LinkedIn

Our LinkedIn page is managed by the Queensland Department of Families, Seniors, Disability Services and Child Safety (we/us).

Comments guideline

This is an open forum and we encourage everyone to participate in open and constructive conversation. We strive to be responsive and respectful, prioritising the safety of women, the wellbeing and needs of children, young people, seniors, people with disability, carers and families. We aim to provide a supportive online community that is built on courtesy, kindness and respect. We monitor this page from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm (AEST) Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays) to ensure our community members are not exposed to offensive language, discrimination or manipulative or predatory content.

We encourage you to share your views, but we will remove content that breaches any of the following guidelines. This includes text, graphics, video, GIFs, links and any other content which is posted to the page.

• No profanity, obscenity or vulgarity
• No political content such as comments and links
• No content that could be considered prejudicial, racist or inflammatory
• No posts that divert conversations away from the topic or in a deliberately antagonistic direction
• No gratuitously violent or sexually explicit or offensive terms and imagery
• Do not defame an individual or group of people
• Do not name call and/or make personal attacks
• Do not repetitiously post a single comment on a single post, or a number of posts
• Do not post unintelligible content
• Do not falsely represent another individual, organisation, government or entity
• Do not infringe copyright or intellectual property rights
• Do not disclose personal information that identifies an individual - including the commenter (e.g. email addresses, phone numbers or private addresses)
• Do not identify a child in care or in the youth justice system even if they're not named (e.g. you cannot identify that your niece or nephew is in care)
• Do not identify a child or children at risk of harm, even if they're not in the care or youth justice systems
• Do not identify Child Safety Officers or other department staff
• Do not reveal the identity of a person/s involved in a court matter, either currently before the court or a previous court proceeding
• Do not identify the parties to a domestic violence order (aggrieved or respondent). This includes identifying yourself as someone who has applied for or been granted a domestic violence order, either currently or in the past
• Do not divulge details about crimes or their victims (this can breach the privacy of victims and their families and in some cases may be a criminal offence)
• Do not identify a person who has experienced elder abuse (aggrieved or respondent)
• Do not promote a commercial product, service, business, company or organisation.

If a comment causes us to be concerned for the welfare or safety of an individual, we will respond via private message with information about options for addressing those concerns.

We reserve the right to update this policy at any time.

Repeated violations of these guidelines may result in the denial of access to this page.

Reporting child abuse

If you have a reason to suspect a child in Queensland is experiencing harm, or is at risk of experiencing harm or being neglected, contact Child Safety Services and talk to someone about your concerns:

• During normal business hours - contact Regional Intake Services.
• After hours and on weekends - contact the Child Safety After Hours Service Centre on 1800 177 135. The service operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Any reports of child abuse submitted to the LinkedIn page will be escalated to the relevant Regional Intake Service, however, for privacy reasons, we recommend submitting reports directly to the services. Staff at these services are professionally trained in child protection and they are skilled in dealing with information about harm or risk of harm to children.

Reporting domestic, sexual or family violence

Our LinkedIn page is a forum for discussion and is not intended as a place for counselling or seeking emergency assistance.

If you are in danger, don’t feel safe, or fear for someone else’s safety, call Triple Zero (000) immediately and ask for Queensland Police.

For non-urgent police assistance, phone Policelink on 131 444.

Help and support is available for anyone affected by domestic, family and sexual violence.

• DVConnect Womensline on 1800 811 811
• DVConnect Mensline on 1800 600 636
• MensLine Australia (24/7): 1300 789 978
• Sexual Assault Helpline (7.30am to 11.30pm, 7 days): 1800 010 120
• Rainbow Sexual, Domestic and Family Violence Helpline (24/7): 1800 497 212
• 13YARN (24/7): 13 92 76
• Kids Helpline (24/7): 1800 551 800
• Lifeline (24/7): 13 11 14.

If you require more information, support or resources, please visit support for victims of abuse.

Report elder abuse

If you are experiencing elder abuse, or suspect that an older person is being abused, it is important to know that help is available.

• In an emergency phone the police on triple zero (000)
• Call the Elder Abuse Helpline (9am–5pm, Monday to Friday) for free and confidential advice for anyone experiencing elder abuse or who suspects someone they know may be experiencing elder abuse.
  Phone: 1300 651 192 (Queensland only) or (07) 3867 2525 (rest of Australia).

For privacy reasons, we recommend calling the Elder Abuse Helpline or Police. Staff at these services are professionally trained and they are skilled in dealing with information about harm or risk of harm to older people.

Privacy

All content published on the LinkedIn web platform is governed by LinkedIn’s privacy policy. As users agree to these conditions by registering as a LinkedIn user any content published on the LinkedIn website or app, is subject to LinkedIn’s terms and conditions which override the Queensland Government's Privacy Policy. As we cannot be held responsible for content you choose to share on this page, to protect your privacy we recommend you do not disclose personally identifying information about yourself or others.

Comments posted and messages received through this page may be archived by us for recordkeeping purposes.

For further information or questions please contact socialmedia@cyjma.qld.gov.au.