Summary of Policy Update
Amendments have been made to your Child Protection Program to:
accommodate school group governance structures
Mandatory Reporting and WWCC legal updates
legislative updates relating to reporting to the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT)
School Group Governance Structures
A number of CompliSpace’s education clients are part of a larger group governance structure, rather than being individually governed. For this reason, it’s important for the CompliSpace Primary Product to allow Group Administrators to insert content at appropriate points in the Program to allow for contextualisation and an accurate reflection of the governance structure.
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Your CompliSpace Consultant can assist you in this process.
Mandatory Reporting Updates
As you would be aware, the Children Legislation Amendment Act2019 (Vic) was passed on 10 September 2019. The Act affects mandatory reporting and working with children check obligations that apply to schools.
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Updated Version: In limited circumstances, applicants can appeal a Negative Notice by making an application to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal within 28 days of the decision.
Changes to Reporting to the VIT
The Education Legislation Amendment (Victorian Institute of Teaching, TAFE and Other Matters) Act 2018 was passed by the Victorian Parliament on 26 July 2018, and the relevant sections came into effect on 1 September 2019.The changes imposed additional obligations on principals and registered teachers to report certain matters to the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT). Specifically:
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We have made amendments to the following policies:
Conduct that is Reportable to the Victorian Institute of Teaching
This has been expanded and substantially rewritten to comprehensively address new and existing requirements. We have replaced your existing Policy with the revised version. The updated Policy includes practical guidance on when and how to notify the VIT as well as background information on relevant legislation and a list of Key Definitions to make the Policy easier to follow.
Child Protection Record Keeping
We have added a section to the Child Protection and Record Keeping Policy called “Records of Teacher Registration and VIT Notifications.”
2The new section notes that the school maintains a register of teachers that includes a record of any notifications made to the VIT about a teacher. The new section also includes a variable that schools can fill in to record the name and position of the person responsible for the register of teachers.
Updates to Learning Content
We have updated the Child Protection Reporting to External Agencies module in your Child Protection Training Program. We have updated section 5 of that module –“Conduct Reportable to the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT)” to incorporate the new notification obligations.
This is available in your CompliLearn Portal.
What to Do Next
The update is now ready for actioning. Please review the changes by selecting “Update” to continue to the next screen and following your usual update process. Please remember to go in to the Welcome to CompliSpace Module under Child Protection and to fill in the additional Context Keys from this Update that are highlighted in orange.
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