Beyond the Working with Children Check: Building a Child-Safe Workforce

Recent high-profile child abuse convictions have placed a renewed spotlight on child safety governance, workforce screening and compliance practices across the early childhood sector. For employers, the challenge extends well beyond recruitment and Working with Children Checks.

From onboarding and workforce screening through to mandatory training, qualifications, educator registers and ongoing compliance monitoring, providers are increasingly expected to demonstrate robust systems that support both child safety and regulatory compliance throughout the employment lifecycle.

In this FREE webinar, Join Nikola Prestia, Partner of HR Legal, Jenny McPherson, Senior Associate at HR Legal, and Michael Maher, CEO of OnePassport, as they explore the legal obligations, governance considerations and practical workforce compliance strategies that childcare and early learning providers should be considering

We will cover:

• Recruiting for child-related roles and assessing inherent requirements
• Working with Children Checks, qualifications and workforce screening obligations
• Managing educator credentials, mandatory training and workforce records
• Child Safe Standards and workforce governance responsibilities
• Managing contractors, volunteers and casual employees
• Building systems and processes that support compliance, visibility and child safety outcomes

Who should attend?

Approved Providers, centre directors, kindergarten operators, family day care coordinators, people and culture teams, compliance managers, child safety officers and leaders of council-operated early years services.

Event Details:

Our seminars, webinars and workshops are for the benefit of clients and prospective clients and others working in organisations who are seeking learning and development opportunities in employment law and workplace safety. HR Legal reserves the right to cancel the registration of any person.