Child Safety Lawyer
Australian Organisational Child Protection & Safeguarding Experts
We help organisations in Australia protect the wellbeing of children and young people in their care, with our specialised legal expertise and supportive practices.
Dedicated Child Safety Lawyers
Safeguarding Law Firm
Policy & Audit Specialists
Organisational Child Safety Lawyers & Child Protection Specialists
Child protection and safeguarding have evolved to address growing concerns and insight into child safety and safeguarding.
Partnering with a law firm specialising in these areas means you receive comprehensive support, from legal advice to representation.
Unlike safeguarding services alone, our highly experienced child safety lawyers offer meticulous legal advice, support, and documentation—and the ability to represent your organisation in enforcement action and court if necessary.
Your Free Consultation
We invite you to contact Safe Space Legal to book a free 30-minute consultation to discuss your orgainsation's safeguarding needs
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What Sets Safe Space Legal Apart?
As organisational child protection specialists, partnering with Safe Space Legal means you have access to a specialised law firm focused on child safeguarding and protection.
We are the only law firm in Australia that works exclusively in safeguarding services.
This ensures that your organisation has comprehensive support, expert guidance, legally sound advice, and tailored representation for your organisation if needed.
We also work collaboratively with internal safeguarding teams and external law firms to ensure organisations are best practice leaders in child safety.
Safeguarding (often termed ‘child safety’ or ‘child protection’ in Australia) is our primary practice area. We ensure organisations protect children’s safety and wellbeing through proactive measures including policy development, training, and meticulous risk assessment.
We also support organisations to comply with their legal obligations and respond to concerns through investigations and representation in enforcement action.
Our unique approach integrates legal and child safety expertise with a deep commitment to organisational development, empowering organisations to foster safe environments and meet compliance standards effectively.
What We Do
We are lawyers, and we help organisations protect the wellbeing of children and young people in their care with safeguarding services.
We will help your organisation ensure that Child Safe Standards are met and exceeded. We believe in holistically creating a culture of safety that is reflected at every level of an organisation, from core governance policies to daily operational processes.
We can help you with:
- Legal Compliance and Documentation
- Child Safety and Safeguarding Policies and Procedures
- Specialist Investigations including under the Reportable Conduct Scheme
- Representation in Organisational Child Safety Matters
- Emergency Legal Advice and Support
- Training and Capacity Building
Who We Work With
- Schools and educational institutions
- Childcare centres and early childhood services
- Youth organisations and clubs
- Sporting associations
- Community groups and NGOs
- Religious institutions
- Healthcare provider
- Disability Service Providers
What We Don't Do
We believe that focusing our work at an organisational level allows us to effectively create change, which will flow into matters on individual and family levels. We provide advice to organisations on matters that affect child safety and wellbeing within the organisation including child protection, family law orders, complying with subpoenas, privacy, information requests and family violence. However, we don’t work directly with individuals in these matters.
Individuals will require the support of:
- A family lawyer for matters involving parenting or family property disputes
- A child protection lawyer for matters involving children at risk of harm or where child protection is intervening.
- A youth justice lawyer for matters involving the justice system or,
- A criminal or family lawyer who specialises in family violence.
We do not work with family violence matters or individual cases with Child Protection Services. Instead, we work with organisations in these areas to help improve standards and outcomes to create long-term positive change that is aligned with the best interests of children.
If you are an individual who would like a referral to any of the above types of lawyers, please contact us.