Our commitment to advancing the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and Closing the Gap.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
Diversity comes in many forms: age, disability, gender, sexual identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, cultural and linguistic background, ethnicity, religious or spiritual beliefs.
Northern Health cares for one of the fastest growing and most richly diverse populations in Victoria. We celebrate this diversity, and are committed to ensuring our health service is welcoming to all, regardless of identity, background, or ability.
We actively promote respect and inclusion, and we recognise and appreciate individual differences.
Our commitment to child safety
- Northern Health is committed to child safety.
- We want children to be safe, happy and empowered.
- We support and respect all children, as well as our staff and volunteers.
- We are committed to the safety, participation and empowerment of all children.
- We have zero tolerance of child abuse, and all allegations and safety concerns will be treated very seriously and consistently with our robust policies and procedures.
- We have legal and moral obligations to contact authorities when we are worried about a child’s safety, which we follow rigorously.
- Our organisation is committed to preventing child abuse and identifying risks early, and removing and reducing these risks.
- Our organisation has robust human resources and recruitment practices for all staff and volunteers.
- Our organisation is committed to regularly training and educating our staff and volunteers on child abuse risks.
- We support and respect all children, as well as our staff and volunteers. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal children, the cultural safety of children from a culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, and to providing a safe environment for children with a disability.
- We have specific policies, procedures and training in place that support our leadership team, staff and volunteers to achieve these commitments.
If you believe a child is at immediate risk of abuse phone 000.
