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Protecting Children and Young People: Framework for Standards
Standard 8
Agencies, individually and collectively, demonstrate leadership and accountability for their work and its effectiveness
1 The needs and risks for the child come first in all professional decision making. Agencies have in place:
- policies;
- procedures;
- systems;
- structures; and
- resources and personnel to support this.
2 Agencies rigorously monitor and review their work in protecting children and implement steps which lead to continuous improvement.
3 Agencies demonstrate they understand the needs of the communities they serve and direct sufficient resources to services for the care and protection of children.
4 Agencies have systems and policies in place to share information within and across agencies or professionals.
5 Agencies actively promote joint working through joint planning, training and monitoring arrangements. Agencies are responsible for ensuring that their staff work with other professionals to achieve better outcomes for each child.
6 Agencies seek to ensure that their staff are effectively and relevantly trained and that they are:
- supported;
- supervised; and
- accountable in their work.
Staff and managers adhere to their relevant codes of conduct.
7 Agencies seek to ensure they have access to a sufficient range of expertise and services to meet the care and protection needs of children.
8 Agencies ensure that staff are adequately protected from violence and aggression and that in undertaking their duties the risks to both the professional and children are minimised.
9 Agencies have robust information systems that effectively account for the work of their staff and have systems to support the monitoring and review of outcomes for the child.
10 Agencies have quality assurance mechanisms to ensure that standards are met and that this can be demonstrated.
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