Key information

The Office of Safeguarding Children and Young People is committed to ensuring that all children and young people in Tasmania are known, safe, well and learning.

The voices of children and young people are at the centre of everything we do. If you make a report, it will be taken seriously.

If your concerns relate to a school, you should report them to your teacher or the school principal.

There is also a Safeguarding Lead in every State Government school.  They help plan and put in place strategies to support the wellbeing of all students, and foster a culture where it is understood that safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility.

You can also contact via email, the Community Liaison Manager for your region to discuss any concerns you may have about your school.

How to report a concern

  • If you are worried about your safety or the safety of a child or young person, you must report it immediately.
  • Contact 000 for urgent police or medical help if a child is at immediate risk of harm.
  • Contact the Strong Families, Safe Kids Advice and Referral Line on 1800 000 123 or make an online notification
  • Call police on 131 444 if you have any information about child sexual abuse.
  • If you work or volunteer in an organisation, they may have their own policies and procedures which must be followed. DECYP workers have additional responsibilities which can be found on the Intranet here (internal only).

What we do

We work to:

  • support the Government’s responsibility to protect children from violence, abuse and neglect
  • protect children from sexual exploitation (being taken advantage of) and sexual abuse
  • strengthen policies, processes and procedures

Our work is guided by the findings and recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and the Tasmanian Department for Education, Children and Young People’s Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

The National Principles for Child Safe Organisations (PDF, 1042KB) are our benchmark and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (PDF, 705KB) underpins this work.

If you have any questions about what we do, please email the Office of Safeguarding Children and Young People

Where to seek support

A range of free and confidential external support organisations are available. Learn more via Need help now? – Department for Education, Children and Young People

If you work for DECYP, additional free and confidential individual support options are available through Wellbeing Connect (internal site).

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  1. Key information
  2. How to report a concern
  3. What we do
  4. Where to seek support
  5. Did you find what you needed?

Safe children

  1. Need help now?
  2. Report a concern
  3. Guide to Tasmania’s child safety services
  4. Keeping children safe through safeguarding
    1. Compulsory Safeguarding Training for Workers
    2. Appropriate relationships between adults and children and young people
    3. About the Office of Safeguarding Children and Young People
    4. Guiding resources for safeguarding children and young people
    5. Our framework for safeguarding children and young people
    6. Our response to inquiries into institutional child sexual abuse
  5. Youth justice services
  6. Adoptions in Tasmania
  7. Out of Home Care in Tasmania
  8. Housing Options for Children and Young People

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