OneSchool Global NSW Reporting Students at Risk of Significant Harm

Everyone in the community should be alert to signs of abuse or neglect in children and young people. Their safety, welfare and well-being are a community responsibility. As “mandatory reporters”, members of staff at the school are obliged to report students at risk of significant harm to Child Protection authorities. Information provided in this form may be used to make a report. Any member of the community, including the general public, can phone 132 111 if they have a concern about a student at risk of significant harm. Should you have any questions, please contact the Regional Principal on patrick.mcging@au.oneschoolglobal.com What constitutes significant harm? A child or young person is at risk of significant harm if the circumstances that are causing concern for the safety, welfare or well being of the child or young person are present to a significant extent. This means the concern is sufficiently serious to warrant a response by a statutory authority (such as NSW Police Force or Community Services) irrespective of a family’s consent. What is significant is not minor or trivial and may reasonably be expected to produce a substantial and demonstrably adverse impact on the child or young person’s safety, welfare or wellbeing, or in the case of an unborn child, after the child’s birth. The significance can result from a single act or omission or an accumulation of one or more of the below if any of the following conditions are present to a significant extent: physical abuse, neglect (supervision, physical shelter/environment, food, medical care, mental health care, education), sexual abuse, problematic sexual behaviour, psychological harm, relinquishing care, carer concerns (parent/carer substance abuse, parent/carer mental health, parent/carer domestic violence). However, if there is an immediate danger to the child or young person the Police should be contacted directly.