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in [life | www.acecqa.gov.au](life | www.acecqa.gov.au)  \n Contents  \n\n| Overview | 4 |\n| --- | --- |\n| Background | 8 |\n| Operational requirements – children’s health and safety | 9 |\n| Recent developments – child safe organisations | 12 |\n| Monitoring, compliance and enforcement under the National Law | 13 |\n| Children’s health and safety (Quality Area 2)– differences according to jurisdiction,\u003Cbr>service sub-type, management type, socioeconomic status and remoteness classification | 16 |\n| Quality Area 2 in context | 17 |\n| Quality Area 2 and jurisdictions | 18 |\n| Quality Area 2 and service sub-type | 20 |\n| Quality Area 2 and provider management type | 22 |\n| Quality Area 2 and SEIFA ranking | 23 |\n| Quality Area 2 and remoteness | 24 |\n| Quality Area 2-Standards | 25 |\n| Quality Area 2-Elements | 26 |\n| Case studies | 27 |\n| Examples of evidence collected by authorised officers | 27 |\n| Element 2.3.3 | 28 |\n| Element 2.3.2 | 32 |\n| Element 2.1.3 | 38 |\n| Jurisdictional information on compliance and enforcement actions | 43 |\n| Conclusion | 48 |\n| Implications and future directions | 49 |\n| References and resources | 50 |\n\n1  \nThe best possible start in [life | www.acecqa.gov.au](life | www.acecqa.gov.au)  \n Contents  \nAppendix A-Responsibilities of the approved provider, nominated supervisor  \nand FDC educator for children’s health and safety 51  \n\n| Appendix B-Summary of compliance tools | 54 |\n| --- | --- |\n| Appendix C-Progress of assessment and rating | 56 |\n| Appendix D-Summary table of quality areas, standards and elements | 57 |\n| Appendix E-Limitations of the findings | 61 |\n\nList of Figures  \nFigure 1: The NQS rating system 4  \nFigure 2: Responsive enforcement pyramid 15  \nFigure 3: Percentage of quality rated services at each quality area rating level 17  \nFigure 4: Percentage of quality rated services at each Quality Area 2 rating level by jurisdiction 19  \nFigure 5: Percentage of quality rated services at each Quality Area 2 rating level by service sub-type 21  \nFigure 6: Percentage of quality rated services at each Quality Area 2 rating level by provider management type 22  \nFigure 7: Percentage of quality rated centre based services at each Quality Area 2 rating level by SEIFA decile 23  \nFigure 8: Percentage of quality rated centre based services at each Quality Area 2 rating level  \nby remoteness classification 24  \n\n| Figure 9: Percentage of quality rated services at each standard rating level | 25 |\n| --- | --- |\n| Figure 10: Percentage of Quality Area 2 elements assessed as Not Met or Met for services rated Working Towards NQS or Significant Improvement Required | 26 |\n\n2  \nThe best possible start in [life | www.acecqa.gov.au](life | www.acecqa.gov.au)  \n List of Tables  \nTable 1: Quality Area 2 standards and elements 16  \nTable 2: NQS Quality Areas 17  \nTable 3: Examples of incidents that have led to enforcement action and the outcome 45  \nTable 4: Responsibilities of the approved provider, nominated supervisor and FDC educator for  \nchildren’s health and safety 51  \nTable 5: Summary of compliance tools 54  \nTable 6: Progress of assessment and rating by jurisdiction 56  \nTable 7: Summary table of quality areas, standards and elements 57  \nTable 8: Number of approved services, and number and percentage of services with  \na quality rating by service sub-type 61  \nTable 9: Number of approved services, and number and percentage of services with  \na quality rating by provider management type 62  \nTable 10: Number of approved centre based services, and number and percentage of  \ncentre based services with a quality rating by SEIFA 63  \nTable 11: Number of approved centre based services, and number and percentage of  \ncentre based services with a quality rating by remoteness classification 63  \n3  \nThe best possible start in [life | www.acecqa.gov.au](life 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