2026 Statement of Compliance
The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (Commission) is committed to promoting the safety, wellbeing and rights of children and young people, and protecting them from abuse, neglect, harm and exploitation. We encourage a culture that supports child safety through our governance, accountability, awareness and risk management practices.
Our interactions with children and young people
Our main role is to regulate the aged care sector. This means most of our staff do not come into contact with children or young people in their daily work. However, we know we must provide a safe environment for children and young people who come into contact with our staff, services, systems or sites. So, we commit to identifying, managing and monitoring child safety risks. We will protect child safety in a way that is in proportion to the work we do, where we do it, and the risks to children and young people.
There are situations where we could interact with children and young people. For example, when our staff are:
- working in residential or home care settings
- involved in external activities, such as conferences, forums and community events
- involved in functions at our offices, where they could interact with children of staff, contractors or visitors
- using our ICT systems.
Compliance and Annual Child Safety Risk Assessment
The Commission has met or substantially met all requirements of the Commonwealth Child Safe Framework (CCSF). We will continue to review and improve our child safety arrangements to make sure they are always effective, proportionate and fit for purpose.
We completed our annual child safety risk assessment. This confirmed that our overall child safety risk profile remains low. We are confident that our systems and processes will keep this profile.
During the reporting period, we strengthened our child safety arrangements. We improved governance, supervision and accountability measures, including by:
- appointing a Child Safety Champion,
- making accountability for child safety oversight clearer
- producing a Child Safety Policy.
In 2026–27, we will continue to develop our child safety system. We will embed our Child Safety Policy across the organisation and review the governance documents and guides that support it. We will also keep assessing risk, checking our compliance and making the improvements we identify through our assurance and review activities.