to child protection concerns. I am advised that in 2005 a child protection professional learning program was mandated for all staff. This program is being in implemented in two phases - the primary education sector in 2005 and the secondary phase during 2006. From 2007 onwards supplementary training will be offered on an ongoing basis to ensure that any new staff undergo the required professional learning. This professional learning involves all staff working in schools. The professional learning program emphasises legal considerations and obligations of staff in the mandatory reporting of child maltreatment concerns, supports preventive approaches to the development of self-protective behaviours for students and makes explicit the rights and responsibilities of children and adults in the school community. This current professional learning program complements an earlier child protection learning program that was implemented in 2002. (6) Yes.
(4) If no to (3), why not? (5) Why does the Corruption and Crime Commission recommend that the Department of Education and Training develop an ongoing training program to ensure that policies and procedures relating to sexual contact are well known and understood by DET staff when the interagency collaborative framework was in place back in 2003? (6) Is it protocol for the Department for Community Development to be contacted when any allegations of child abuse are raised in a school setting? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The Department of Education and Training has a strong commitment to providing professional learning programs for staff with the aim of increasing the capacity to respond effectively to child protection concerns. I am advised that in 2005 a child protection professional learning program was mandated for all staff. This program is being in implemented in two phases - the primary education sector in 2005 and the secondary phase during 2006. From 2007 onwards supplementary training will be offered on an ongoing basis to ensure that any new staff undergo the required professional learning. This professional learning involves all staff working in schools. The professional learning program emphasises legal considerations and obligations of staff in the mandatory reporting of child maltreatment concerns, supports preventive approaches to the development of self-protective behaviours for students and makes explicit the rights and responsibilities of children and adults in the school community. This current professional learning program complements an earlier child protection learning program that was implemented in 2002. (6) Yes.
(5) Why does the Corruption and Crime Commission recommend that the Department of Education and Training develop an ongoing training program to ensure that policies and procedures relating to sexual contact are well known and understood by DET staff when the interagency collaborative framework was in place back in 2003? (6) Is it protocol for the Department for Community Development to be contacted when any allegations of child abuse are raised in a school setting? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The Department of Education and Training has a strong commitment to providing professional learning programs for staff with the aim of increasing the capacity to respond effectively to child protection concerns. I am advised that in 2005 a child protection professional learning program was mandated for all staff. This program is being in implemented in two phases - the primary education sector in 2005 and the secondary phase during 2006. From 2007 onwards supplementary training will be offered on an ongoing basis to ensure that any new staff undergo the required professional learning. This professional learning involves all staff working in schools. The professional learning program emphasises legal considerations and obligations of staff in the mandatory reporting of child maltreatment concerns, supports preventive approaches to the development of self-protective behaviours for students and makes explicit the rights and responsibilities of children and adults in the school community. This current professional learning program complements an earlier child protection learning program that was implemented in 2002. (6) Yes.
(6) Is it protocol for the Department for Community Development to be contacted when any allegations of child abuse are raised in a school setting? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The Department of Education and Training has a strong commitment to providing professional learning programs for staff with the aim of increasing the capacity to respond effectively to child protection concerns. I am advised that in 2005 a child protection professional learning program was mandated for all staff. This program is being in implemented in two phases - the primary education sector in 2005 and the secondary phase during 2006. From 2007 onwards supplementary training will be offered on an ongoing basis to ensure that any new staff undergo the required professional learning. This professional learning involves all staff working in schools. The professional learning program emphasises legal considerations and obligations of staff in the mandatory reporting of child maltreatment concerns, supports preventive approaches to the development of self-protective behaviours for students and makes explicit the rights and responsibilities of children and adults in the school community. This current professional learning program complements an earlier child protection learning program that was implemented in 2002. (6) Yes.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The Department of Education and Training has a strong commitment to providing professional learning programs for staff with the aim of increasing the capacity to respond effectively to child protection concerns. I am advised that in 2005 a child protection professional learning program was mandated for all staff. This program is being in implemented in two phases - the primary education sector in 2005 and the secondary phase during 2006. From 2007 onwards supplementary training will be offered on an ongoing basis to ensure that any new staff undergo the required professional learning. This professional learning involves all staff working in schools. The professional learning program emphasises legal considerations and obligations of staff in the mandatory reporting of child maltreatment concerns, supports preventive approaches to the development of self-protective behaviours for students and makes explicit the rights and responsibilities of children and adults in the school community. This current professional learning program complements an earlier child protection learning program that was implemented in 2002. (6) Yes.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The Department of Education and Training has a strong commitment to providing professional learning programs for staff with the aim of increasing the capacity to respond effectively to child protection concerns. I am advised that in 2005 a child protection professional learning program was mandated for all staff. This program is being in implemented in two phases - the primary education sector in 2005 and the secondary phase during 2006. From 2007 onwards supplementary training will be offered on an ongoing basis to ensure that any new staff undergo the required professional learning. This professional learning involves all staff working in schools. The professional learning program emphasises legal considerations and obligations of staff in the mandatory reporting of child maltreatment concerns, supports preventive approaches to the development of self-protective behaviours for students and makes explicit the rights and responsibilities of children and adults in the school community. This current professional learning program complements an earlier child protection learning program that was implemented in 2002. (6) Yes.
(1) Yes. (2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The Department of Education and Training has a strong commitment to providing professional learning programs for staff with the aim of increasing the capacity to respond effectively to child protection concerns. I am advised that in 2005 a child protection professional learning program was mandated for all staff. This program is being in implemented in two phases - the primary education sector in 2005 and the secondary phase during 2006. From 2007 onwards supplementary training will be offered on an ongoing basis to ensure that any new staff undergo the required professional learning. This professional learning involves all staff working in schools. The professional learning program emphasises legal considerations and obligations of staff in the mandatory reporting of child maltreatment concerns, supports preventive approaches to the development of self-protective behaviours for students and makes explicit the rights and responsibilities of children and adults in the school community. This current professional learning program complements an earlier child protection learning program that was implemented in 2002. (6) Yes.
(2) Not applicable. (3) Yes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The Department of Education and Training has a strong commitment to providing professional learning programs for staff with the aim of increasing the capacity to respond effectively to child protection concerns. I am advised that in 2005 a child protection professional learning program was mandated for all staff. This program is being in implemented in two phases - the primary education sector in 2005 and the secondary phase during 2006. From 2007 onwards supplementary training will be offered on an ongoing basis to ensure that any new staff undergo the required professional learning. This professional learning involves all staff working in schools. The professional learning program emphasises legal considerations and obligations of staff in the mandatory reporting of child maltreatment concerns, supports preventive approaches to the development of self-protective behaviours for students and makes explicit the rights and responsibilities of children and adults in the school community. This current professional learning program complements an earlier child protection learning program that was implemented in 2002. (6) Yes.
(3) Yes. (4) Not applicable. (5) The Department of Education and Training has a strong commitment to providing professional learning programs for staff with the aim of increasing the capacity to respond effectively to child protection concerns. I am advised that in 2005 a child protection professional learning program was mandated for all staff. This program is being in implemented in two phases - the primary education sector in 2005 and the secondary phase during 2006. From 2007 onwards supplementary training will be offered on an ongoing basis to ensure that any new staff undergo the required professional learning. This professional learning involves all staff working in schools. The professional learning program emphasises legal considerations and obligations of staff in the mandatory reporting of child maltreatment concerns, supports preventive approaches to the development of self-protective behaviours for students and makes explicit the rights and responsibilities of children and adults in the school community. This current professional learning program complements an earlier child protection learning program that was implemented in 2002. (6) Yes.
(4) Not applicable. (5) The Department of Education and Training has a strong commitment to providing professional learning programs for staff with the aim of increasing the capacity to respond effectively to child protection concerns. I am advised that in 2005 a child protection professional learning program was mandated for all staff. This program is being in implemented in two phases - the primary education sector in 2005 and the secondary phase during 2006. From 2007 onwards supplementary training will be offered on an ongoing basis to ensure that any new staff undergo the required professional learning. This professional learning involves all staff working in schools. The professional learning program emphasises legal considerations and obligations of staff in the mandatory reporting of child maltreatment concerns, supports preventive approaches to the development of self-protective behaviours for students and makes explicit the rights and responsibilities of children and adults in the school community. This current professional learning program complements an earlier child protection learning program that was implemented in 2002. (6) Yes.
(5) The Department of Education and Training has a strong commitment to providing professional learning programs for staff with the aim of increasing the capacity to respond effectively to child protection concerns. I am advised that in 2005 a child protection professional learning program was mandated for all staff. This program is being in implemented in two phases - the primary education sector in 2005 and the secondary phase during 2006. From 2007 onwards supplementary training will be offered on an ongoing basis to ensure that any new staff undergo the required professional learning. This professional learning involves all staff working in schools. The professional learning program emphasises legal considerations and obligations of staff in the mandatory reporting of child maltreatment concerns, supports preventive approaches to the development of self-protective behaviours for students and makes explicit the rights and responsibilities of children and adults in the school community. This current professional learning program complements an earlier child protection learning program that was implemented in 2002. (6) Yes.
(6) Yes.
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