
Creating a culture of safety for children and other vulnerable people
There is no question that protecting children and vulnerable people is everyone’s responsibility, but how does that translate into practice? According to Sarah Lim from BBSafe, services can get caught up in the bureaucracy of reporting and compliance through implementing policies and procedures. However, she believes the most effective way to make a difference to safety and protection from abuse is embedding safeguarding practices into organisation culture. “Throughout the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to…