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News 23 AprilA message from the Provost Professor Julie Cogin.
18 May 2022
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ACU is launching the Safety Support Network to support students who have experienced sexual assault, sexual harassment, family or domestic violence, inappropriate behaviour or who are experiencing suicidal ideation. We are seeking expressions of interest from ACU staff to become Safety Support Officers.
The National Student Safety Survey results released in March 2022 indicated that very few ACU students knew where to make a report or where to seek support regarding incidents of sexual assault and sexual harassment. The survey also highlighted that very few students had confidence in ACU’s reporting process. ACU also acknowledges that providing compassion, empathy, and non-judgmental support to a student who discloses, can significantly improve the recovery of a student from a traumatic event. ACU is therefore launching the Safety Support Network to build the confidence, trust, and awareness of students to come forward and disclose and to ensure that we are providing a comforting and nurturing environment to do so.
The Safety Support Network is a group of specially trained staff who act as Safety Support Officers, a single point of contact to assist and support students who have experienced sexual assault, sexual harassment, family or domestic violence, or some other similar form of inappropriate behaviour which makes them feel unsettled or threatened, and/or who are experiencing suicidal ideation.
Safety Support Officers will also act as a single point of contact to assist other staff who are supporting students through a disclosure.
Staff who nominate and are approved to become Safety Support Officers for the Safety Support Network will be taken through a full day of training.
Visit the Expression of Interest form to find out more about the role of Safety Support Officers and what the training will cover.
Training will be run face-to-face in early June:
Professional and academic staff in key student-facing roles which have a close relationship with students.
Staff need to have the capacity to allocate two - four hours a week when a student disclosure is received. Staff must have supervisor approval prior to nomination.
Find out more about the role of Safety Support Officers and submit an Expression of interest form
For further information, please email respectandsafety@acu.edu.au.
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