Reportable Conduct Scheme Webinar – for Local Governments

What is the Reportable Conduct Scheme?

The Reportable Conduct Scheme (the Scheme) was introduced in response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Abuse (the Royal Commission).

The Scheme compels heads of organisations that exercise care, supervision or authority over children to notify allegations of, or convictions for, child abuse by their employees to the Ombudsman and then investigate these allegations. The Ombudsman will monitor, oversee and review these investigations. The purpose of the Scheme is to make Western Australian children safer.

The Scheme implements key recommendations of the Royal Commission and provides that child abuse in organisations will always be:

• Notified to an impartial and independent body;
• Investigated fully; and
• Dealt with to ensure children are protected from abuse within institutions.

What will the Session cover?

The Session will address:

• What is Reportable Conduct?
• Who is covered by the Scheme?
• When, who and how is an allegation reported to the Ombudsman?
• What does an organisation need to do to investigate an allegation of child abuse? What happens after the investigation?

Who should attend?

THIS IS AN INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION SESSION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE REPORTABLE CONDUCT SCHEME.

Managers and staff responsible for conducting investigations into allegations of reportable conduct by organisation employees in local governments.