School Characteristic

Child Safeguarding Charter

All children have the right to be protected from abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Sadly, many of these acts are carried out by people children know and should be able to trust; or by people in places that they should feel safe.

Keeping children safe is everyone’s responsibility. For this reason, organizations and professionals who work with children must do their part and ensure that their policies and practices reflect this responsibility. A Child Safeguarding Charter helps organizations formulate the code of conduct for its child related workers as an initial step to develop a Child Safeguarding Policy. We hope to draw the community’s awareness, gather support and join hands to protect children.

Together, the community join hands to create a violence-free and child friendly environment for children.

<A Child Safeguarding Charter>

Our staff and associates should:
  1. Respect the rights, integrity, and dignity of children regardless of their differences in age, sex, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, race, language, religious belief, ability, disability, health, socio-economic or cultural background, or any other circumstances.
  2. Display high standards of professional behaviour at all times, providing a positive role model for children and young people.
  3. Respond to any concerns, suspicions, incidents or allegations of actual or potential abuse to a child or young person, and report in accordance with established procedures.
  4. Cooperate fully and confidentially in any investigation of concerns or allegations of abuse to children.

 

 

 

Our staff and associates should not:
  1. Hit, physically assault or physically abuse children including the use of corporal punishment or any harmful practices.
  2. Engage in any form of sexual activity or develop physical/sexual relationships with service clients under the age of 18 regardless of the age of sexual consent in Hong Kong.
  3. Use language which is intended to shame, humiliate, degrade or belittle the child, or otherwise offensive or abusive, sexually provocative, culturally insensitive, or otherwise perpetrate any form of emotional abuse.
  4. Leave children unattended or unsupervised for an excessive or inappropriate timeframe that might result in harm or potential harm to them.
  5. Use any computers, mobile phones, cameras, video or digital cameras or any such medium to exploit, harass or bully children; or to access, view, create, download or distribute child pornography, or any other abusive images of children.
  6. The above is not an exhaustive or exclusive list. The principle is that staff and associates should avoid actions or behavior which may constitute poor practice or potentially abusive behavior. Children should also be EMPOWERED about their rights, what is acceptable and unacceptable, and what they can do if there is a problem.