This course will assist Early Years Educators, Organisations and Individuals to comply with their legislative requirements and meet duty of care obligations regarding Child abuse. 

This is the SIXTH level of our Essential Child Protection series. 

Course Cost:  Individuals cost $55 (including GST).  If you are part of a Service / Centre please contact us for multiple course discount.

Course duration: 1.75 hours

Pre-Requisites:  Level 1 - Legal & Practical Response to Child Abuse; 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 & their Indicators

Meets following NQF requirements:

National Law & Regulations - Sections 162A, 167 (National Law)  &  Regulations 84, 168

• Section 162A - Education and Care Services National Law Act - Persons in day-to-day charge and nominated supervisors to have child protection training
• Section 167 in the Education and Care Services National Law Act requiring every reasonable precaution is taken to protect children from harm (child abuse is non-accidental harm);
• Regulation 84 of the Education and Care Services National Regulations requiring that all staff who work with children at the service are aware of the relevant current child protection law in their State/Territory;
• Regulation 168 of the Education and Care Services National Regulations stating that all services must have written policies and procedures – which includes child protection policies and procedures.

Meets following National Quality Standards:

Quality Area 2 - Standard 2.2 

Learning Assessment: Multiple choice questions through the course.  No further study or assessment.

Certificate: Available for download at the time of successful completion of the online learning

Learning Outcomes of this course include:

• Refresh of legislation, policies, reporting requirements and National Quality framework updates relating to child protection (inc relevant State Child Safe Standards)
• Understanding the definition of grooming
• Ability to identify the six steps to grooming
• Signs of grooming
• Vulnerable families and children
• How to recognise and report offences of grooming
• Dealing with disclosures
• Workplace - Environmental scan & Fool proofing your environment so that potential ‘Groomers’ can’t survive
• Legislation relating to grooming offences

Course Description:  This course examines the importance of understanding how to identify if a child is being groomed by a person and how to report incidences of child grooming.  This course also provides Educators with important updates and refreshes their requirements around law and duty of care to meet National Quality Standards.  Upon successful completion, participants will understand what grooming is, how to identify grooming, understand their legal obligations in relation to grooming and Child Protection and notify concerns appropriately.

Further Training:

Level 7 - Advanced Child Protection Training for Educators