This course assists early years educators, organisations and individuals to comply with their legislative requirements under the National Quality Framework and meet duty of care obligations regarding Child Protection. It is designed to be used for induction of new staff, and as a foundation or refresher course for those currently working in the early years education and care sector. Upon successful completion, participants will be equipped with basic Child Protection skills sufficient to enable them to appreciate the importance of Child Protection, understand their legal obligations in relation to providing Child Protection, recognise indicators of child abuse, and notify concerns appropriately.
This is the first level of our Essential Child Protection series and should be completed before moving on through the following levels:
Level 2 - Building a Protective Environment for Children
Level 3 - Early Intervention to Child Protection
Level 4 - Domestic & Family Violence and the Impact on Children
Level 5 - Types of Child Abuse and their Indicators
Level 6 - Identifying Grooming Behaviours
Courses for individuals cost $55 (including GST). If you are part of a Service / Centre please contact us for multiple course discount.
We have developed and partnered with other trusted organisations to provide an array of training designed to meet the demands of safety and wellbeing for any workplace or organisation.
After working in the Early Childhood Industry for over 20 years and participating in Child Protection courses most years, I have to say that this was the first that I actually enjoyed! I especially loved the emphasis on validating children's feelings everyday in every situation. Thank you for keeping real-life stories to a minimum and only sharing those that were necessary to make a point. I've...
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Wynnum Family Day Care has had an association with Michael Pecic for several years, through conference presentations, information sessions for parents and educators and face to face training and mentoring with the coordination unit. Michael has supported our need for up-to-date information on the management of child protection within the early childhood education and care sector in a most...
Read more »Cathy Bavage, Manager
The Health and Community Services Workforce Council (Workforce Council) is responsible for the delivery of the Professional Support Coordinator (PSC) program in Queensland. This program is funded by the Australian Government to deliver professional development and support to child care services across Queensland. As part of this program the Workforce Council manages a Panel of Providers for...
Read more »Julie Price / Manager Workforce Partnership
Absolutely BRILLIANT Feedback from last night!!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! to all you guys at In Safe Hands - these girls here have really high standards and this morning everyone was raving about it and telling me how much they got out of it. Thank you so much and can you please pass my thanks on to Mick as well. The staff were all telling me it really opened up their eyes and they...
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