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    • About

      The Office of the Independent Regulator oversees Tasmanian organisations to comply with the Child and Youth Safe Organisations Framework.

    • Reports

      Click and explore OIR published reports

    • The Child and Youth Safe Organisations Framework

      The Framework creates the Child and Youth Safe Standards, the Reportable Conduct Scheme and establishes the Independent Regulator.

    • Child and Youth Safe Standards

      10 principles that promote the safety and wellbeing of children and young people and includes the Universal Principle for Aboriginal Cultural Safety.

    • Universal Principle for Aboriginal Cultural Safety

      This states organisations must provide an environment that ensures the right to Cultural Safety of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander children.

    • Reportable Conduct Scheme

      The Reportable Conduct Scheme requires leaders of specific organisations to notify and investigate concerns of reportable conduct.

    • Key terms and frequently asked questions

      Definitions to help understand acronyms, words and phrases and answers to questions relating to the Child and Youth Safe Organisations Framework.

    • Investigations

      Reportable conduct investigation

    • Planning a reportable conduct investigation

      Planning is critical to conducting an appropriate reportable conduct investigation.

    • Conducting an investigation

      A reportable conduct investigation establishes facts through collecting evidence and makes findings.

    • Example investigation plan

      an example investigation plan for organisations

    • Example Letter of Allegation

      A 'letter of allegation' is a critical tool to a thorough and fair reportable conduct investigation.

    • Finalising an investigation

      Once evidence is assessed, findings are documented in an investigation report and all parties notified of the outcome

    • Example investigation report

      An investigation report incorporates all the relevant information collected during the investigation.

    • Reportable conduct investigations that are also police investigations

      Where conduct is suspected to be criminal, the leader of an organisation must also notify Tasmania Police

    • Learning from an investigation

      Continuous improvement is an essential practice for organisations

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Acknowledgement of Victim Survivors

The Office of the Independent Regulator acknowledges victim survivors of sexual abuse which has occurred within organisational settings in Tasmania. We share a responsibility to deliver the changes necessary to safeguard children and young people, today and for generations to come, and we approach this task with commitment, compassion, and hope.

Acknowledgement of country

In recognition of the deep history and culture of this Island, we acknowledge Tasmanian Aboriginal people, the original and continuing Custodians of the Land, Sea and Sky. We acknowledge and pay our respects to all Tasmanian Aboriginal people, all of whom have survived invasion and dispossession, and continue to maintain their identity, culture and Aboriginal rights

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