Child Protection at XLIS
Let every child grow healthily under the sunshine
One of my roles at XLIS is to serve as the Child Protection Officer. As part of this role I oversee that all staff and associates receive annual training, understand and sign the XLIS Code of Conduct and manage allegations. All cases involving child protection are investigated and handled by our team which includes: Dr. Liu, Marly Song, Jaimala Quinlan, Yolanda Zhou and Michelle Taylor.
Local Law
Minors’ parents or other guardians must not carry out the following conduct: Abusing, neglecting, or illegal giving minors up for adoption, or committing domestic violence against minors.
Article 27
Teaching and administrative staff in schools and kindergartens shall respect the personal dignity of minors, and must not carry out corporal punishment or covert corporal punishment, or other acts that are an affront to the personal dignity of minors.
Article 40
Schools and kindergartens shall strengthen the education and management of staff to prevent sexual abuse and sexual harassment of minors, and other illegal and criminal conduct.
Schools and kindergartens shall carry out sex and health education for minors that are appropriate for their age, increasing minors’ awareness and ability to protect themselves against sexual abuse and sexual harassment.
The school has developed this video, in which our school counsellor Mrs. Taylor shares the basic CP guidelines for visitors. Please have a look at the video to learn what these guidelines are.
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Author:
Brian Lalor (Deputy Head of School)
