CHILDCARE COMPLIANCE CHECKLIST
Strengthening child safety through smarter compliance practices
This checklist guides childcare providers through the essential steps for managing everyday compliance, from workforce checks and documentation to privacy, reporting, and audit readiness. It highlights how organised digital systems can reduce risk, improve accuracy, and support safer, more consistent child safe practices across the service.
What’s in the Checklist?
The core compliance tasks childcare services must manage every day
How digital systems support clearer recordkeeping and safer operations
Steps to maintain current workforce checks and documentation
How to track learning, skill updates, and required content
Practical actions for secure data management and privacy
Guidance for maintaining audit readiness across the year
How WorkPro supports childcare compliance through connected tools
What you need to know
Childcare providers manage a significant amount of compliance activity, and many services still rely on manual processes that are difficult to maintain. When checks, documents, acknowledgements, or incident notes live across paper files or scattered systems, it becomes harder to keep information current and ready for audits or assessments.
These gaps can affect workforce readiness, create extra pressure for leaders, and make it difficult to demonstrate consistent child safe practice. As expectations continue to rise across privacy, workforce screening, incident reporting, and governance, services need systems that keep information organised and easy to access.
Digital compliance tools help by centralising records, reducing manual steps, and giving leaders a clear view of what is complete and what needs attention. This checklist outlines the essential areas childcare providers should review to ensure their compliance processes remain accurate, connected, and confident for every requirement. Download it now.
