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Every service runs on its policies and procedures. Keeping them current, read by the people who need them, and connect to daily practice is still manual work.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The new Policies and Procedures feature brings your governing documents into 1Place – on schedule, in front of your team and your families, and linked to the operational records that sit behind them.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Po<\/span><\/span><\/span>licies<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>p<\/span><\/span><\/span>r<\/span><\/span><\/span>otect\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>C<\/span><\/span><\/span>hi<\/span><\/span><\/span>ldren<\/span><\/span><\/span>, s<\/span><\/span><\/span>u<\/span><\/span><\/span>pport<\/span><\/span><\/span> E<\/span>ducators,<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>and keep<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0F<\/span><\/span><\/span>ami<\/span><\/span><\/span>lie<\/span><\/span><\/span>s<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>con<\/span><\/span><\/span>fi<\/span><\/span><\/span>dent,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>with a<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>clea<\/span><\/span><\/span>r<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0underst<\/span><\/span><\/span>anding<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>how<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0the<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>service operates.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Store your policies and procedures in one library, distinct but linked.<\/p>\n Give each one a name, a description, and its last and next review dates. 1Place then highlights when renewal is due and uses those dates to frame the record captured against it.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n No spreadsheets. Always current, assessment-ready, and clearly versioned.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This is where it does more than store documents.<\/p>\n Link each policy to the relevant Checklist Templates, Ticket Categories, Incident Types, Hazards, and Document Types. Then\u00a0allocate\u00a0it to every centre, or just one. <\/span><\/p>\n 1Place shows you the operational record attached to that policy across the review period: your supervision policy shows the checklists completed this review period; your incident policy shows the incidents recorded and how they were handled.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Quality Area 7 is about Governance and Leadership: well-documented policies and procedures, well-maintained records, shared values and clear direction, and an ongoing cycle of planning, review, and family engagement that turns a service into one that never stops learning and improving.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n “I think our policies are being acknowledged” to “I know they are.”<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n A policy nobody has read is not a policy. It is a\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>document.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Share any policy with staff and families by selecting recipients already in 1Place.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Ask for acknowledgement, invite feedback, hit send. <\/span><\/span><\/span>Staff and families can read and respond <\/span><\/span><\/span>online.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Every acknowledgement and every comment is captured against the policy automatically, with the name and the date attached.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n No download. No chasing. Nothing lost in an inbox. When a policy changes, upload the new version and publish it with the review date you set. The earlier version stays intact. So do the acknowledgement and feedback records against them.<\/p>\n You can see who signed off on each version, when, and what they said.<\/p>\n That is the complete history of how your policies have evolved, and how your people have engaged with them, ready when a regulatory authority asks.<\/p>\n This gives you a complete audit trail of how your policies have evolved. How your people have engaged with them. Evidence for external licensing authorities.<\/p>\n T<\/span>his release is the foundation.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Reporting is on the way, with simple graphs and dashboard widgets giving you an at-a-glance view of your documents. See how many policies you hold, which are complete, and which are incomplete or overdue, all surfaced directly on your home dashboard.<\/span><\/p>\n The Policies and Procedures feature is rolling out under the Documents menu. Contact your Client Success Manager to activate it and walk through setting up your first policy. <\/span><\/p>\n Our support team is available if you have any questions.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Every service runs on its policies and procedures. 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<\/p>\nPolicies connected to what actually happens<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nShare, read, acknowledge<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nA full history you can stand behind<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nWhat\u2019s coming next<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Getting started<\/strong><\/h3>\n