Policies and procedures, whilst containing legal and best practice requirements, should also reflect the company’s vision and values so that they can reflect the organisation as a whole. Policies and procedures are living documents that need to adapt as the organisation changes and grows as well as reflecting any changes to legislation, codes of practice and of course, sector specific guidance.

The core elements of the policies will likely remain the same, which is why they sometimes have a longer designated review period but, it’s the delivery arrangements that require a more regular review to ensure that they remain accurate and robust to enable compliance with the policy and, therefore, the specific legislative and regulatory requirements of the organisation.

Regular policy and procedure reviews and, where necessary, revisions and updates are an important part of an organisations risk management plan; ensuring that requirements and delivery arrangements for compliance related tenant / landlord safety areas are up to date is paramount to ensure compliance

Why should you consider an independent review?

Outdated policies and procedures can expose organisations to unnecessary risk as they may not reflect the most up to date legislation, regulatory requirements or sector-specific guidance; this means that compliance-related safety programmes may fall short of meeting required and accepted standards.

Our specialist associates work with clients to provide an independent, in-depth, specialist review of the policies and procedures relating to the key elements of tenant/landlord safety to determine whether they are robust and reflect the most up to date legislation, codes of practice and sector specific guidance.

We work with organisation to ensure that they have the right policies and procedures in place; relevant to the organisation and sector-specific to reflect our experience of working within the social housing sector.

Can your policies and procedures be improved?

Our in-depth policy and procedure reviews will scrutinise all aspects and detail to determine whether the documents reflect the most up to date legislation, codes of practice, sector-specific and other guidance as well as looking at how easy the documents are to understand and follow (from the eyes of someone outside of the organisation) and that they are relevant.

Where we feel that improvements to policies and/or procedures would be beneficial, we’ll fully document this in a short written overview, setting out the areas that should be considered for revision.

The findings of our reviews enable clients to update the documents themselves, alternatively, we can expand our in-depth review to include a drafted re-write (in consultation and collaboration with key stakeholders).