We are all responsible for keeping children and young people safe from child abuse and harm.
Reporting child abuse
Council will report to the relevant authorities any incident, disclosure or reasonable belief of child abuse or harm that has occurred, is occurring, or is at risk of occurring to any child or young person under the age of 18 years in their home, community or a Council service.
Your Role
You should report any incident, disclosure reasonable belief that child abuse or harm has occurred, is occurring, or is at risk of occurring to any child or young person under the age of 18 years. Failure to disclose physical or sexual abuse may result in a criminal offence.
For further information:
- Child abuse Factsheet — English
- Child Safety Factsheet — Chinese
- Child Safety Factsheet — Greek
- Child Safety Factsheet — Hebrew
- Child Safety Factsheet — Hindu
- Child Safety Factsheet — Italian
- Child Safety Factsheet — Russian
Contacts
Call 000 if you believe a child or young person is in immediate danger. For non-urgent matters, contact your local Victorian police station.
For Victorian Government Child Protection please call 13 12 78 or visit Child Protection.
For welfare concerns that may not involve abuse, contact The Orange Door 1800 319 353, or visit The Orange Door.
The same applies if you have concerns in relation to the behaviour of any individual associated with Council. This can include council employees, volunteers, contractors or Councillors.
Council is committed to being a child-safe organisation. All concerns raised with Council by children, young people, or adults will be taken seriously and — where required — reported to the appropriate authority and investigated by Council.
To notify Council of any concerns please contact us.
