Safeguarding & Child Safety

Child Safety Express Audit

Providing an efficient and affordable solution to understanding your organisation’s compliance with child safety legal obligations

30-minute teleconference

To gather instructions and background information about your organisation to ensure the audit is tailored to your organisation, relevant laws and best practice 

High-level review

Audit of your current policies and procedures, the culture of child safety and the implementation of the Child Safe Standards across your organisation

Express audit report

Identify gaps and provide recommendations to support compliance with child safety legal obligations and alignment with best practice standards

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Book an Express Audit

We invite you to contact Safe Space Legal to book an express audit of your current Child safety policies and practices within your organisation

Location

Our lawyers are based in Victoria and Brisbane, servicing the Safeguarding needs of organisations nationwide

Safe Space Legal - Child Safety and Safeguarding Compliance Specialists

Safe Space Legal is Australia’s premier legal practice dedicated exclusively to child safety and safeguarding. We are here to support your organisation in every aspect of its journey towards creating a safe space for children and vulnerable people.

We offer Safeguarding Audits & Child Safe Compliance Audits, providing Australia-wide support to organisations committed to child safety and safeguarding. From comprehensive compliance audits to fostering a safeguarding culture, we are your dedicated partners in ensuring excellence in child protection and the safety of vulnerable adults.

We understand how hard it can be to obtain the right support to manage the needs of children at risk of harm successfully. We will work with your organisation to provide a comprehensive plan to safeguard children and vulnerable people within your care.

How Will An Independent Audit Help Your Organisation?

For many organisations, internal audits provide valuable feedback but may not give a complete picture of your organisation’s overall safeguarding culture. Independent audits offer a fresh perspective that can build on or bridge gaps in policies and implementation.

Not only do we have a wealth of experience in this area, but we are committed to providing an unbiased and thorough audit report. We go beyond the surface, delving into critical aspects of child safety such as culture, recruitment, policies, procedures, training and record keeping, to identify areas where risks may lie. 

In addition to the Express Audit, we can provide further services if required including training, policy development, investigations and critical response.

Child Safety Express Audit
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Children and young people are inherently vulnerable to abuse and harm.  Children have a right to feel safe and be safe in all environments.  Exposing children and young people to abuse and harm may cause long-term trauma and impact their growth and development.  Organisations must take active steps to comply with their duty of care to mitigate risk of harm.

Key Components of Our Safeguarding Audits

The Express Audit encompass a high-level review of your safeguarding policies and procedures, with a keen eye on governance and compliance. We act as an external review mechanism, offering an unbiased perspective to enhance the integrity of your safeguarding processes.

Whether you are an organisation with limited time to assess and implement your own review, a new organisation looking at getting started, or an organisation seeking improvement after an incident, we tailor our support to meet your unique needs. We will work closely with key stakeholders and provide clear recommendations to improve your safeguarding capacity. 

Our Express Audit

Policy & Document Review

We will ensure that all policies and procedures to safeguard children and vulnerable people are reviewed with recommendations to ensure that the documents are legally sound

Process & Procedure Review

Our team will assess your processes and procedures to ensure they are actively keeping children and vulnerable people safe and that your organisation is properly implementing the policies.

Identifying Training & Education Gaps

Your staff are key to the successful implementation of safeguarding principles. We will identify any training, skill and knowledge gaps in your team and can provide further training if required.

Legal Compliance

A key part of our Safeguarding audit process is ensuring that your organisation is legally compliant by reviewing your policies and procedures against your legal obligations to ensure you are legally compliant

Risk Identification & Management

We will help identify risks and provide strategies for effective risk management across child safety and wellbeing, disclosure, reporting, and preventing abuse and neglect.

Intake

To ensure the success of our safeguarding audits, we will conduct a thorough intake to ensure that the audit and recommendations are tailored to your organisation.
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Ongoing Support & Training To Ensure Positive Safeguarding Outcomes After An Audit

Our Safeguarding Audits offer an unbiased, high level audit report. We assess your policies against the relevant Child Safe Standards or National Principles for Child Safe Organisations, identifying areas for improvement and providing actionable steps.

Our audit reports provide clear and actionable insights into your organisation’s safeguarding practices. You’ll have the assurance that your practices align with relevant legislation, and will be able to identify gaps to improve your safeguarding capacity.

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Contact Information

Get in touch today to discuss your organisations safeguarding needs

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(03) 9124 7321

office@safespacelegal.com.au

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Book Your Express Audit Today

We welcome you to contact us for more information regarding our express audit or if you wish to further discuss how Safe Space Legal can support your organisation to be a best practice leader in child safety and safeguarding.

Let us help your organisation positively impact the lives of young people by ensuring a dedicated safeguarding culture within your workplace.