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Safety Checking - What Are Your Responsibilities?

An in-depth overview of the 7 step safety checking requirements for children’s workers. This webinar covers how to undertake risk assessment and addresses the ‘what ifs' of child protection.

Date Recorded: 22 November, 2023
Price: $40 for ECC Members, $120 for non-members

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Safety checking non-compliance continues to lead to licence suspensions and closures, therefore ECC continues to make child protection compliance a top priority.

When asked, most centre managers believe they are fully aware of the Licensing Criteria requirements under GMA7a (Safety Checking) and that they are fully compliant. And yet, this is an area where ECC continues to see many centres still found to be non-compliant by ERO and MoE. Because of the potential risk to children, if ERO finds non-compliance they are very likely to use their protocol with the Ministry and you can then expect a licensing visit.

Presented By

Simon Laube & Katina Beauchamp

Webinar Duration

Approximately 70 minutes

Who is this webinar for?

Centre owners and managers

What will you learn?

 A centre manager or owner is responsible for the system in place in your centre(s).
There are administrative components to a safety check which involve ticking boxes and making sure the paperwork is complete. However, there are also other child protection aspects that require asking the right questions during interviews and reference checks and making sure the risk assessment is thorough and complete – so it does the job. In the webinar we will cover:


  • Who do you need to check and who do you NOT need to check – all children’s workers must be checked but not necessarily by you


  • New Police vetting process for all directors - who are not children’s workers


  • Who conducts a safety check on managers and owners?


  • What happens if staff cannot present a valid identification document?


  • Are students and contractors safety checked? What about volunteers?


  • What must be done if a police vet contains information other than specified offences?


This webinar will address the ‘what ifs’ and discuss what should be done in a risk assessment.

Certificate of completion provided
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About the Facilitator

Simon Laube 

CEO - Early Childhood Council

Simon has a background in public policy and joined ECC from the public service where he held various roles in the Ministry of Education including: early learning, partnership schools kura hourua/charter schools; and the NCEA review; he also completed secondments at the Ministry of Health, and in the Office of the Minister of Education (four years).

Simon understands how government works and knows how to influence government to get better results, while being personally committed to improving public services so children and families can get the education they need.

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