A helpline for parents and a better relationship with health boards are among the measures included by the ISPCC in a draft strategy for the next five years.
The society would also move away from its dependence on street collections and tighten spending to reach a financial surplus within two years.
The draft document referred only obliquely to the events of last January, when its chief executive, Mr Cian O Tighearnaigh, was arrested in connection with a Garda investigation into allegations of fraud in the charity. Mr O Tighearnaigh was later released. He resigned in August.
The ISPCC was also criticised for its treatment of volunteers. The document promised to include volunteers "in a substantive, meaningful way in the management and direction of the society".
Another aim would be the "development of more high-profile parenting initiatives to balance the perception that the society does not provide enough support for parents and to ensure quality preventive work is carried out by the society". These could include a helpline "aimed at supporting parents who seek information, support or counselling on issues around parenting".
Strategies for mending the ISPCC's relationship with health boards include "reviewing the existing relationship with health boards through a joint ISPCC/health board working party focused on identifying agreed principles which will guide the ISPCC's advocacy and campaigning strategies in the future".
The society was too dependent on street collections, the document said, and would move towards such methods as "direct giving" through standing orders.
Padraig O'Morain can be contacted at pomorain@irish-times.ie Weblink: http://www.ispcc.ie/(ISPCC)