Child Safety
At Box Hill Institute, we are committed to looking after the safety and wellbeing of our students. We have a specific responsibility to keep any student under the age of 18 safe and we take this responsibility very seriously.
We want students to feel happy, safe, and that they belong at Box Hill Institute. We believe that everyone should do their part to keep our students safe, and we're dedicated to making sure we follow all the rules to keep them protected.
To do this Box Hill Institute must follow some rules, which include the:
Select from the following:
Your right to be safe
These rules tell us that we must make sure that students know about their right to be safe, including to:
- be safe and feel safe wherever they are
- expect that the adults around them are keeping you safe
- be given information about how to raise a safety concern
- be listened to if they have a safety concern, and have action taken about this concern.
What do we mean when we talk about child safety?
If an adult who works for Box Hill Institute:
- says or does anything that makes you feel scared, unsafe or worried
- touches you in a way you don’t like or makes you feel uncomfortable
- hits or hurts you
This may be a child safety concern.
Need to give us feedback or raise a concern about safety at Box Hill Institute?
- Raise a child safety concern
- Provide general feedback on how we’re doing with child safety
Have a look at our process for managing concerns:
Want to know about more about how do we do child safety?
Want to know more about how we do this at Box Hill Institute? Check out some of the links below:
Other resources and supports
If you’re feeling unsafe in another part of your life or need some support check out these services:
- If you are worried that you or someone else is at immediate risk of being hurt, call 000 or BHI Security on 9286 9286 if they are on campus
- For help at Box Hill Institute contact Student Life on 9286 9891 or at Student Hub: Student Life overview and contacts (bhtafe.edu.au)
- Kids Helpline - 1800 55 1800
- Lifeline - 13 11 14
- Headspace - 1800 650 890
- Sexual Assault Crisis Line - 1800 806 292
- 1800Respect - 1800 737 732
- Safe Steps - 1800 015 188
- The Orange Door - 1800 354 322 7
- Child Protection - 1300 360 452
- If you’re looking for another type of support or assistance, check out Ask Izzy