Occurring just before the five year anniversary of the Royal Commission into Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse’s final report, this second edition of the NCSS incorporates the concept of safeguarding for adults at risk, which addresses findings of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety and initial learnings from the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability.

The National Catholic Safeguarding Standards Edition 2, can be accessed here.

In addition, ACSL has also released a Compendium – Supplementary material to assist reading, which can be accessed here.

Integroe Partners can assist organisations in ensuring their practices are aligned with the National Catholic Safeguarding Standards Edition 2.

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