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Child and Youth Risk Management Plan
RA-005 · Version 0.01 · 7 September 2026
Eetlust Pty Ltd | ABN 53 119 209 755
| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
| Document code | RA-005 |
| Document title | Child and Youth Risk Management Plan |
| Document type | Risk Assessment / Plan |
| Version | 0.01 |
| Issue date | 7 September 2026 |
| Issued by | Eetlust Pty Ltd t/a Brizzy Jumping Castles |
| Approved by | Jason Weier, Director |
| Classification | Public, Uncontrolled When Printed |
| Next review | 7 September 2027, and after any incident, complaint or change of service |
1. Purpose and status
This plan identifies the risks of harm to children and young people arising from the operations of Brizzy Jumping Castles, assesses those risks, and sets the controls that reduce them. Its purpose is preventive: to remove or minimise the opportunity for a child to be harmed in connection with our work, before anything happens.
It is the child and youth risk management plan required of a child safe entity under the Queensland Child Safe Standards, and it addresses Standards 1, 5, 8, 9 and 10 in particular. It replaces the child and youth risk management strategy formerly required under Chapter 7 Part 3 of the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000 (Qld), which was repealed on 1 April 2026 by the Child Safe Organisations Act 2024 (Qld).
This plan is read with POL-050 Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy, POL-051 Child Safety Complaints and Concerns Policy, and POL-052 Statement of Commitment to Child Safety. It sits alongside, and does not replace, our work health and safety risk assessments, which address physical hazards.
2. Scope
This plan covers all children who come into contact with our people, our equipment or our sites: children at hires in private residences, at schools and early childhood services, at church and parish events, at community, council and sporting events, and at commercial venues. It covers every worker as defined in Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy, including contractors, labour hire crew, volunteers and workers under 18.
3. How risk is assessed
Each risk is assessed on the likelihood of it occurring and the consequence if it does, using the matrix below. Consequence for a child safety risk is assessed by reference to the harm to the child, never to the cost or inconvenience to the business.
| Likelihood | Minor | Moderate | Major | Severe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almost certain | Medium | High | Extreme | Extreme |
| Likely | Medium | High | High | Extreme |
| Possible | Low | Medium | High | Extreme |
| Unlikely | Low | Low | Medium | High |
| Rare | Low | Low | Medium | High |
| Rating | Response required |
|---|---|
| Extreme | Stop. The activity does not proceed until the risk is eliminated or reduced. Director decision required. |
| High | Director approval required before the activity proceeds, with documented additional controls. |
| Medium | Controls applied and verified on site by the lead crew member. Reviewed at each annual review. |
| Low | Controls applied as routine practice and monitored. |
Residual ratings in the register below are the ratings that apply once the listed controls are in place and working. If a control is not in place on a given job, the risk reverts to its untreated level and the job does not proceed until it is restored.
4. Risk register
| Ref | Risk | Controls | Residual |
|---|---|---|---|
| CR-01 | A child gains access to an inflatable that is being installed, packed down, or is not commissioned and supervised | Exclusion zone established before unloading and maintained until handover. Crew do not leave an inflated unit unattended at any point. The unit is not commissioned until the identified supervisor is present and briefed. Where set-up occurs during school hours, the school is asked to keep students clear and a staff member is requested at the work area. Pack-down does not begin until the area is cleared of children. Anchoring and weighting completed and checked before any child is admitted. | Low |
| CR-02 | A worker is alone and out of sight with a child | Line-of-sight rule: no worker is ever alone with a child. Crew work in pairs at school and church sites wherever practicable. A worker approached by a child while alone moves to a visible location and directs the child to a staff member. Crew do not enter buildings, storerooms or enclosed areas alone where children are present. Rostering avoids single-crew attendance at education sites. | Low |
| CR-03 | A worker forms an inappropriate relationship with, or grooms, a child | Blue card screening and referee checks that expressly address suitability to work with children. Signed Child Safe Code of Conduct prohibiting gifts, secrets, favouritism, private contact and exclusive relationships. Induction and annual refresher training covering grooming indicators. Line-of-sight rule. Reporting duty on every worker to report the conduct of any other worker, including the Director. Immediate stand-down on any concern. | Low |
| CR-04 | A child is transported in a company vehicle or taken off site by a worker | Absolute prohibition. No worker transports a child, or takes a child anywhere, for any reason, including a child who asks or a parent who offers. Stated in the Code of Conduct and in induction. Vehicles are locked when unattended and children are never permitted in the cab or the load area. | Low |
| CR-05 | A worker attends a site without the required screening | No Card. No Link. No Start. The Director verifies card status and links the worker to the organisation before the first shift. Employee register maintained with card numbers and expiry dates, reviewed at least annually and before each school booking. Expiry dates diarised 90 days ahead. Workers must report any change of status immediately, and are stood down on the day a card ceases to be current. | Low |
| CR-06 | Images of children are captured, stored, shared or published inappropriately | No photography of a child on a school, early childhood or church site without the site's prior written permission and the consents it holds. Elsewhere, no image of an identifiable child without prior written parental consent. Business devices only, never a personal phone or account. No names, schools or locations in captions or tags. Consent may be withdrawn at any time. Marketing photography taken with no children present wherever practicable. | Low |
| CR-07 | A worker enters a toilet, change room, sick bay or other private space used by children | Absolute prohibition. Crew use staff or public facilities identified by the site at sign-in, and ask the site to nominate them on arrival. A child needing assistance of that kind is referred to a staff member. Stated in the Code of Conduct. | Low |
| CR-08 | A child with disability, a medical condition, or another heightened vulnerability is harmed or excluded | Supervision arrangements and any adjustment are discussed with the school or organiser at booking. Rules explained in plain language and, where needed, through the adult who knows the child. Crew take direction from that adult on how to communicate and what assistance is appropriate. Physical assistance is given only where necessary for immediate safety, minimally, and in view of another adult. Capacity, height and mixed-age rules applied strictly. Crew do not administer medication or first aid beyond their training; the site's first aid officer is called. | Medium |
| CR-09 | An Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child experiences racism or a culturally unsafe environment | Zero tolerance for racism, applying to workers, customers and other adults on site, and treated as a breach of Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy. Cultural safety covered in induction and annual refresher training. Racism witnessed on site is reported to the Director and to the site the same day. Any child, family or worker can raise a cultural safety concern under Child Safety Complaints and Concerns Policy and it is recorded as a child safety concern. | Medium |
| CR-10 | A subcontractor, labour hire worker or casual crew member is not covered by our controls | Every person engaged in any capacity is a worker under Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy. Screening, blue card verification, signed Code of Conduct and induction are completed before first attendance, with no exception for short engagements or one-off jobs. Subcontract terms require compliance with Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy and Child Safety Complaints and Concerns Policy and immediate notification of any change in card status. The business does not accept a subcontractor's assurance in place of sighting the card. | Medium |
| CR-11 | A child is injured on equipment because supervision, capacity limits or set-up were inadequate | A competently trained supervisor must be present and actively supervising for the full duration of the hire; the hire does not proceed without one. Supervision responsibility recorded in the Hire Agreement and Liability Waiver and confirmed at delivery on the Safety Briefing and Supervisor Sign-off. Pre-delivery equipment inspection every hire. Inflatables that people are on are installed on grass and pegged; games on hard surfaces are weighted. Capacity, age and height limits briefed and displayed. Wind, weather and shutdown criteria briefed at handover. | Medium |
| CR-12 | At a fete, festival or large public event a child is separated from their carer, or an unknown adult has unsupervised access to children at our unit | Confirm in writing before the event who supervises the unit, how many supervisors, and what the organiser's lost child procedure is. Our crew do not accept responsibility for supervising children unless a Brizzy supervisor is booked and rostered. A lost or distressed child is taken to the organiser's designated point, never away from the area, and never alone with one worker. Queue and entry managed so only the supervising adult admits children. Crew wear uniform or identification at all times. | Medium |
| CR-13 | A worker contacts a child privately by phone, message, social media or gaming | Absolute prohibition on private contact, on giving personal contact details to a child, and on accepting a contact request from a child. All customer communication goes through business numbers, business email and business accounts. Stated in the Code of Conduct and checked at annual refresher. | Low |
| CR-14 | A worker under 18 is placed in a role beyond their capacity, or is themselves at risk | Workers under 18 are not rostered as sole crew, are not left in charge of a site, and are not engaged as supervisors of children on equipment. They work under the direct supervision of a named adult worker. Paid workers under 18 hold a blue card where their role requires one; the under-18 exemption applies to unpaid work only. Their own safety and wellbeing at work is monitored and they are told how to raise a concern under Child Safety Complaints and Concerns Policy. | Medium |
| CR-15 | A concern is not reported, is reported late, or is filtered out by a worker who judges it not serious enough | Every worker has a personal duty to report any concern immediately, without assessing its seriousness. Reporting in good faith is expressly protected and victimisation is a breach of Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy. Reporting pathways and contacts are on the Code of Conduct card carried by crew. The Director records every concern in the Child Safety Complaints Register, including those that turn out to be nothing, and reviews the register annually for signs that concerns are not surfacing. | Medium |
| CR-16 | An intoxicated or impaired adult supervises children on the equipment at a private or licensed event | The supervisor is identified by name at handover and signs the Safety Briefing and Supervisor Sign-off. Crew do not commission a unit where the nominated supervisor is visibly affected by alcohol or drugs, and escalate to the Director, who may refuse or terminate the hire. Terms of hire reserve the right to shut down and remove equipment. Crew do not consume alcohol at any site. | Medium |
| CR-17 | A child safety incident occurs on a site and the school or education body is not informed | Any concern arising at, involving or affecting a student is reported to the principal or nominated child protection contact the same day, in parallel with any report to police or child protection. Where a worker is stood down, every education site they have attended is notified. Site reporting requirements are read at induction for each new education client. | Low |
5. Children with heightened vulnerability
Some children face a greater risk of harm and a greater difficulty in speaking up. Our controls are strengthened where any of the following applies, and the strengthening is planned before the job, not improvised on the day.
| Group | Additional consideration |
|---|---|
| Children with disability | Supervision and communication arrangements agreed with the school or carer at booking. Instructions given in plain language and repeated through the adult who knows the child. Physical assistance only where necessary for immediate safety, minimal, and in view of another adult. Sensory load considered: noise, crowding and blower position. |
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children | Cultural safety upheld under the Universal Principle. Racism treated as a child safety breach. Where an organiser identifies a cultural consideration for an event, it is followed. Families are able to raise cultural safety concerns directly. |
| Children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds | Rules explained simply and demonstrated rather than only spoken. Interpreter or bilingual support arranged through the site where offered. No assumption that a nodding child has understood. |
| Very young children | Age and height separation enforced. Mixed-age use of a unit is not permitted where the size difference creates a risk. Toileting and distress referred to the accompanying adult. |
| Children in out-of-home care, or known to be experiencing family difficulty | Crew are not told, and do not need to know, a child's circumstances. They apply the standard controls to every child and refer any concern to the site staff who do hold that context. |
| Children attending without a parent, at fetes and public events | Entry controlled by the supervising adult. Lost or distressed children taken to the organiser's designated point, never away from the area and never alone with one worker. |
6. High risk activities and special events
The following activities carry elevated risk and require the additional controls set out below, confirmed in writing before the booking is accepted.
6.1 School bookings during operating hours
- Blue cards verified for every attending worker before the booking is confirmed, whether or not the Act requires one for the role.
- Site induction requirements, sign-in procedure and the school's own child protection expectations obtained and read before the day.
- Crew attend in pairs wherever practicable. A worker under 18 is not sent as sole crew.
- Set-up and pack-down scheduled outside student movement times where the school can accommodate it.
- School asked to nominate a staff contact at the work area and to keep students clear during set-up and pack-down.
- The named supervisor for the hire is identified and confirmed in writing before delivery.
6.2 School fetes, festivals and large public events
- Written confirmation before the event of who supervises each unit, how many supervisors, and for how long.
- The organiser's lost child procedure and designated reunification point obtained and briefed to crew.
- Queue management so only a supervising adult admits children, with capacity limits enforced by headcount, not by judgement.
- Crew in uniform or identification at all times, and briefed that they are not the supervisors unless a Brizzy supervisor is booked.
- Where multiple operators share a site, our exclusion zone and supervision arrangements are agreed with the organiser in advance.
6.3 Camps, overnight and multi-day hires
- Equipment is decommissioned and made unusable outside supervised hours, and secured against access.
- No Brizzy worker stays overnight at a site where children are accommodated.
- Daily re-inspection and re-briefing of the supervisor before the unit is recommissioned each day.
- Written confirmation of the responsible adult on site for each day of the hire.
6.4 Private residence hires
- The supervisor is identified by name at handover and signs the Safety Briefing and Supervisor Sign-off.
- Crew do not enter the residence beyond what is required to access the set-up area, and do not enter alone where children are present.
- Crew do not remain on site after handover, and do not accept an invitation to stay at the event.
- The unit is not commissioned where the nominated supervisor is absent or visibly impaired.
6.5 Church, parish and community organisation events
- Blue cards verified for all attending workers.
- The host organisation's own child safe policy and code of conduct obtained and applied in addition to ours.
- Reporting contact for the host organisation identified before the day and given to crew.
ANY CONTROL IN THIS PLAN THAT CANNOT BE MET ON THE DAY IS A STOP. The crew does not commission the equipment, and calls the Director. A booking is never completed by working around a child safety control.
7. Managing breaches of this plan
A breach is any failure to apply a control in this plan, whether or not a child was harmed. Breaches are reported and dealt with, not absorbed.
- The worker who identifies the breach stops the activity where a child is at risk, and reports it to the Director the same day.
- Where a child may have been harmed, the matter is handled under Child Safety Complaints and Concerns Policy from the point of report, including immediate stand-down of any worker involved and external reporting.
- The Director records the breach, determines whether the control failed, was not applied, or was inadequate, and acts accordingly: retraining, additional supervision, a change to the control, formal warning, removal from child-related work, or termination.
- Where the breach involves a worker's conduct towards a child, the Director assesses whether a report to Blue Card Services and to police is required, and makes it.
- Every education site the worker has attended is notified where the worker is stood down or removed.
- The breach and its resolution are recorded and considered at the next review under section 9.
No worker is disadvantaged for reporting a breach in good faith, including a breach by a supervisor or by the Director.
8. Communication and support
| Audience | How we communicate |
|---|---|
| Workers | This plan and Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy issued at induction, before first site attendance. Code of Conduct signed and a contact card carried. Annual refresher training. Toolbox reminders at the start of each school term and before large events. |
| Children and young people | Safety rules explained in plain words at every hire. Statement of Commitment to Child Safety written in language a child can read. Crew tell children they can speak up and that they will be listened to. |
| Parents, carers and customers | Supervision responsibility stated at booking and confirmed at handover. Statement of Commitment to Child Safety published on the website. Full policies available on request. |
| Schools and education bodies | Policy set, blue card status and insurance provided with supplier documentation. Same-day notification of any concern involving a student. Cooperation with site audits and spot checks. |
| Regulators | Records produced on request to Blue Card Services, the Queensland Family and Child Commission, the Queensland Police Service and the child protection authority. |
9. Monitoring, review and continuous improvement
This plan is reviewed by the Director at least annually, and immediately after any child safety incident, complaint, breach, legislative change, or change to our services, equipment or client types. The review covers:
- Whether each control was actually applied on the ground, tested against delivery records, sign-off sheets and crew feedback, not against what the plan says
- The Child Safety Complaints Register and the Incident and Near Miss Register, examined for patterns and for concerns that were raised late or not at all
- Blue card and training currency across all workers
- New or changed risks arising from new equipment, new site types or new client requirements
- Feedback from children, families, workers, schools and event organisers
- The outcome of the Child Safe Standards self-assessment
Findings are recorded, actions are assigned with a due date, and the plan is reissued with the revision history updated. Workers are notified of any material change and re-acknowledge the Code of Conduct where the change affects it.
10. Accountability
| Role | Accountability under this plan |
|---|---|
| Director, Jason Weier | Owns this plan. Approves it, reviews it, verifies screening and training, receives and acts on breaches, makes external reports, and decides whether a booking proceeds where a control cannot be met. |
| Lead crew member on each job | Verifies on site that the controls for that job are in place before the unit is commissioned, and stops the job where they are not. |
| All workers | Apply the controls, report breaches and concerns immediately, and maintain their own screening and training currency. |
11. Related documents
- POL-050 Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy, including Annex A Child Safe Code of Conduct
- POL-051 Child Safety Complaints and Concerns Policy
- POL-052 Statement of Commitment to Child Safety
- Workplace Behaviour and Zero Tolerance of Abuse Policy
- Work health and safety risk assessments
- Equipment Pre-Delivery Inspection Checklist
- Hire Agreement, Liability Waiver, Safety Briefing and Supervisor Sign-off
- Child Safety Complaints Register, and Incident and Near Miss Register
- Employee register maintained under the blue card system
12. Revision history
| Version | Date | Changes made | Changed by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.01 | 7 Sep 2026 | Initial issue. Drafted to the Queensland Child Safe Standards under the Child Safe Organisations Act 2024 (Qld), replacing the child and youth risk management strategy formerly required under the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000 (Qld). | BJC |
