Policies and guidelines
Redfern Jarjum College makes every effort to comply with the required policies and guidelines of the NSW Board of Studies.
As part of the St Aloysius’ College community, we leverage our parent school when it comes to many procedures and chains of governance regarding legal policies.
For complete details on our policies with regard to the following situations, please click on the links below:
Jesuit Province
Redfern Jarjum College is a ministry of the Australian Jesuit Province. The Province has policies in place regarding how both religious and lay people engage in their ministry. Further information on the Jesuit Province’s policies for child protection can be found at:
The Catholic Church in Australia
Principles and procedures relating to how the Catholic Church in Australia engage in ministry can be found at:
Reporting, Remedy and Redress
If anyone wishes to bring a complaint of abuse against any past or present Jesuit, staff member or volunteer at the College or other Jesuit school or ministry, they may do so in any of the following ways:
If you believe that a crime has been committed, report a non-urgent crime to the police – NSW Police Sexual Crimes Unit on 132 111. For emergency assistance, call 000.
Otherwise:
- Contact the office of the Professional Standards Resource Group (established by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and the Australian Conference of Leaders of Religious Institutes) for NSW/ACT on 1300 369 977.
- Contact the College Principal (Matt Smith) on 02 9936 5450.
- Contact the Director of Professional Standards for the Australian Jesuit Province (Mr Simon Davies) on 03 9810 7300 or email professionalstandards@sjasl.org.au.
Please note that when children are involved, NSW has mandatory reporting provisions to the police or relevant state authority.