Working with Children Week 2026 media kit

Messages

Use with the hashtag #WWCW2026

Sample social media messages

Recruitment decisions play a vital role in keeping children safe. The people we employ directly shape child safety. This Working with Children Week, we’re celebrating child safety from the very beginning by ensuring induction, supervision, training and support are just as important as screening to create safe environments for children. #WWCW2026

The Working with Children Check matters, but it’s only one element to child-safe recruitment. Clear role design, strong interview processes, referee checks and ongoing oversight all work together to keep children safe. This Working with Children Week, we’re celebrating smarter, safer recruitment to ensure we create safe environments for children. #WWCW2026

Child-safe recruitment doesn’t stop when we appoint someone in the role. It starts before they begin and continues once they’re in the role, through induction, supervision, training and ongoing support. Safe teams are built over time. This Working with Children Week, we’re celebrating smarter, safer recruitment to create safe environments for your child. #WWCW2026

Sample email content

Working with Children Week, which will be held from 22–28 June 2026, is a great opportunity to reflect on how the decisions we make every day help keep children safe.

This year’s theme, Start safe: smarter recruitment for child safety, is less about compliance and more about judgement. It’s a reminder that child safety is built through people, culture and systems, often long before a child ever walks through the door.

Recruitment is one of those moments.

The questions we ask, the expectations we set, and the way people are supported once they start all send clear signals about what matters in an organisation. When those signals are consistent and thoughtful, they help create workplaces where child safety is understood, prioritised and sustained.

For many organisations, this means taking a step back to look at the whole recruitment picture:

• how roles are designed
• how values are reflected in the selection processes
• how people are inducted, supervised and supported over time.

These are practical, everyday choices, and they’re the ones that make the biggest difference for a child. Resources are available to help organisations reflect on what’s already working well and where small improvements could strengthen child-safe practice.

If you’re looking for guidance, resources or a conversation about how smarter recruitment and workforce practices connect to child safety in your context, you can contact the Office of the Children’s Guardian or [your organisation’s child-safe contact details].

Thank you for the role you play in helping organisations start safe and stay safe for children!