Status and Details

Status and Details

This page contains information about the status, approval and a summary of the changes from the previous version of the document. Please note that the Unit Head listed on this page is the current owner of this policy and may not reflect the University position/staff member who owned this policy at the time of publication.

Working with Children (Workers and Students) Policy

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Status Current Indicates if this version of the document is in effect (Current), yet to come into effect (Future), or expired (Historic).
Effective Date 17th July 2015 This is the date on which this version of the document came into effect.
Review Date 17th March 2017 The next review of this document is scheduled to commence on this date.
Approval Authority Vice-Chancellor and President The noted authority approved this is version of the document.
Approval Date 15th July 2015 This is the date on which this version of the document was approved by the authorised authority.
Expiry Date Not Applicable This is the date on which this version expires. It may still apply, conditionally, after this date.
Unit Head Angelo Kourtis
Vice-President, People and Advancement
47360627
This is the officer generally responsible for day to day administrative matters.
Enquiries Contact Dominique Wilson
Executive Services Coordinator
96787890
General enquiries should be directed to the officer/area listed.

Summary of Changes from Previous Version

21 March 2019 – removed embedded URLwww.ipc.nsw.gov.aus and replaced with associated information placeholder URLs.


15 November 2016 - Policy amended to reflect unit title change of the 'Office of People and Culture' to the "Office of Human Resources".

28 September 2016 - Amended clauses 19 and 22 - Office of Legal Counsel changed to Office of General Counsel

2 August 2016 - policy amended to delete redundant title 'Academic Registrar's Office' and replace with 'Student Administration in the Student Experience Office'.

The policy has undergone a complete revision to align with changes in legislation. The policy now covers staff and students which is different from the previous policy which only covered staff. The structure has been reformatted to clarify differences between staff and students and the role of Schools and the Office of People and Culture in managing working with children documentation. The policy hyperlinks to the University's Working With Children webpage.

Clauses Amended

Policy: All

Procedure: All

Guidelines: All


17/06/2021: Division Office of Human Resources (HR) replaced with Office of People and Success (People and Success)



30/09/2021: Division Student Experience Office (SEO) replaced with Office of Student and University Planning (OS&UP)



13/10/2022: Division name changed from Office of Student and University Planning (OS&UP) to Office of Student and University Planning (OSUP)



17/04/2023: Division Office of People and Success (People and Success) replaced with Office of People (Office of People)