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Child Safe Standards

The Social Services Regulator (SSR) regulates the Child Safe Standards for social services and organisations who do not have a sector specific co-regulator, that provide care or services to children in Victoria.

There are five co-regulators responsible for regulation of the Child Safe Standards across different sectors, including:

The SSR takes an integrated and intelligence driven approach to identifying, preventing and excluding unsafe people from working with children and young people, as well as ensuring organisations that work with children and young people keep children safe from abuse and harm by meeting the Child Safe Standards.

The SSR takes a graduated approach to regulating the Child Safe Standards, with a focus on informing and educating organisations about their obligations.

However, there may be circumstances where the SSR takes further regulatory action to ensure an organisation complies with the Child Safe Standards and to address serious risks to the safety of children and young people.

For more information about regulators of the Child Safe Standards see our Get help or raise a concern page.

Resources

The Commission for Children and Young People’s responsibilities for overseeing regulation of the Child Safe Standards were transferred to the SSR in February 2026. For Child Safe Standards resources relating to organisations other than social services, visit the Commission for Children and Young People’s website.

Child Safe Standards for social services – fact sheet Word 151.9 KB (opens in a new window)

Child Safe Standards for social services information sheet – easy read PDF 3.48 MB (opens in a new window)

Child Safe Standards for social services information sheet – easy read – text only Word 55.03 KB (opens in a new window)

Child Safe Standards for social services all-in-one self-assessment tool Excel 330.02 KB (opens in a new window)

Assessment tool for Child Safe Standards for social services Word version Word 181.5 KB (opens in a new window)

Child Safe Standards for social services self-assessment evidence guide Word 602.53 KB (opens in a new window)

Evidence Mapping Guide for Child Safe Standards for social services Word 128.76 KB (opens in a new window)

Improvement Action Plan for Child Safe Standards for social services Word 136.43 KB (opens in a new window)

Child Safe Standards for social services – Information for organisations and service users – Arabic Word 266.76 KB (opens in a new window)

Child Safe Standards for social services – Information for organisations and service users – Assyrian Word 226.74 KB (opens in a new window)

Child Safe Standards for social services – Information for organisations and service users – Burmese Word 142.73 KB (opens in a new window)

Child Safe Standards for social services – Information for organisations and service users – Chinese (Simplified) Word 137.82 KB (opens in a new window)

Child Safe Standards for social services – Information for organisations and service users – Chinese (Traditional) Word 140.42 KB (opens in a new window)

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Child Safe Standards for social services – Information for organisations and service users – Dari Word 314.88 KB (opens in a new window)

Child Safe Standards for social services – Information for organisations and service users – Farsi Word 267.2 KB (opens in a new window)

Child Safe Standards for social services – Information for organisations and service users – Greek Word 140.65 KB (opens in a new window)

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Child Safe Standards for social services – Information for organisations and service users – Hindi Word 141.03 KB (opens in a new window)

Child Safe Standards for social services – Information for organisations and service users – Italian Word 139.99 KB (opens in a new window)

Child Safe Standards for social services – Information for organisations and service users – Karen Word 143.35 KB (opens in a new window)

Child Safe Standards for social services – Information for organisations and service users – Khmer Word 141.48 KB (opens in a new window)

Child Safe Standards for social services – Information for organisations and service users – Korean Word 141.45 KB (opens in a new window)

Child Safe Standards for social services – Information for organisations and service users – Macedonian Word 162.15 KB (opens in a new window)

Child Safe Standards for social services – Information for organisations and service users – Punjabi Word 2.34 MB (opens in a new window)

Child Safe Standards for social services – Information for organisations and service users – Punjabi Word 2.34 MB (opens in a new window)

Child Safe Standards for social services – Information for organisations and service users – Russian Word 162.75 KB (opens in a new window)

Child Safe Standards for social services – Information for organisations and service users – Serbian Word 162.31 KB (opens in a new window)

Child Safe Standards for social services – Information for organisations and service users – Sinhalese Word 894.5 KB (opens in a new window)

Child Safe Standards for social services – Information for organisations and service users – Spanish Word 162.04 KB (opens in a new window)

Child Safe Standards for social services – Information for organisations and service users – Tamil Word 2.33 MB (opens in a new window)

Child Safe Standards for social services – Information for organisations and service users – Thai Word 1.62 MB (opens in a new window)

Child Safe Standards for social services – Information for organisations and service users – Turkish Word 161.95 KB (opens in a new window)

Child Safe Standards for social services – Information for organisations and service users – Vietnamese Word 162.41 KB (opens in a new window)

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Updated 25 February 2026

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