CCTV may help a service understand a safety event after immediate needs are addressed. This guide describes a careful review process that protects children and families.
Immediate response comes first
Attend to the child, seek medical care if necessary and activate your incident response procedure. Do not delay care while locating or replaying footage.
Preserving relevant footage
Identify the time window and camera, preserve relevant material before routine overwrite and record who made the preservation decision. Avoid copying more footage than necessary.
Who can access it
Use role-based access under the approved provider's policy. Log who viewed footage, when and why. Requests from authorities should be handled through the service's established process and current law.
Finding the right moment fast
SooperVision alerts include centre, camera name, zone and exact time so authorised staff can go to the matching recording on their NVR. Alerts assist navigation; they do not describe every aspect of an incident.
Exports and access logs
Record who exported a clip, the purpose, date, recipients and secure transfer method. Limit recipients and follow your service's retention and deletion schedule.
Privacy
Restrict viewing to a defined purpose, avoid sharing images of other children where possible and apply safeguards required by the Australian Privacy Principles and applicable state surveillance law.
Learning from near misses
Use review findings to revisit sight lines, transitions, educator positions and policies with the team, without scoring or ranking individual educators.
Footage and statutory records
Footage may support understanding, but does not replace incident, injury, trauma and illness records, serious-incident notifications or any required communication with families and regulators. Follow the current National Regulations and your jurisdiction's processes.
Where technology helps
AI-assisted alerts can help teams notice defined supervision risks on existing CCTV. They support active supervision and do not replace educators or identify people on CCTV.
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General information only, not legal advice. Check current requirements with your state or territory regulatory authority.