Child Safe Code of Conduct
Your FDC should have a code of conduct to remove uncertainty about what behaviour is OK with children at your service.
What is a code of conduct?
- A code of conduct is a code of behaviour that outlines your FDC’s values and provides clear expectations for:
- personal and professional boundaries
- ethical behaviour
- appropriate and inappropriate behaviour and relationships for educators, staff, parents and families
How can it be used?
- As part of educator induction training
- As part of your introduction to families to your service
- Refer to it in recruitment of educators and families
- As a regular item at educator meetings
What makes codes of conduct work?
Codes of conduct have been shown to be most effective when they are:
- short
- clear
- promoted
- enforced; and
- regularly reviewed.
How do you develop one for your service?
- Use the following as a guide
- Involve everyone in deciding what should be in it. Remember if it is short and unambiguous it is more likely to be followed.
Sample Code of Conduct
Download, adapt and adopt this sample Code of Conduct document for your FDC service.
SAMPLE CODE OF CONDUCT – WORD DOCUMENT
