Child Protection Audits

Ensuring safe environments for children

Child Matters offers comprehensive child protection audits to help organisations assess and strengthen their child protection policies, procedures, and practices. Our audits are designed to ensure your organisation meets legislative requirements and industry best practices.

What is a child protection audit?

A child protection audit is an expert review of your organisation’s approach to child safety. Our team assesses your current procedures and policies, identifies strengths and suggests areas of improvement. Our clear recommendations will help your organisation to meet compliance and best practice standards.

Audit process

Our audit process can be tailored to suit your needs, but may include:

01

Policy review

An analysis of your existing child protection policy, with feedback and suggestions for improvement. This step is completed remotely.

02

Procedure assessment

Surveys and interviews are conducted (on-site or remotely) to evaluate how child safeguarding procedures are being implemented and monitored in your organisation.

03

People and culture

We interview key staff within your organisation to better understand and provide valuable feedback on organisational culture, child protection knowledge and identify strengths and potential risks.

04

Facility reviews

On-site inspections of physical spaces will ensure they are child-focused and promote safety and well-being for tamariki.

Audit Testimonial

"We felt valued and respected at every step of the way. There was a level of care in the process that was outstanding. This is a serious and vitally important area. Child Matters lives and breathes this; their passion and desire is clear.

Child Matters staff checked in and kept us updated as the work progressed. The reports were well researched and well written. They were clear, easy to understand and not only told us how we were doing but provided great recommendations on how we could improve. These were specific and showed they understood who we are and our values and structure.

Staff from Child Matters were always warm; engaging; highly professional; on task and extremely helpful. They could not have done more to assist. In addition, their training in this area is highly recommended. If you are seeking to work with an organisation that will provide outstanding professional service; deep care; and appropriate training in the area of child protection, I most warmly commend Child Matters."