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Asking the right interview questions is crucial to screening. While an interview rarely reflects job performance, you can tap into critical attitudes and skills that will be needed to perform well … and if that job involves working with children and young people - the most important role is keeping children safe.
Beach safety is the perfect analogy for understanding Child Safe Organisations. For children, relationships with adults are much like the ocean. Mostly, the relationships are positive and fun, but some adults use their strength and power to hurt. Child Safe Organisations are about using prevention strategies to keep children as safe as possible when interacting with adults, while ensuring they can still enjoy quality, meaningful relationships.
Asking the right interview questions is crucial to screening. While an interview rarely reflects job performance, you can tap into critical attitudes and skills that will be needed to perform well … and if that job involves working with children and young people - the most important role is keeping children safe.
Beach safety is the perfect analogy for understanding Child Safe Organisations. For children, relationships with adults are much like the ocean. Mostly, the relationships are positive and fun, but some adults use their strength and power to hurt. Child Safe Organisations are about using prevention strategies to keep children as safe as possible when interacting with adults, while ensuring they can still enjoy quality, meaningful relationships.
