Child safety is now a national policy priority in Australia. Extensive enquiries and reviews have escalated legislative and policy responses focused on developing, maintaining and monitoring “child safe” organisations. The recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse point to the importance of cultural conditions within organisations in supporting child safety and the need for responsive change in some organisations. Drawing on a recent policy analysis, undertaken as part of a larger Australian Research Council Discovery Project, this article examines how children and safety are constructed, within and across relevant state and federal government policies in Australia, and the implications of this. Distinctions are drawn between conceptualisations of children within the broader education policy context and two specific policy contexts in which children are considered particularly vulnerable to abuse – out‐of‐home care and disability. The findings indicate that policy discourses of “child safe” potentially foster different emphases and approaches in organisations. These have implications for the way children are positioned in relation to their safety, how their rights are recognised and implemented, and what is required to foster cultural conditions within organisations to best support children’s safety and wellbeing.

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澳大利亚政策中的儿童与安全：对组织和从业者的启示

在澳大利亚，儿童安全现已成为国家政策的重点。广泛的询问和审查使立法和政策对策逐步升级，重点放在发展，维护和监督“儿童安全”组织上。皇家委员会对儿童性虐待的应对措施的建议指出，组织内部的文化条件在支持儿童安全方面的重要性以及某些组织需要做出响应性变化的必要性。本文是作为一项更大的澳大利亚研究委员会探索项目的一部分而进行的近期政策分析的基础上，本文研究了在澳大利亚有关州和联邦政府相关政策之内和之间如何构建儿童与安全，以及其含义。在更广泛的教育政策范围内对儿童的概念化与在两个特别政策范围内对儿童的歧视之间存在区别，在这两个特定的政策背景下，儿童特别容易受到虐待-家庭护理和残疾。研究结果表明，“儿童安全”的政策论述可能会在组织中培养出不同的侧重点和方法。这些都对儿童在安全方面的定位方式，他们的权利如何得到认可和实施以及在组织内促进文化条件以最大程度地支持儿童的安全和福祉所需要的条件有影响。研究结果表明，“儿童安全”的政策论述可能会在组织中培养出不同的侧重点和方法。这些都对儿童在安全方面的定位方式，他们的权利如何得到认可和实施以及在组织内促进文化条件以最大程度地支持儿童的安全和福祉所需要的条件有影响。研究结果表明，“儿童安全”的政策论述可能会在组织中培养出不同的侧重点和方法。这些都对儿童在安全方面的定位方式，他们的权利如何得到认可和实施以及在组织内促进文化条件以最大程度地支持儿童的安全和福祉所需要的条件有影响。