Training to respond to child abuse and neglect
Sign up for training if you work or volunteer for an ACT organisation that works with children.
You may need to do training if you:
- work or volunteer for an ACT organisation that works with children
- are a mandatory reporter.
Keeping children and young people safe training
This training is for government or non-government staff who work with children and are mandatory reporters. This training course was previously called Responding to Child Abuse and Neglect.
If you work with children, your employer may ask you to do the training. You can give them a copy of your certificate to show you’ve done it.
The same training course is provided either in person and online, you do not need to do both.
You'll learn:
- roles and responsibilities of reporters
- how Child Youth and Families (CYF) responds to reports
- what you should and should not report to CYF
- how to report concerns with CYF
- what happens after you report concerns to CYF
- how to respond to a child who tells you they have been abused
- other ways to support families.
Before you can start
You must get access to the ACT Government online training website (called HRIMS Learning).
- Fill in the ACT Government mandatory training portal form.
- Wait for the email inviting you to set up your password for HRIMS Learning. This may take 3 to 5 days.
- Follow the instructions in the email to finish setting up your access.
- Log in to HRIMS Learning to start your training.
You must log in to HRIMS Learning on a desktop computer to sign up and start the training. You cannot log in or do the training on a mobile device.
Register for Keeping children and young people safe
Contact us
HRIMS enquiries, email CSDWorkforceDevelopmentLearningTeam@act.gov.au
Training enquiries, email CYFcabilitydevelopment@act.gov.au