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Why there’s no ‘silver bullet’ to make childcare safe
Manage episode 492167105 series 2071258
Parents send their young children to childcare trusting they’ll return home each day safely.
But families are in shock after a Victorian childcare worker was charged with 70 offences, including sexual assault and producing child abuse material. The alleged victims were as young as 5 months old.
The staff member had worked at 20 different centres and held a valid Working with Children Check.
Today, Caroline Croser-Barlow from The Front Project, which works to improve early childhood education, on whether the system is safe and how governments can fix it.
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Caroline Croser-Barlow, CEO of The Front Project
2229 episodes
Manage episode 492167105 series 2071258
Parents send their young children to childcare trusting they’ll return home each day safely.
But families are in shock after a Victorian childcare worker was charged with 70 offences, including sexual assault and producing child abuse material. The alleged victims were as young as 5 months old.
The staff member had worked at 20 different centres and held a valid Working with Children Check.
Today, Caroline Croser-Barlow from The Front Project, which works to improve early childhood education, on whether the system is safe and how governments can fix it.
Featured:
Caroline Croser-Barlow, CEO of The Front Project
2229 episodes
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