If the situation is life threatening or the child/young person is in immediate danger, call Triple Zero (000).
Child protection
If you believe a child/young person is in need of protection, contact:
Child Protection North Division Intake
- 1300 664 977
- Monday–Friday 8.45am–5pm
After Hours Child Protection Emergency Service
- 13 12 78
- For urgent matters outside of normal business hours
- Monday-Friday 5pm–9am, and 24hrs weekends and public holidays.
Sexual abuse
If you believe that another adult has sexually offended against a child under 16 you must report this information to police as soon as possible. Failure to do so could amount to a criminal offence.
If you want to report that a child is in immediate risk of sexual abuse, call Triple Zero (000).
Alternatively, you can contact your local police station.
If you or someone you know has experienced child sexual abuse in an institution, you can contact Victoria Police's Sano Taskforce at [email protected].
Make a complaint
If you wish to make a complaint about the behaviour of a Council worker towards a child or young person, contact City of Yarra on 03 9205 5000 and ask to speak with the Senior Advisor Safeguarding Children and Young People or email [email protected].
Alternatively, you can contact the police or the Commission for Children and Young People at [email protected] or call 03 8601 5884 (Monday to Friday).
Information sharing with other organisations
Yarra City Council is a prescribed Information Sharing Entity (ISE) under Part 5A of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 and Part 6A of the Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005.
Under the Family Violence Information Scheme (FVISS) and the Child Information Sharing Scheme (CISS), we may share confidential information with other authorised organisations to assess and manage family violence risk and promote children’s wellbeing and safety.
This is to ensure key professionals have the vital information they need to improve outcomes for children and young people.
Both schemes recognise that a child’s safety takes priority over any individual’s privacy. Under the FVISS, both adult and child victim survivors’ safety takes priority over a perpetrator’s privacy. As a result, consent is not required under either scheme to share information to keep a child safe.
If the situation is life threatening or the child/young person is in immediate danger, call Triple Zero (000).
Child protection
If you believe a child/young person is in need of protection, contact:
Child Protection North Division Intake
- 1300 664 977
- Monday–Friday 8.45am–5pm
After Hours Child Protection Emergency Service
- 13 12 78
- For urgent matters outside of normal business hours
- Monday-Friday 5pm–9am, and 24hrs weekends and public holidays.
Sexual abuse
If you believe that another adult has sexually offended against a child under 16 you must report this information to police as soon as possible. Failure to do so could amount to a criminal offence.
If you want to report that a child is in immediate risk of sexual abuse, call Triple Zero (000).
Alternatively, you can contact your local police station.
If you or someone you know has experienced child sexual abuse in an institution, you can contact Victoria Police's Sano Taskforce at [email protected].
Make a complaint
If you wish to make a complaint about the behaviour of a Council worker towards a child or young person, contact City of Yarra on 03 9205 5000 and ask to speak with the Senior Advisor Safeguarding Children and Young People or email [email protected].
Alternatively, you can contact the police or the Commission for Children and Young People at [email protected] or call 03 8601 5884 (Monday to Friday).
Information sharing with other organisations
Yarra City Council is a prescribed Information Sharing Entity (ISE) under Part 5A of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 and Part 6A of the Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005.
Under the Family Violence Information Scheme (FVISS) and the Child Information Sharing Scheme (CISS), we may share confidential information with other authorised organisations to assess and manage family violence risk and promote children’s wellbeing and safety.
This is to ensure key professionals have the vital information they need to improve outcomes for children and young people.
Both schemes recognise that a child’s safety takes priority over any individual’s privacy. Under the FVISS, both adult and child victim survivors’ safety takes priority over a perpetrator’s privacy. As a result, consent is not required under either scheme to share information to keep a child safe.
