Safeguarding and Child Safety Statement

Our commitment to children

We are committed to:

• Providing a safe and supportive environment for all children

• Treating every child with dignity, respect, and care

• Supporting children’s rights to feel safe, heard, and included

• Creating spaces that are inclusive of neurodiversity, culture, and individual differences

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Child-safe practice

Growing Brave Studio takes reasonable steps to ensure child safety by:

• Maintaining clear professional boundaries

• Using strengths-based, child-led, and trauma-aware approaches

• Creating predictable, calm, and nurturing session environments

• Ensuring children are never placed under pressure to participate

• Responding appropriately to distress, discomfort, or safety concerns

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Staff suitability and conduct

Growing Brave Studio ensures that anyone delivering supports:

• Holds a current Working With Children Check (WWCC)

• Understands their responsibilities under the NDIS Code of Conduct

• Is committed to ethical, respectful, and professional behaviour

• Maintains confidentiality and privacy at all times

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Consent and family involvement

• Parents or carers provide consent for children to participate in services

• Families are encouraged to communicate openly about their child’s needs

• Information shared by families is treated with care and confidentiality

• Parents or carers are welcome to ask questions or raise concerns at any time

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Responding to safety concerns

If a child’s safety or wellbeing is at risk, Growing Brave Studio will:

• Respond promptly and appropriately

• Take concerns seriously and act in the best interests of the child

• Follow mandatory reporting obligations where required by law

• Seek guidance from appropriate authorities or supports when necessary

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Growing Brave Studio meets all mandatory reporting obligations under South Australian law. Where there are reasonable grounds to suspect that a child or young person may be at risk of harm, a report will be made to the appropriate authority in accordance with mandated notifier requirements. The safety and wellbeing of the child or young person is always prioritised.

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​Where concerns relate to conduct, behaviour, or service delivery, families may also refer to our Code of Conduct and Feedback & Complaints Policy.

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Feedback & Complaints

Families are encouraged to raise any concerns, feedback, or questions about safety or wellbeing.

Concerns can be raised directly with Growing Brave Studio and will be handled respectfully, promptly, and without fear of negative consequences.

Information about external complaint pathways, including the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, can be provided upon request.

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Ongoing commitment

Growing Brave Studio is committed to:

• Ongoing reflection and improvement of safeguarding practices

• Continued professional development related to child safety and wellbeing

• Reviewing policies regularly to ensure alignment with best practice

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Contact

For questions or concerns relating to safeguarding or child safety, please contact:

Growing Brave Studio
South Australia
info@growingbravestudio.com.au

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Last updated: 2026