Description
The Child Safety Compliance Tracker is a practical compliance tool for Australian Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) services navigating the latest child safety reforms and regulatory requirements.
Designed for approved providers, nominated supervisors, centre directors, service managers and management committees, the tracker brings key child safety obligations together in one place and provides a structured way to record the evidence your service has in place.
The resource includes a dated reform tracker covering major child safety and compliance developments, including unannounced regulatory visits, increased penalties under the National Law and Regulations, mandatory child safety training, the Early Childhood Worker Register, working with children checks, personal mobile device restrictions, public compliance information, Child Care Subsidy compliance powers and the future link between the Worker Retention Payment and Quality Area 2.
It also includes a practical weekly compliance check to help services monitor worker records, screening checks, device rules, supervision plans, incident documentation, child safe policies and staff training. A dedicated training and screening register allows services to record foundation and advanced child safety training alongside working with children check expiry dates, while the action register helps assign responsibility and deadlines for identified compliance gaps.
Rather than relying on policies alone, the Child Safety Compliance Tracker helps services build a clear, dated record of what has been implemented, who is responsible and what evidence is available if an authorised officer attends the service.
Use it as part of your regular governance and compliance process to identify gaps early, maintain accountability and strengthen your service’s readiness for regulatory scrutiny.
