esafekids STORY
"Protecting children from harm is a shared responsibility. We can all play a role in the care, safety and protection of children."
- Kayelene Kerr -
Kayelene Kerr
Dip(PublicSaf), AdvDip(PublicSaf), BA(Just)
Child Safety Advocate and Trainer
Cyber Safety, Digital Wellness & Pornography Education Specialist
eSafeKids is a social enterprise founded by Kayelene Kerr. Kayelene is recognised as one of Western Australia’s most experienced specialist providers of Protective Behaviours, Body Safety, Cyber Safety, Digital Wellness and Pornography education workshops. Kayelene has featured on Australian and international television broadcasts, radio programs and in print media.
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Kayelene has dedicated her working life to protecting and serving the community, in both the government and not-for-profit sector.
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Passionate about the prevention of child abuse, sexual exploitation and sexual violence Kayelene draws on over 25 years’ experience of study and law enforcement, investigating sexual crimes, including technology facilitated crimes. Kayelene delivers engaging and sought after prevention education workshops to educate, equip and empower children and young people, and to help support parents, carers, educators and other professionals. Kayelene believes protecting children from harm is a shared responsibility and she aims to inspire the trusted adults in children’s lives to tackle sometimes challenging topics.
Kayelene has travelled extensively throughout Western Australia as a sought after key note speaker and workshop facilitator. Kayelene has presented to international audiences and has delivered keynote addresses and workshops at Education, Child Protection, Health, Family & Domestic Violence and Community Services conferences. Kayelene has also presented to many primary and secondary school students, government and non-government departments and many service providers.
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Kayelene is one of the Telethon Kids Institute’s trusted Expert Cyber Educators and is currently working with the institute on a number of ongoing projects.
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eSafeKids is endorsed by the eSafety Commissioner as a Trusted eSafety Provider. This means you can have confidence that Kayelene delivers high quality online safety education that aligns with eSafety's Best Practice Framework for Online Safety Education.
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Kayelene worked in the not-for-profit sector for 7 years and continues to collaborate with a number of not-for-profit organisations across Australia.
"The true character of society is revealed in how it treats its children"
- Nelson Mandela -
Several years ago, Kayelene observed an increase in children being exposed to and viewing pornography; children and young people displaying harmful sexual behaviours; sexual violence; online child sexual abuse and exploitation; image based abuse and youth produced sexual content.
The ubiquity of the internet and portable electronic devices had transformed the way pornography was accessed and how pornography accesses children. Whilst pornography is not new, the nature and accessibility of pornography has changed considerably. The way we approach the issue, therefore, needs to be different. In the absence of adequate education in the home, school and wider community, pornography is the primary, and in many cases, the only education children and young people receive about human relationships and sexuality.
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Children are growing up in a world where it’s impossible to avoid sexualised media and pornography.
To address the harmful effects of pornography on children, young people, families and the wider community, Kayelene has worked tirelessly since 2015, committing herself to developing and delivering workshops to primary and secondary students. Parents, carers, educators and other professionals often struggle with or don’t know how to start much needed conversations. To address this Kayelene developed practical, strategy rich workshops to educate, equip, empower, support and inspire those that live and work with children and young people.
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Kayelene works tirelessly in Western Australia to consult relevant stakeholders and identify gaps in the provision of services currently available, striving for a collaborative and coordinated response across all sectors involved in protecting children from harm. Kayelene provided a submission to The Australian House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs inquiry into age verification for online wagering and online pornography and was cited in the final report to the Australian Parliament. This resulted in the Protecting the age of innocence report.
In collaboration with the Valuing Children Initiative in 2020, Kayelene was the key note speaker at a round table in Perth, Western Australia, Reducing The Harm: Talking About Children and Pornography. This is an ongoing, action focused initiative to mobilise responses to reduce the harmful effects of pornography on children and young people in Western Australia.
Spotlight on
Sexual Violence inWestern
Australia
Kayelene was invited to sit on the expert panel at the 2020 state launch of the report 'Spotlight on Sexual Violence in Western Australia'.
Channel 9 News
Kayelene spoke with Channel 9 News about the emergence of an Instagram page glorifying teen violence.
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Telethon Kids Institute
Kayelene is proud to be one of the Telethon Kids Institute's trusted Expert Cyber Educators.
Books: A Girl's Guide To Puberty & A Guy's Guide To Puberty
Kayelene was thrilled to review the child safety content in these books.
The Fathering Project
Kayelene is proud to support The Fathering Project and enjoyed delivering a community workshop Reducing The Harm: Talking About Children and Pornography.
Book: The Little Possum Who Looked Up
Kayelene was thrilled to review the manuscript of The Little Possum Who Looked Up and provide the review that appears on the rear of the book.
Kayelene is proud to support:
