Reflections of a Reportable Conduct Investigator

An important aspect for many organisations to be child safe is to meet the requirements of reportable conduct schemes. This includes identifying allegations of reportable conduct, making notifications in required timeframes and conducting procedurally fair and timely reportable conduct investigations. These investigations are conducted in areas of risk such as relating to sexual misconduct, sexual offences, ill treatment, assault and neglect.

The conduct of such investigations is an important review and learning opportunity for organisations and one they should readily embrace to identify reasons why such alleged conduct may have occurred. Whilst the relevant regulatory agencies report annually on the specific areas of reportable conduct, an organisational data informed approach allows key child safe risks to be identified and strategies determined to address these. In this presentation Jon Sleeman will share some of the learning from reportable conduct investigations and links these to common child safety organisational challenges and areas of improvement.

About Jon

Jon has been an investigation, compliance and enforcement, and child safety protection practitioner, consultant, and trainer since 1999. These services were in the areas of investigations, child safety, child protection and emergency management

Recently, Jon held the position of the lead complex reportable conduct investigator for Catholic Education, Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn (CECG), where he investigated both complex and matters of a lesser threshold, recognizing they may still be categorised, upon receipt of the allegation, as reportable conduct. Jon continues to provide child protection and child safety services to CECG and the many schools in ACT and NSW.