How This Log Book Supports Your Service

• Document every policy review with a consistent format, capturing all the detail required for compliance and quality assurance.

• Record the reason for review, who was consulted, implementation actions taken, and how families were notified‚ all in one place.

• Track policy reviews across the year with the Policy Review Year Planner to ensure all policies are reviewed on schedule.

• Capture educator acknowledgements and the nominated supervisor's signature for each review, supporting clear accountability.

• Provide clear, organised evidence of your policy review process for authorised officers and quality assessors.

What's Inside

• Policy Review Year Planner, plan and schedule policy reviews month by month

• Policy Review pages, each capturing: policy/procedure under review, current and next scheduled review date, reason for review (with checkboxes), consultation (with checkboxes), implementation actions, and family notification details

• Reflections/Feedback/Minutes section for documenting discussion outcomes

• Evidence Considered/Compliance Links/Notes section

• Summary of Review, no Changes / Minor Updates / Major Changes, with summary of changes and implementation actions scheduled

• Educator Acknowledgement/Signature space for up to 30 staff members

• Nominated Supervisor/Responsible Person Signature field

Links to the National Quality Standard

This log book supports your responsibilities across all Quality Areas, and in particular:

• QA7 Governance and Leadership: demonstrating that policies and procedures are regularly reviewed, that consultation occurs, and that changes are communicated to families and staff as required.

• QA4 Staffing Arrangements: supporting a culture of professional collaboration and shared responsibility for policy development and review.

Whether you're reviewing annually as scheduled or responding to a legislative update, complaint, or quality improvement priority, this log book ensures every review is documented to the standard expected during an assessment visit.