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Child safety for tutoring centres
Working with Children Checks, the people who may contact a child, home visits and keeping children's information private, for Australian tutoring centres.
A parent handing their child to a tutor, often one to one and sometimes in their own home, is trusting the centre with more than lessons. They want to know who is teaching, who can contact their child and what happens if something worries them; the centre needs to show it, not just say it.
Child safety sets out every safeguard XTutio builds in, from checks at booking to a concern that reaches the safety lead at once. Home tutoring covers visits to families' homes, staff training what a tutor learns before teaching, and security and data how records are kept.
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6 min readWorking with Children Checks for NSW tutoring centresWho in a NSW tutoring centre needs a Working with Children Check, what it costs, and how to verify, record and act on a bar.
6 min readThe NSW Child Safe Standards: a centre checklistThe ten NSW Child Safe Standards turned into practical steps for a tutoring centre, and what the OCG says about who must follow them.
6 min readHome tutoring safety: a lone worker checklistA practical lone worker checklist for tutoring centres that send tutors into family homes, based on SafeWork NSW guidance on isolated work.
7 min readPrivacy for tutoring centres: what the law asksHow the Privacy Act, the small business exemption, data breach notification and the coming children's code apply to an Australian tutoring centre.
6 min readUsing AI in a tutoring centre, safelyHow a tutoring centre can use AI tools without exposing children's personal information, following the OAIC's guidance on AI products.
6 min readHome visit check-ins and address privacyHow a tutoring centre runs the day of a home lesson: On my way, check-in and out, the lone worker timer, the help button and who sees the address.
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- Child safety settings and what happens to a reportWho is alerted, how fast a concern is due, how the queue is worked, and who decides what a family is told.
- Inviting staff, roles and two-step sign-inAdd your team inside your own centre, give each person the right role, and keep sign-ins safe.
- The online classroom and home tutoringTeach online in the app with a shared whiteboard, or at a family's home with your own rules and a recorded day.
