For approved providers & nominated supervisors

The training is free. Proving it for every staff member by 27 August is the hard part.

Every educator, casual, volunteer and student — completion evidenced, WWCC verified, worker register current. 37 editable documents mapped to the 2025–26 child-safety reforms, with the registers that put the proof on one page.

“Show me completion evidence for everyone in the building today.” Answer in ten seconds.

That's the question authorised officers open with now. 37 editable documents mapped to the 2025–26 child-safety reforms — policies, procedures and the registers that hold your evidence, organised the way officers ask for it.

$247 once · instant download · invoice included · includes every update for 12 months

1 Sep 20252 Jan 202627 Feb 202624 Apr 202627 Aug 2026
Fanned stack of printed Child Safety Ready kit documents, including the Providing a Child Safe Environment Policy 2026 edition
37 documents · 8 groups + start-here every clause cited — reg 168 · reg 176 · Part 6A · reg 151 checked against the Regs 15 Jul 2026 ABN 91 949 773 596
Why this kit exists

Five commencement dates rewrote child-safety compliance. Here's each one, from the source.

No scare copy — just what changed, when, and the primary source for each. Check everything.

1 SEP 2025

Digital technologies policy + 24-hour reporting

Every service needs a safe-use-of-digital-technologies & online environments policy (reg 168(2)(ha)) covering images, authorisations and any optical surveillance — and incidents or allegations of physical or sexual abuse must now be notified within 24 hours (reg 176), down from 7 days. ACECQA ↗

2 JAN 2026

Maximum penalties tripled

Maximum penalties under the National Law tripled, and penalty infringement notices expanded — a PIN now bites at 10% of the maximum, on a longer list of offences. ACECQA ↗

27 FEB 2026

Device ban · WWCC before work · Worker Register · training duty

Personal devices banned while working directly with children (National Law Part 6A). No verified WWCC, no first shift — no pending applications, no grace period. The National Early Childhood Worker Register became mandatory with a 14-day update duty (existing workforce loaded by 27 Mar). Mandatory child-safety training duty began. ACECQA ↗

24 APR 2026

Child-safe environment & recruitment elements

Expanded child-safe-environment policy elements (reg 168(2)(h)), child-safe recruitment requirements (reg 168(2)(i)(ia)–(ib)), WWCC numbers and room/time allocation in educator records (reg 151), and notifier signatures on notifications (reg 87(3)(e)(iii)). Commencement verified in NSW — our state cover sheet flags where to confirm locally. NSW DoE ↗

27 AUG 2026

All existing staff must have completed child-safety training

The transition window closes: every existing staff member's mandatory training must be complete, new starters within 14 days of starting (or before working directly with children, whichever is earlier), recompletion every 2 years. The training itself is free and only counts via the government's Geccko platform — the evidence trail is your job, and it's what officers ask to see. ACECQA ↗

One page of proof

“Show me completion evidence for everyone in the building today.”

The kit's Training Evidence Register — an editable register you keep current, organised exactly the way authorised officers ask. Open it, and the answer is one page.

PersonRoleWWCC / checkExpiryChild-safety trainingRefresher due
[Educator A] (example)Lead educatorVerified ✓03/2029Completed 12/05/2026 ✓12/05/2028
[Casual B] (example)CasualVerified ✓11/2027Due before 27/08/2026
[Student C] (example)PlacementVerified ✓05/2027Within 14 days of start

In the kit today: editable Word/Excel registers for training evidence, WWCC expiries, the worker register's 14-day clock, and device authorisations. The live app version — automatic state-aware countdowns and alerts — is in build now; kit buyers get 3 months free when it launches. No lock-in, no per-seat fees, and we'll never tell you the paper registers stopped working.

Everything included — no accordion games

37 documents. Each one answers a question an officer actually asks.

Left: the question. Right: the document that answers it, with the clause it evidences. Four documents ship in all 8 state/territory versions 8 states — the other 32 are national with a one-page state cover sheet.

Start here

2 documents
Where do we even start with all of this?
00 · START HERE — implementation & 2026 compliance guidethe whole kit, sequenced
Which of these apply differently in my state?
36 · State cover sheet — all 8 WWCC systems on one pageNSW · Vic · Qld · WA · SA · Tas · ACT · NT

Devices & digital technology

6 documents
Show me your digital technologies policy and its last review date.
01 · Safe Use of Digital Technologies & Online Environments Policyreg 168(2)(ha) · in force 1 Sep 2025
How do staff know the device rule — show me signed acknowledgments.
02 · Personal Device Ban Procedure + signed staff acknowledgmentNational Law Part 6A · 27 Feb 2026
Which devices may photograph children, and where is that recorded?
03 · Service-Issued Device Register & authorisation logPart 6A authorised devices
Show me a current image authorisation — and how you destroy images when a child leaves.
04 · Image & Video Authorisation + retention/destruction schedulereg 168(2)(ha)(i)–(ii)
Who can view CCTV footage? Show me the access log.
05 · CCTV / Optical Surveillance Policy + footage access logreg 168(2)(ha)(iii)
That educator carries a phone — where is the documented exception?
06 · Personal Device Exception RegisterPart 6A exceptions

WWCC before work

4 documents
Walk me through what happened before your newest educator's first shift.
07 · WWCC Verification-Before-Work SOP 8 states27 Feb 2026 · no pending starts, no grace period
The photographer — the student on placement — what check did you verify?
08 · Contractor / Volunteer / Student Check Checklist 8 statesincl. teacher-registration substitutions
Show me current check status for everyone on today's roster.
09 · WWCC Expiry & Renewal Register — 90/60/30-day countdownsreg 151 · 24 Apr 2026
An educator gets a negative notice this morning — what happens by lunchtime?
10 · WWCC Status-Change & Negative Notice Response Procedure 8 states72h worker / 24h provider timings

National Early Childhood Worker Register

3 documents
Pull up this educator in the Worker Register.
11 · NECWR Onboarding & Data-Entry Proceduremandatory 27 Feb 2026
This person left last month — when was the register updated?
12 · 14-Day Update SOP + change-trigger checklist14-day duty per change event
How do you know the register is accurate?
13 · Monthly Register Reconciliation Auditregs 145–152 cross-check

Training evidence — the 27 August group

4 documents
Show completion evidence for every person in the building today.
14 · Child Safety Training Evidence Registerdeadline 27 Aug 2026 · offences ~$6,600/$34,200
This educator started three weeks ago — completion date?
15 · New-Starter 14-Day Training Compliance Checklist14 days, or before working with children
Who falls due next quarter, and how will you catch them?
16 · Biennial Refresher Training Scheduler2-year recompletion cycles
How do you verify the course is the approved one for this jurisdiction?
17 · Child Protection Training Policy + approved course listreg 84 · jurisdiction lists

24-hour reporting

4 documents
Show your last notification timestamp against when you first became aware.
18 · 24-Hour Abuse-Allegation Notification Procedurereg 176 · s 174 · internal 4h escalation
Who classifies an allegation, and how fast?
19 · Allegation Intake & Notification Decision Tree24h vs 7-day pathways, one page
Who lodged this notification — and where's their signature?
20 · Notification Record Templatereg 87(3)(e)(iii) · 24 Apr 2026
Did you also notify the reportable conduct body?
21 · Reportable Conduct Scheme Cross-Map 8 statesthe second duty most services miss

Child-safe environment & governance (QA7)

6 documents
Show me where your policy addresses each new required element.
22 · Providing a Child Safe Environment Policy — 2026 editionreg 168(2)(h) · 24 Apr 2026
Show recruitment policy plus interview evidence for your last hire.
23 · Child Safe Recruitment & Employment Policyreg 168(2)(i)(ia)–(ib)
Signed codes of conduct for all staff?
24 · Staff Code of Conduct — child-safe edition, signed per staff memberdevices · contact · digital comms
What child-safety risks did you assess this year, and what changed?
25 · Child Safety Risk Registers 5D systemic risk · QA2
Who owns child safety here — and where is your compliance history displayed?
26 · QA7 Governance & Accountability Packs 4 paramountcy · s 172(3)–(4)
How can a casual educator raise a concern about a colleague safely?
27 · Protected Disclosures / Speak-Up ProcedureNSW s 300E · national good practice

Incidents & notifications

4 documents
Show me the record for the incident on that date.
28 · Incident, Injury, Trauma & Illness Record — 2026 fieldsreg 87 incl. new signature fields
How do you know which notification timeframe applies?
29 · Serious Incident Notification Template Set + timeframe cheat-sheets 174 · regs 175–176 · NQA ITS
Show me your complaints register, and how the last complaint was notified.
30 · Complaints Handling Procedure & Registerreg 168(2)(o) · s 174(2)(b)
An allegation is made at 9am — what does that educator do at 9:30?
31 · Post-Allegation Staff Management Proceduress 178 / 178A / 178D–E powers

Spot-visit & A&R preparation

4 documents
(The knock at the door.)
32 · Unannounced Visit Readiness Checklist — the first 15 minutes+ monthly self-drill sheet
How do you self-assess against the updated elements?
33 · Child Safety Self-Assessment vs QA2/QA7 — 2026 refinementsNQS updates · 1 Jan 2026
How do you track new obligations?
34 · 2026 Compliance Calendar — every commencement date, one page1 Sep 25 → 27 Aug 26
Any question above.
35 · Inspector Evidence Binder Index — question → document → locationthe kit's signature page
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Every document, viewable in full, before you pay a dollar.

Honest about the work

Three steps — and yes, step two is yours.

1

Download today

Instant download after secure Stripe checkout. Editable Word and Excel — no software, no lock-in, no per-seat fees. Start with the START-HERE guide.

2

Tailor to your service

These are strong first drafts, not plug-and-play compliance — assessors look for consistency between your documentation, your educators' knowledge, and practice. Every clause is cited, so tailoring takes an afternoon, not a term.

3

Keep the evidence live

The registers do the daily work: training evidence, WWCC countdowns, the 14-day worker-register clock, device authorisations. When the knock comes, the binder index finds everything.

The fair comparison

ACECQA's free material is genuinely good. Here's exactly what it doesn't do.

OptionCostWhat you getWhat's missing
ACECQA + state DoE resources Free Good guidance PDFs, sample outlines, info sheets — we cite them throughout. Spread across 30+ pages and five commencement dates. No working registers, no acknowledgment forms, no state overlays, no inspector-question mapping. The templates are free; the ~40 hours to adapt, cross-reference and evidence them are not.
ChildSafetyReady kit $247 once The 36 documents a single-service owner-director needs for the 2025–26 reforms — editable, clause-cited, registers included, 8-state overlays on the 4 docs that need them, binder index on top. It's reform-focused, not an everything-library — and you still tailor it (step two is yours).
Policy library subscription
e.g. The Desktop
$770/yr 1,800+ resources on subscription — an excellent everything-library if you want everything. Annual cost, and most of the library isn't about the 2025–26 child-safety reforms. 78% of providers run a single service — most need the 36, not the 1,800.
Consultants Quote-gated Tailoring done for you — right for complex, multi-site groups. You won't see a price until the call. We show ours: it's $247.
Why we built this

A director shouldn't lose a weekend to policy mapping.

I build compliance document kits for Australian small providers — this is the third regulated sector we've built for. The pattern is always the same: the rules are public, the guidance is free, and the working documents still take a director dozens of evening hours to assemble. Directors in this sector are already reporting hours a fortnight lost to evidence-chasing on the new training rules alone. So we did the assembly: every clause read, every date verified against the primary source, every register built as a working table. Preview all of it before you pay — and if you email, a human answers within one business day. That human is usually me.

— Daniel, founder

We're new in this sector — that's exactly why founding pricing and preview-everything exist. No reviews yet; check our claims against the sources instead.

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37 documents. Most services need exactly this.

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  • 8-state overlays on the 4 state-specific docs
  • Every update to your edition free for 12 months
  • Inspector Evidence Binder Index
  • 3 months of the register app when it launches
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30-day money-back guarantee

If the kit isn't right for your service, email us within 30 days for a full refund — no forms, no hoops. This guarantee sits on top of your Australian Consumer Law rights and never replaces or limits them. Payments are processed by Stripe; you'll have an invoice in your inbox immediately.

The question that kills one-time kits

“What happens when the regs change?”

Every update to your edition is free for 12 months from purchase — and our update log is public, dated, and on this page. If it goes quiet, hold us to it.

15 JUL 2026Kit v1.0 — every document checked against the ACECQA reform pages, the Education and Care Services National Amendment Regulations 2025, and the NSW Devices Order 2026 before release.
15 JUL 2026childsafetyready.com.au launched. Founding pricing live.
Questions directors actually ask

Straight answers, sources included.

Is the child-safety training itself included?

No — and be wary of anyone selling it. The mandatory training is free and only counts when completed through the government's Geccko platform. What we sell is the evidence layer: the register and documents that prove who's done it, who's due, and who was checked before their first shift. That proof — for every casual with a personal-email Geccko account — is the hard part, and it's what officers ask to see.

ACECQA's templates are free. Why pay $247?

They're genuinely good — and free. They're also PDFs spread across 30+ pages and five commencement dates, with no working registers, no acknowledgment forms, no state overlays, and no inspector-question mapping. The templates are free; the ~40 hours to adapt, cross-reference and evidence them are not. We cite ACECQA's material throughout — check it first if you have the hours.

Is this plug-and-play compliance?

No — and be wary of anyone who says yes. Assessors look for consistency between your documentation, your educators' knowledge, and actual practice. These are strong first drafts you tailor to your service, with every reg clause cited so tailoring takes an afternoon, not a term.

Is it right for my state?

32 documents are national, with a one-page state cover sheet. The four that genuinely differ — the WWCC-before-work SOP, the contractor/volunteer checklist, the WWCC status-change procedure, and the reportable-conduct cross-map — carry full 8-jurisdiction overlays: Qld Blue Card (3-year validity), WA 3-year cards, NT Ochre Card (2-year), teacher-registration substitutions in Vic/Qld/WA — all encoded.

You're new. There are no reviews.

True — we launched in this sector this year, which is exactly why founding pricing exists. So instead of asking for trust: preview all 37 documents before paying, take the 30-day money-back guarantee on top of your ACL rights, and check our claims against the primary sources we link. When reviews arrive, they'll be real ones — names, services, states.

I already pay for OWNA / Xplor / a CCMS.

Keep it — that's your operations platform. This is the policy substance and evidence trail those platforms assume you already have. No software lock-in and no per-seat fees: documents you own outright.

Are smartwatches banned? What about devices on excursions?

This exact question stream is why document 01 exists — the device rules raised so many questions that ACA NSW published a 21-question FAQ. The kit's device-policy pack covers personal devices, service-issued devices, exceptions (medical, family-communication, emergencies), excursions and smartwatch categories — as an editable policy your staff can actually read and sign, with the authorisation and exception registers behind it.

What happens after 27 August?

The deadline passes; the duties don't. New starters still need training within 14 days, refreshers still fall due every 2 years, WWCC checks still expire, the worker register still has a 14-day update clock, and unannounced visits don't send calendar invites. The kit's registers are built for the ongoing rhythm, not just the deadline.

What exactly happens after I pay?

Stripe checkout, then you're taken straight to your download page — the full kit as editable Word and Excel files, plus your invoice by email. If anything's off, email us and a named human replies within one business day.

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