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Date and time

Tuesday 4 April 2023, 10.00 am to 12.00 pm

Delivery mode

Online – a Zoom link will be provided 24 hours prior to the event

Audience 

Principal, Deputy Principal, Risk and Compliance Manager

Description                                  

The School Community Safety Order Scheme allows Principals and other authorised persons to make orders to stop or limit parents, carers and other adults who enage in harmful, threatening or abusive ways towards school staff, students and others in the school environment. When issued, they set limits on how that person can behave around certain people, at certain times, at the school or other places where school activities happen. The order may also include special exceptions like times when, or areas where, the order does not apply.                                                           

Key takeaways               

• comprehensive overview of the School Community Safety Order Scheme

• further information about how to issue an ongoing and immediate order

• understanding of mandatory considerations and grounds for issuing an order

• awareness of consequences for breaching an order

• information on monitoring compliance with and enforcing an order

• greater understanding of the review and appeals processes

• information on where to find detailed guidance and information about the Scheme.

Presenter information

Sarah Dunn       

Sarah Dunn is School Services Advisor at Independent Schools Victoria. Sarah is an experienced lawyer in the education sector. She provides strategic and practical advice to Member Schools in relation to a range of legal, regulatory, risk and compliance issues.

Peter Roberts                 

Peter Roberts is currently Independent Schools Victoria’s Head of School Services, and the Company Secretary of the Victorian Independent Schools Block Grant Authority. In his roles, Peter provides advice and support to Independent schools, particularly in the areas of compliance and accountability, capital projects and school operations. He has played a leading role in implementing various Australian and Victorian Government education programs focused on school performance and infrastructure improvement. Prior to joining ISV, he spent twenty years working in Victorian secondary schools as a teacher and Assistant Principal.

Link(s) to relevant VRQA Standards

• Care, Safety and Welfare of Students – Safe environment

• Care, Safety and Welfare of Students – Child safety