Child Safety Lawyer Victoria
Victorian (VIC) Organisational Child Protection & Safeguarding Experts
We help organisations in Victoria 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
As a safeguarding law firm, we specialise in providing reliable, ethical legal advice and strategic solutions for complex organisational safety challenges. Specialising in the state of Vicotira
Policy & Audit Specialists
Child Safety Lawyers & Child Protection Specialists Victoria
Child protection and safeguarding in Victoria have evolved significantly to address growing insights into institutional safety and the rigorous expectations of the Victorian Child Safe Standards. Partnering with a law firm specializing in these areas ensures your Victorian school, childcare centre, or disability service provider receives comprehensive support, ranging from strategic legal advice to formal representation.
Unlike standalone safeguarding consultants, our highly experienced Victorian child safety lawyers provide meticulous legal counsel and documentation tailored to the state’s regulatory landscape. We offer the unique advantage of providing legal professional privilege and the ability to represent your organisation in Commission for Children and Young People (CCYP) enforcement actions or court proceedings if necessary.
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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 within the Victorian regulatory framework.
We are the only law firm in Victoria and Australia wide that works exclusively in safeguarding services.
This ensures that your organisation has comprehensive support, expert guidance, and legally sound advice tailored to the Victorian Child Safe Standards and the Reportable Conduct Scheme. We provide expert representation for your organisation during audits or inquiries by the Commission for Children and Young People (CCYP) or other Victorian co-regulators.
We also work collaboratively with internal safeguarding teams and external law firms to ensure Victorian organisations—from schools and early childhood services to disability providers and sporting clubs—are best practice leaders in child safety.
Safeguarding (often termed ‘child safety’ or ‘child protection’ in Victoria) is our primary practice area. We ensure organisations protect children’s safety and wellbeing through proactive measures, including policy development aligned with the Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005, training, and meticulous risk assessment.
What We Do
We are lawyers, and we help organisations in Victoria 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
We work with a diverse range of organisations across all states in Australia including:
- 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
We also work in the community and industry to raise awareness of the importance of child safeguarding.
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.