Welcome Quy BUI and Tien Nguyen:
Peter Hendriks writes: Quy and Tien arrived in Australia last week for a two-week visit. They are here in preparation for the Safeguarding Audit that will take place later this year. As the Vietnam MSC Community is part of the Australian Province, it is also part of the audit that the ACSL will conduct.
Quy and Tien: Quy and Tien had a full day yesterday on the ACSL Standards—actually, just Standard One all day. They will continue to work their way through this document in the days ahead. They will then move on to other aspects of safeguarding and the impending audit. Fortunately for Stephen and me, they like to relax by cooking! Here is last tonight’s creation.
Australian Catholic Safeguarding Limited conducts audits of Catholic Institutions. Our Province is to be audited in September-October
ACSL has been created to promote and oversee a nationally consistent, comprehensive and sustainable framework for the protection of children and adults at risk within the Church in Australia. We have zero tolerance of abuse and we work to ensure a safe Church for everyone.
The findings of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse place responsibility on the Catholic Church to demonstrate greater respect, care and protection for everyone who places their trust in the Church and to comply with legislative obligations in safeguarding and professional standards.
National Catholic Safeguarding Standards
The National Catholic Safeguarding Standards (NCSS) create a framework for Catholic entities to promote the safety of children and adults at risk.
The NCSS outline the policies and activities that will prevent, respond to, and support reporting of concerns regarding abuse. The Standards work together to ensure that every entity, ministry and organisation across the Catholic Church places the safety of children and adults at risk at the core of how they plan, think and act.
The 10 National Catholic Safeguarding Standards incorporate recommendations from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and also the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations, contextualising these requirements for the Catholic Church in Australia. The Standards have been adopted by the Catholic Church in Australia.
The first phase in developing the Standards focused on safeguarding practices to protect children. The second phase incorporates care and protection of adults, with a focus on adults at risk, in keeping with the recommendations of the Royal Commission.
And a visual culinary reward for reading thus far!
