Child Safety Commitment

The Melbourne Holocaust Museum is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people and has zero tolerance for child abuse.

The Melbourne Holocaust Museum provides in-person and online education programs to students from primary, secondary and tertiary institutions and to mature aged participants.

Children and young people may also form part of our general visitors. The Melbourne Holocaust Museum operates on the principle of ‘safely in, safely out, safely throughout’ for all who interact with our institution, in person or online.

We are committed to providing a child safe environment wherein children and young people are safe and feel safe. We are committed to the safety, participation and empowerment of all children and young people.

We support and respect all children and young people, as we do all people. Our commitment and practices are inspired by Holocaust victim Henryk Goldszmit. In 1928, under the pen-name Janusz Korczak he published the Declaration of Children’s Rights, which was drawn upon by the United Nations when the Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted in 1989.

In line with the MHM zero tolerance of child abuse, any and all allegations, safety and/or wellbeing concerns are taken seriously and treated consistently with the:

a. Commission of Children and Young People’s guidelines

b. the MHM policies and procedures, and

c. relevant legislation.

Our children and young people safety and wellbeing policies, procedures and practices holistically factor the needs of all children and young people, including (but not limited to) children and young people who identify as:

a. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and/or

b. LGBTQIA+, and/or

c. A person from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and/or

d. A person with disabilities, and/or

e. One who is vulnerable.

MHM People & Culture policies, procedures, and practices, extend to all staff, contractors, and volunteers of the organisation. Included in which are risk minimisation measures to prevent child abuse. These policies are implemented organisation-wide and are reviewed and reinforced regularly.

Every person involved in the Melbourne Holocaust Museum has a responsibility to understand the important and specific role they play individually and collectively, ensuring the wellbeing and safety of all children and young people is at the forefront of all they do and every decision they make. MHM commits to all eleven Child Safety Standards (as at 1 July 2022) and has implemented measures to address and enforce each of these standards.

In addition to meeting these standards, MHM is a committed Child Safe organisation, ensuring that a culture of child safety is embedded into our practices and processes.