The Child Safe Podcast

This podcast will help you to introduce, maintain and improve the things you do in your organisation to keep children safe. Hosts Simon Luckhurst and Katey Street interview child safe professionals and stakeholders from across a range of sectors to help you understand some of the challenges people have faced as well as the solutions and useful resources they’ve found. This podcast is recorded and edited on Gadigal land.

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Episodes

Monday Oct 20, 2025

Unpacking the Code of Practice miniseries
This podcast has been produced by the Office of the Children’s Guardian OOHC Directorate team to support the out-of-home care sector implement the new accreditation criteria, the Code of Practice.
Join us for insightful conversations with the OOHC Directorate’s Accreditation and Monitoring Team about each practice requirement. We unpack what each practice requirement means, how we assess the practice requirements, challenges we see in the sector and good practice examples.
This episode is on Practice requirement 8: quality assurance and continuous improvement

Monday Oct 20, 2025

Unpacking the Code of Practice miniseries
This podcast has been produced by the Office of the Children’s Guardian OOHC Directorate team to support the out-of-home care sector implement the new accreditation criteria, the Code of Practice.
Join us for insightful conversations with the OOHC Directorate’s Accreditation and Monitoring Team about each practice requirement. We unpack what each practice requirement means, how we assess the practice requirements, challenges we see in the sector and good practice examples.
This episode is on Practice requirement 7: providing safe suitable care environments.

Friday Sep 12, 2025

Unpacking the Code of Practice miniseries
This podcast has been produced by the Office of the Children’s Guardian OOHC Directorate team to support the out-of-home care sector implement the new accreditation criteria, the Code of Practice.
Join us for insightful conversations with the OOHC Directorate’s Accreditation and Monitoring Team about each practice requirement. We unpack what each practice requirement means, how we assess the practice requirements, challenges we see in the sector and good practice examples.
This episode is on Practice requirement 6: child protection and child safety

Monday Aug 18, 2025

The OOHC Registers: Understanding and using the Carers' Register and the Residential Care Workers' Register as child protection tools. 
This podcast mini series has been produced by the Office of the Children’s Guardian Carers and Residential Workers Monitoring Team to support the out-of-home care sector understand the Registers.
This series delves into the NSW Carers' Register and the NSW Residential Care Workers' Register for out-of-home care and adoption services. We will explore the function and effective use of the Registers. We will also discuss support and supervision of carers and the oversight required of residential care workers and what we look for when we are assessing and monitoring agencies.
This episode explores how to use the Residential Care Workers' Register as a child protection tool.

Monday Aug 18, 2025

The OOHC Registers: Understanding and using the Carers' Register and the Residential Care Workers' Register as child protection tools. 
This podcast mini series has been produced by the Office of the Children’s Guardian Carers and Residential Workers Monitoring Team to support the out-of-home care sector understand the Registers.
This series delves into the NSW Carers' Register and the NSW Residential Care Workers' Register for out-of-home care and adoption services. We will explore the function and effective use of the Registers. We will also discuss support and supervision of carers and the oversight required of residential care workers and what we look for when we are assessing and monitoring agencies.
This episode is an overview of the Residential Care Workers' Register.

Monday Aug 18, 2025

The OOHC Registers: Understanding and using the Carers' Register and the Residential Care Workers' Register as child protection tools. 
This podcast mini series has been produced by the Office of the Children’s Guardian Carers and Residential Workers Monitoring Team to support the out-of-home care sector understand the Registers.
This series delves into the NSW Carers' Register and the NSW Residential Care Workers' Register for out-of-home care and adoption services. We will explore the function and effective use of the Registers. We will also discuss support and supervision of carers and the oversight required of residential care workers and what we look for when we are assessing and monitoring agencies.
This episode discusses carer support and supervision across care contexts. 

Monday Aug 18, 2025

The OOHC Registers: Understanding and using the Carers' Register and Residential Care Workers' Register as child protection tools.
This podcast mini series has been produced by the Office of the Children’s Guardian Carers and Residential Workers Monitoring Team to support the out-of-home care sector understand the Registers.
This series delves into the NSW Carers' Register and the NSW Residential Care Workers' Register for out-of-home care and adoption services. We will explore the function and effective use of the Registers. We will also discuss support and supervision of carers and the oversight required of residential care workers and what we look for when we are assessing and monitoring agencies.
This episode explores the Carer's Register and carer authorisation.

Monday Aug 18, 2025

The OOHC Registers: Understanding and using the Carers' Register and the Residential Care Workers' Register as child protection tools. 
This podcast mini series has been produced by the Office of the Children’s Guardian Carers and Residential Workers Monitoring Team to support the out-of-home care sector understand the Registers.
This series delves into the NSW Carers' Register and the NSW Residential Care Workers' Register for out-of-home care and adoption services. We will explore the function and effective use of the Registers. We will also discuss support and supervision of carers and the oversight required of residential care workers and what we look for when we are assessing and monitoring agencies.
This episode is an introduction to the Carers' Register.

Monday Aug 18, 2025

Unpacking the Code of Practice miniseries
This podcast has been produced by the Office of the Children’s Guardian OOHC Directorate team to support the out-of-home care sector implement the new accreditation criteria, the Code of Practice.
Join us for insightful conversations with the OOHC Directorate’s Accreditation and Monitoring Team about each practice requirement. We unpack what each practice requirement means, how we assess the practice requirements, challenges we see in the sector and good practice examples.
This episode is on Practice requirement 5: People who work with and care for children are suitable and supported.

Monday Jul 21, 2025

Unpacking the Code of Practice miniseries
This podcast has been produced by the Office of the Children’s Guardian OOHC Directorate team to support the out-of-home care sector implement the new accreditation criteria, the Code of Practice.
Join us for insightful conversations with the OOHC Directorate’s Accreditation and Monitoring Team about each practice requirement. We unpack what each practice requirement means, how we assess the practice requirements, challenges we see in the sector and good practice examples.
This episode is on Practice Requirement 4: Meeting the individual needs of children.

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