The Office of the Children’s Guardian
2024-25
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Overview

The role of the Office of the Children’s Guardian is to regulate, monitor, and foster child safe practices and capabilities in government agencies and non-public sector entities that provide services to children. The Guardian is responsible for issuing working with children checks and monitoring the holders of these checks. The Guardian manages the Reportable Conduct Scheme and the Child Safe Scheme and assists relevant agencies to adhere to the child safe standards. The Guardian has a specific role to monitor and accredit agencies providing out-of-home care services.

This audit will assess the effectiveness of the Guardian in undertaking these functions.