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Subject to any contrary statement on relevant material, you may use any of the material in this resource for your personal and non-commercial use or use on behalf of your organisation for non-commercial purposes, provided that an appropriate acknowledgement is made (including by retaining this notice where the whole or any part is reproduced or used without material alteration), and the material is not subjected to derogatory treatment.\nApart from any other use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), all other rights are reserved.\nRequests and enquiries concerning further authorisation should be addressed to:\nThe Copyright Officer,\nACECQA\nPO Box A292,\nSYDNEY NSW 1235\nor emailed to \u0013 HYPERLINK \"mailto:copyright@acecqa.gov.au\" \u0014copyright@acecqa.gov.au\u0015.\nAbout the ACECQA Risk Assessment and Management Tool\nThe Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) is an independent national authority committed to promoting and fostering continuous quality improvement in approved education and care services, and publishing resources that support the children’s education and care sector in understanding the National Quality Framework.\nACECQA’s vision is for children in Australia to have the best start in life, and nearly 16,000 services across Australia are assessed and rated under the National Quality Standard, delivering quality education and care to over a million children.\nThe Risk Assessment and Management Tool, developed by ACECQA, aims to help children’s education and care service approved providers, leaders, educators, teachers and staff to understand the importance of assessing and managing risk as an embedded part of quality practice and improvement.\nThis tool is suitable for:\nLong day care\nPreschool/kindergarten\nFamily day care\nOutside school hours care.\nThe tool can assist in identifying, assessing and managing the risk of harm to anticipate the likelihood and consequence of an incident. 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