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ACADEMY OF DANCE VICTORIA

STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT TO CHILD SAFETY

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Our organisation is committed to child safety.

• We want children to be safe, happy and empowered.

• We support and respect all children,as well as our staff and volunteers.

• We are committed to the safety, participation and empowerment of all children.

• We have zero tolerance of child abuse, and all allegations and safety concerns will be

  treated very seriously and consistently with our robust policies and procedures.

• We have legal and moral obligations to contact authorities when we are worried about a

  child’s safety, which we follow rigorously.

• Our organisation is committed to preventing child abuse and identifying risks early, and

  removing and reducing these risks.

• Our organisation has human resources and recruitment practices for all staff and

  volunteers.

• Our organisation is committed to regularly talking about and training and educating our staff

  and volunteers on child abuse risks.

• We support and respect all children, as well as our staff and volunteers.

• We have specific policies, procedures and training in place that support our leadership

  team, staff and volunteers to achieve these commitments.

• We are aware of the inherent risks associated with dance schools and we continue to

  evaluate these risks and implement solutions to keep our young people safe

• We are committed to providing an environment where all young people feel valued and can

  learn in a supportive atmosphere regardless of their skill level

• We are committed to employing teachers that uphold these values and we will stop classes

  and remove a teacher should we feel their behaviour is inappropriate

• We lead on child safety from the top. Studio owners and key management staff all uphold

  and practice child safety and are on hand to support others in the organisation.

• Whilst we believe that discipline is important in the dance training industry, this does not

  involve yelling in a demeaning manner or isolating, threatening, bullying or

  victimising students.

• Each teacher will have very clear expectations for behaviour in class and this will be

  communicated directly to students, whilst all students are expected to comply with these

  expectations, we must all agree that they are fair and just.

• Parents are an important part of our dance community and should always feel their children

  are safe. We expect all parents and carers to uphold the child safe standards and code of

  conduct.

• Our policies are well communicated to all staff, volunteers, children, families and members

  of the community.

• We are committed to the holistic development of the children in our care and endeavour to

  incorporate discussions, workshops, displays and good teaching practice on health and

  wellbeing. This includes physical, mental and emotional health

• We have zero tolerance of bullying and regularly work with our staff, teachers and students

  to ensure this is embedded in our culture.

• We have stringent anti bullying policies in place to support our commitment to child safety.

• We are committed to continually improving our facilities to ensure the safety of our children

  and young people and to remove all risks of child abuse

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