Child Safeguarding Podcast

The Child Safeguarding Podcast is an Australian podcast for anyone that runs or works for a child-serving organisation and wants to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children and young people is maintained. We speak to experts and leaders in child safeguarding, child protection and child wellbeing. Visit the Child Safeguarding Podcast for more information. Visit Poynting Consulting & Advisory to learn about us and how we can help you create child safe and child friendly environments for children and young people. Guest: Rachel Averbukh Rachel Averbukh is an independent safeguarding consultant who values a collaborative approach working with organisations to develop lasting attitudinal change.  As an academic and policy professional Rachel has worked across a wide variety of sectors, most recently as the Executive Manager of Safeguarding Operations for The Salvation Army.  A founding member of the Child Safety Communities of Practice within the Jewish community, Rachel’s research has focused on supporting closed communities to better support children, young and vulnerable people. Rachel on LinkedIn This week’s podcast · Selina Horrocks – Safeguarding Consultant in Perth, Western Australia · Malka Leifer, Principal of Adass Isreal School, charged with sexual offences against students and extradited from Isreal to Australia · Film: Spotlight Would you like to be a guest or know someone that would be? We would love to hear from you. Visit the Child Safeguarding Podcast Websiteor email PCA to suggest a guest! You can also follow the show creators on LinkedIn and Twitter. As a ‘thank you’ for listening to the podcast, PCA have set up a discount code just for you which can be used for anything which can be purchased directly from the PCA website. Simply enter CSPOD10 at check out for 10% off anything directly from the PCA website. If you would like to support the Child Safeguarding Podcast, you can donate on Patreon. All donations will be used to improve the podcast, starting with the sound quality by paying for professional editing. Produced by Poynting Consulting & Advisory.

The Child Safeguarding Podcast is an Australian podcast for anyone that runs or works for a child-serving organisation and wants to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children and young people is maintained. We speak to experts and leaders in child safeguarding, child protection and child wellbeing. Visit the Child Safeguarding Podcast for more information. Visit Poynting Consulting & Advisory to learn about us and how we can help you create child safe and child friendly environments for children and young people. Guest: Barb Power Barb has over 25 years’ experience in child protection in both the statutory and non-statutory sectors. Barb’s roles have included Child Sexual Assault Counsellor, Senior Practitioner, Regional Manager and Director in Out Of Home Care. Currently Barb is a Director on the Board of Child Protection Practitioner’s Association Queensland. Barb’s present role is the Child Safe Principal Practitioner, leading institutional child safety and Safeguarding for UnitingCare in QLD across all services. Barb’s passion is social justice and the philosophy of childhood as a human right. Barb on LinkedIn Email: childsafe@ucareqld.com.au This week’s podcast · Child Safe and Child Friendly E-Learning · Uniting Care Queensland’s Child Safe Organisation Framework Would you like to be a guest or know someone that would be? We would love to hear from you. Visit the Child Safeguarding Podcast Websiteor email PCA to suggest a guest! You can also follow the show creators on LinkedIn and Twitter. As a ‘thank you’ for listening to the podcast, PCA have set up a discount code just for you which can be used for anything which can be purchased directly from the PCA website. Simply enter CSPOD10 at check out for 10% off anything directly from the PCA website. If you would like to support the Child Safeguarding Podcast, you can donate on Patreon. All donations will be used to improve the podcast, starting with the sound quality by paying for professional editing. Produced by Poynting Consulting & Advisory.

CONTENT WARNING: This episode of the Child Safeguarding Podcast contains a personal account of child sexual abuse. The Child Safeguarding Podcast is an Australian podcast for anyone that runs or works for a child-serving organisation and wants to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children and young people is maintained. We speak to experts and leaders in child safeguarding, child protection and child wellbeing. Visit the Child Safeguarding Podcast for more information. Visit Poynting Consulting & Advisory to learn about us and how we can help you create child safe and child friendly environments for children and young people. Guest: Neil Milton Neil is passionate about making things right. He has a justice heart that drives his work, entrepreneurship, and desire to see change. He seeks to see every child have a voice and every child kept safe from harm and is working towards making this a reality. He is never short of an idea and so is constantly thinking about how we can make the world a better place. Neil has lead churches, worked with NFP's including World Vision, and is the Founder of a Social Enterprise. Neil is the General Manager for ChildSafe Australia and the Founder of Positive T Shirts. Neil is also husband to an incredible woman who he is madly in love with, and has three children who he loves and is inspired by everyday. Neil is a survivor of child sexual abuse. Because of this, he is motivated to see a change in organisations so that no other child experiences what he did. Neil on LinkedIn ChildSafe Australiawebsite and LinkedIn. Positive T Shirts website and Instagram. This week’s podcast CONTENT WARNING: This episode of the Child Safeguarding Podcast contains a personal account of child sexual abuse. Discussion of the personal account begins at 6.40 and concludes at 14.10. · Positive T Shirts · ChildSafe Australia fundraising · Five Child Safety Questions for Parents Would you like to be a guest or know someone that would be? We would love to hear from you. Visit the Child Safeguarding Podcast Websiteor email PCA to suggest a guest! You can also follow the show creators on LinkedIn and Twitter. As a ‘thank you’ for listening to the podcast, PCA have set up a discount code just for you which can be used for anything which can be purchased directly from the PCA website. Simply enter CSPOD10 at check out for 10% off anything directly from the PCA website. If you would like to support the Child Safeguarding Podcast, you can donate on Patreon. All donations will be used to improve the podcast, starting with the sound quality by paying for professional editing. Produced by Poynting Consulting & Advisory.

The Child Safeguarding Podcast is an Australian podcast for anyone that runs or works for a child-serving organisation and wants to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children and young people is maintained. We speak to experts and leaders in child safeguarding, child protection and child wellbeing. Visit the Child Safeguarding Podcast for more information. Visit Poynting Consulting & Advisory to learn about us and how we can help you create child safe and child friendly environments for children and young people. Guest: Rena Ou Yang Rena is dedicated to facilitating child safe organisations and empowering children and young people. She is an Associate at Moores, a law firm with national expertise on child safety that works with not-for-profit and for purpose organisations. Rena is also the co-founder of Empowered Together which has educated thousands of young people on consent and online safety. Rena is passionate about providing multi-faceted and holistic advice that aligns with the culture and strategy of an organisation and also works in privacy, governance, and discrimination law. Rena is the author of a chapter in a Respectful Relationships textbook by Macmillan Publishing used in schools Australia wide. Rena is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is currently completing a Certificate IV in Government Investigations. Rena on LinkedIn Moores website and LinkedIn Empowered Together website and LinkedIn  This week’s podcast · Office of the e-Safety Commissioner · Safer Internet Day – 9 February 2021 · Child Safe Organisations: Online Safety Checklist · Moores Newsletter Would you like to be a guest or know someone that would be? We would love to hear from you. Visit the Child Safeguarding Podcast Websiteor email PCA to suggest a guest! You can also follow the show creators on LinkedIn and Twitter. As a ‘thank you’ for listening to the podcast, PCA have set up a discount code just for you which can be used for anything which can be purchased directly from the PCA website. Simply enter CSPOD10 at check out for 10% off anything directly from the PCA website. If you would like to support the Child Safeguarding Podcast, you can donate on Patreon. All donations will be used to improve the podcast, starting with the sound quality by paying for professional editing. Produced by Poynting Consulting & Advisory.

The Child Safeguarding Podcast is an Australian podcast for anyone that runs or works for a child-serving organisation and wants to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children and young people is maintained. We speak to experts and leaders in child safeguarding, child protection and child wellbeing. Visit the Child Safeguarding Podcast for more information. Visit Poynting Consulting & Advisory to learn about us and how we can help you create child safe and child friendly environments for children and young people. Guest: John Cox John is committed to the UCA being a safe place for all people. John’s commitment to this work has been expressed through local, regional, and state councils of the UCA. Most recently, John supported the directed the work of the UCA in responding to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, and then developed the Uniting Church’s National Safe Church Unit, supporting and resourcing the Church to be the best it can be in ensuring the Church is indeed a safe place for all. John is married to Alison, who has launched a training organisation for young people living with disability. John is dad to Jasmin an amazing young woman living with disability charting her course in the world, and Isaak, an awesome young man who after finishing school is seeking to engage in supporting people to live their best life. John enjoys the open road on his Harley Davidson and watching live sport (his playing days are far behind him with knees that do not work so well anymore). National Safe Church Unit Website John Cox on LinkedIn This week’s podcast · The Uniting Church’s apology to victims of child sexual abuse · Case Study 56 of the Royal Commission · The Uniting Church’s National Child Safe Curriculum · National Safe Church website Would you like to be a guest or know someone that would be? We would love to hear from you. Visit the Child Safeguarding Podcast Websiteor email PCA to suggest a guest! You can also follow the show creators on LinkedIn and Twitter. As a ‘thank you’ for listening to the podcast, PCA have set up a discount code just for you which can be used for anything which can be purchased directly from the PCA website. Simply enter CSPOD10 at check out for 10% off anything directly from the PCA website. If you would like to support the Child Safeguarding Podcast, you can donate on Patreon. All donations will be used to improve the podcast, starting with the sound quality by paying for professional editing. Produced by Poynting Consulting & Advisory.

The Child Safeguarding Podcast is an Australian podcast for anyone that runs or works for a child-serving organisation and wants to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children and young people is maintained. We speak to experts and leaders in child safeguarding, child protection and child wellbeing. Visit the Child Safeguarding Podcast for more information. Visit Poynting Consulting & Advisory to learn about us and how we can help you create child safe and child friendly environments for children and young people. Guest: Skye Rose Skye Rose is a Practice Leader in the Corporate Advisory Team at Moores, where she leads the workplace relations and child safety teams. Moores is a ‘values driven’ law form with the tag line ‘here for good.’ Skye was named the Law Institute of Victoria’s Government Lawyer of the Year in 2015 following her success in several high-profile discrimination cases. In 2016, Skye was appointed to the Independent Advisory Board for Victoria Police, where she provides strategic advice on sex discrimination, sexual harassment, and predatory behaviour in Victoria Police. Skye works predominately with independent school clients in the areas of child safety, privacy, discrimination, and employment relations. She has extensive experience in preventing and responding to concerns about child abuse and providing redress in line with the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. When Skye is not busy being a lawyer, you might find her reading in her hammock or dancing on stage as part of her dance troupe. Moores’ website Skye on LinkedIn This week’s podcast: · Webinar Recording – Maintaining a child safe environment during COVID-19 · Protective Participation: The Voices of Young People on Safety (Tim Moore) · Self-Assessment tool for Organisations (Child Safe Audit) · Child Safety Toolkit · Would you like to be a guest or know someone that would be? We would love to hear from you. Visit the Child Safeguarding Podcast Websiteor email PCA to suggest a guest! You can also follow the show creators on LinkedIn and Twitter. If you would like to support the Child Safeguarding Podcast, you can donate on Patreon. All donations will be used to improve the podcast, starting with the sound quality by paying for professional editing. Produced by Poynting Consulting & Advisory.

The Child Safeguarding Podcast is an Australian podcast for anyone that runs or works for a child-serving organisation and wants to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children and young people is maintained. We speak to experts and leaders in child safeguarding, child protection and child wellbeing. Visit the Child Safeguarding Podcast for more information. Visit Poynting Consulting & Advisory to learn about us and how we can help you create child safe and child friendly environments for children and young people. Guest: Peter Downs Peter Downs is currently National Manager of Play by the Rules, a joint initiative of Federal and State governments to keep community sport safe, fair, and inclusive. Peter has a 30-year career in sport at a national level, for much of that time specialising in issues of inclusion and diversity, complaint handling, sport integrity and child safety. Peter is former Manager of the Australian Sports Commission’s Disability Sport Unit for 17 years and Assistant Director of the ASCs Integrity Unit for 2 years. He has a Masters Degree in Adapted Physical Activity and in 2014 was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to study models of good practice in inclusive sport and physical activity, particularly for people with high support needs, in Finland, the UK and US. He is also co-Founding Director of The Inclusion Club – a health promotion charity that shares models of good practise around inclusion and diversity in sport from across the world. Play by the Rules Website The Inclusion Club Website Play by the Rules on Twitter Play by the Rules on Facebook This week’s podcast: · COVID-19 Resources by Play by the Rules · Play by the Rules · Free Online Courses by Play by the Rules · Would you like to be a guest or know someone that would be? We would love to hear from you. Visit the Child Safeguarding Podcast Website or email PCA to suggest a guest! You can also follow the show creators on LinkedIn and Twitter. If you would like to support the Child Safeguarding Podcast, you can donate on Patreon. All donations will be used to improve the podcast, starting with the sound quality be paying for professional editing. Produced by Poynting Consulting & Advisory.

The Child Safeguarding Podcast is an Australian podcast for anyone that runs or works for a child-serving organisation and wants to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children and young people is maintained. We speak to experts and leaders in child safeguarding, child protection and child wellbeing. Visit Poynting Consulting & Advisory to learn about us and how we can help you create child safe and child friendly environments for children and young people. Guest: Kim Dickinson Kim is a Safeguarding and Child Protection Consultant who has moved from the UK to New Zealand. Since being in New Zealand, Kim has supported both of New Zealand’s main child protection charities and YMCA. Kim now runs her own business, Holistic Safeguarding which offers safeguarding and child protection eLearning, training, consultancy and resource support. Kim’s passion continues to be helping sectors and organisations create a safeguarding culture that protects everyone – children/young people, staff/volunteers and the organisation. Holistic Safeguarding Facebook page Kim’s LinkedIn Phillip Doorgachurn Phil is the National Executive for Safeguarding at the YMCA of Australia as well as the Director of Safeguarding in Sport at LimeCulture. Phil has a long history in safeguarding and sport, as an undergraduate, Phil published his research ‘Narratives of Abuse in Sport’. For this cutting-edge research, Phil was awarded the British Olympic Foundation Award. Phil has a statutory background within the police managing youth diversion schemes for children affected by gangs and also holds an education qualification where he taught disadvantaged young people for a number of years. Phil worked within the training and consultancy unit at the NSPCC for several years supporting individuals and organisations to transform their safeguarding provision, processes and case management. More recently, Phil has been the strategic lead for safeguarding at Arsenal FC, the Lawn Tennis Association and Premier League Charitable Fund. Phil’s Twitter Lime Culture The Y – Safeguarding Children and Young People This week’s podcast: Child protection legislation in New Zealand The National Principles for Child Safe Organisations Athlete A Holistic Safeguarding – Safeguarding in Sport Toolkit Holistic Safeguarding – E-Learning Would you like to be a guest on the podcast? We’d love to hear from you. Visit the Child Safeguarding Podcast Website or email PCA to suggest a guest! If you would like to support the Child Safeguarding Podcast, you can donate on Patreon. All donations will be used to improve the podcast, starting with the sound quality be paying for professional editing. Produced by Poynting Consulting & Advisory.

The Child Safeguarding Podcast is an Australian podcast for anyone that runs or works for a child-serving organisation and wants to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children and young people is maintained. We speak to experts and leaders in child safeguarding, child protection and child wellbeing. Visit the Child Safeguarding Podcast for more information. Visit Poynting Consulting & Advisory to learn about us and how we can help you create child safe and child friendly environments for children and young people. Guest: Professor Daryl Higgins Professor Daryl Higgins is a skilled researcher, keen to see research made accessible for use by practitioners and policy makers. His key research interests focus on the public health approach to safety and protection of children, and strategies for creating child-safe organisations. Daryl has been the Director of the Institute of Child Protection Studies since February 2017. A registered psychologist, Daryl has been researching child abuse impacts and prevention, family violence and family functioning for 25 years. Twitter: @HigginsDaryl and @ACU_ICPS Daryl Higgins on LinkedIn This week’s podcast: · Australian Catholic University’s Institute of Child Protection Studies · Safeguarding Children People Portal · Australian Institute of Family Studies Child Family Community Australia · The Institute of Child Protection Studies’ Kids Central Toolkit · Play by the Rules · Sign up to the Safeguarding Children and Young People Portal Newsletter Would you like to be a guest or know someone that would be? We’d love to hear from you. Visit the Child Safeguarding Podcast Websiteor email PCA to suggest a guest! You can also follow the show creators on LinkedIn and Twitter @PoyntingCandA. Produced by Poynting Consulting & Advisory. If you would like to support the Child Safeguarding Podcast, you can donate on Patreon. All donations will be used to improve the podcast, starting with the sound quality be paying for professional editing.

Poynting Consulting & Advisory (PCA) is proud to be announcing that we will be bringing you the Child Safeguarding Podcast – and the first FULL LENGTH episode will be released NEXT WEEK! This podcast trailer is a short update to let you know that PCA is busy at work making The Child Safeguarding Podcast to bring you news, ideas and inspiration in creating safe environments for children. This podcast is for anyone that runs or works for a child-serving organisation and wants to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children and young people is maintained. In each episode I, Brad Poynting, Principal Consultant at PCA, will be speaking to experts and leaders in child safeguarding, child protection and child wellbeing. To get notified when each episode is released, sign up to The Child Safeguarding Podcast’s mail list be going to childsafeguardingpodcast.com If you would like to be a guest on The Child Safeguarding Podcast, you can email PCA by going to childsafeguardingpodcast.com Connect with Brad on LinkedIn Follow @PoyntingCandA on twitter

Poynting Consulting & Advisory (PCA) is proud to be announcing that we will be bringing you the Child Safeguarding Podcast! This podcast trailer is a short introduction to let you know that PCA is busy at work making The Child Safeguarding Podcast to bring you news, ideas and inspiration in creating safe environments for children. This podcast is for anyone that runs or works for a child-serving organisation and wants to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children and young people is maintained. In each episode I, Brad Poynting, Principal Consultant at PCA, will be speaking to experts and leaders in child safeguarding, child protection and child wellbeing. To get notified when each episode is released, sign up to The Child Safeguarding Podcast’s mail list be going to childsafeguardingpodcast.com If you would like to be a guest on The Child Safeguarding Podcast, you can email PCA by going to childsafeguardingpodcast.com Connect with Brad on LinkedIn Follow @PoyntingCandA on twitter If you would like to support the Child Safeguarding Podcast, you can donate on Patreon. All donations will be used to improve the podcast, starting with the sound quality be paying for professional editing.