ECRU Sector Support

ECRU Checklists

Unannounced Compliance Monitoring Visits 

During unannounced compliance visits, ECRU Authorised Officers (AO) will begin to use revised compliance checklists. The intention of the new checklists is to strengthen a risk-based approach to compliance monitoring. Checklists will include regulatory updates to enable monitoring of the sector's understanding of their obligations and subsequent compliance, as well as identified trends and potential risks to children.

It is expected that in some instances, where transportation and excursions are provided, the visits will take longer to complete in comparison to previous visits.

To assist services with the visit, AOs will provide a list of documents they require to review when they arrive at the service. The 'Documents Required for Compliance Monitoring' list is now located on the ECRU website.  You may choose to take some time to locate and make these documents accessible while the AO completes other parts of the checklist across the service.

The revised checklists are now available on the ECRU website for services to access and use as a self-auditing tool or to simply review and know what to expect at a compliance monitoring visit.