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Guide to Implementing the New South Wales Child Safe Standards
The New South Wales Child Safe Standards (NSW Standards) came into operation through amendments to the Children’s Guardian Act 2019 (NSW) that took effect (apart from the enforcement provisions) on 1 February 2022.
This guide is designed to break down the 10 NSW Standards so that your school knows what to focus on when applying each of the NSW Standards to the school’s policies, procedures and practices.
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Meet the Authors
Deborah De Fina
Principal Consultant, Child Safeguarding
Deborah recently completed five years working with the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse where she assisted the Royal Commission to establish the Private Session process and subsequently managed its legal aspects. Prior to working with the Royal Commission, Deborah had her own successful consulting practice where she specialised in the statutory child protection system, legal issues facing children and vulnerable people, and legal aid. She also spent more than nine years at Legal Aid NSW, as a child protection solicitor, Senior Solicitor and then Solicitor in Charge, Child Protection. Deborah holds a Juris Doctorate from the Columbia University School of Law, a Master of International Affairs from the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs and a Diploma in Law from Sydney University.
Karen Zeev
Legal Content Consultant, Child Safeguarding
Karen has worked at the NSW Ombudsman and the Office of the Children’s Guardian as a Senior Investigator in the Reportable Conduct Directorate, and at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse as a Senior Legal and Policy Officer where she was a key contributor to the “Redress and Civil Litigation” and “Criminal Justice” reports. Karen has a background as a commercial litigation lawyer and holds a bachelor’s degree in Arts/Law (Hons).