South Australian Current Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE (SAFETY) ACT 2017 - SECT 145

145—Functions of the Chief Executive

The functions of the Chief Executive under this Act include—

            (a)         developing codes of conduct and principles of good practice for caring for, or working with, children and young people; and

            (b)         providing guidance on matters relating to the protection of children and young people, including—

                  (i)         appropriate standards of conduct for adults in dealing with children and young people; and

                  (ii)         how to deal with cases involving the bullying or harassment of a child or young person; and

                  (iii)         how to deal with cases involving the suspected harming of a child or young person; and

                  (iv)         recruitment and supervision of staff of government and non-government organisations who may have contact with children and young people in the course of their employment; and

            (c)         defining appropriate standards of care for ensuring the safety of children and young people; and

            (d)         disseminating information about ways in which children and young people may be at risk of harm so that such cases are more readily recognised and more promptly dealt with; and

            (e)         ensuring, as far as practicable, that procedures for making complaints relating to children and young people who may be at risk are accessible and responsive to the needs of children and young people in care; and

            (f)         developing channels of communication and information sharing between the Department or State authorities and children and young people; and

            (g)         contributing to public discourse on issues relating to the protection of children and young people as part of a wider engagement to promote the message that the protection of children and young people is everyone's responsibility; and

            (h)         providing and overseeing the training and ongoing education of child protection officers; and

                  (i)         developing standard operating procedures governing the exercise of powers under this Act; and

            (j)         to monitor the operation of this Act as it relates to the provision of safe environments for children and young people (including by monitoring progress in the government and non-government sectors towards achieving that goal) and to report regularly to the Minister on that subject; and

            (k)         any other function conferred on the Chief Executive under this or any other Act or by the Minister.